Instances Azure VM Standard_E2s_v5 Standard_E2s_v5
Standard_E2s_v5 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.126 per hour on demand ($91.98 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.0743 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0265 per hour. It is sold in 58 regions.
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
Region On-demand Spot 1-yr reserved 3-yr reserved 1-yr savings plan 3-yr savings plan East US eastus $0.126 $0.0265 $0.0743 $0.0498 $0.0852 $0.0596 East US 2 eastus2 $0.126 $0.0445 $0.0743 $0.0479 $0.0853 $0.0597 North Central US northcentralus $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0777 $0.0498 $0.0852 $0.0596 West US 2 westus2 $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0777 $0.0498 $0.0852 $0.0596 West US 3 westus3 $0.126 $0.0233 $0.0743 $0.0479 $0.0853 $0.0597 Central India centralindia $0.13 $0.024 $0.0803 $0.0513 $0.0875 $0.0612 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.13 $0.024 $0.0767 $0.0481 $0.0875 $0.0612 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.13 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.13 – – – $0.13 $0.13 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.134 $0.0248 $0.0826 $0.0529 $0.0906 $0.0634 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.137 $0.0253 $0.0805 $0.0506 $0.0926 $0.0648 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.137 $0.0253 $0.0844 $0.054 $0.0926 $0.0648 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.137 $0.0253 $0.0844 $0.054 $0.0926 $0.0648 Canada Central canadacentral $0.138 $0.0501 $0.0852 $0.0545 $0.0933 $0.0653 Canada East canadaeast $0.138 $0.0255 $0.0852 $0.0545 $0.0933 $0.0653 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.139 $0.0257 $0.0855 $0.0548 $0.094 $0.0658 West US westus $0.14 $0.0259 $0.0864 $0.0553 $0.0947 $0.0663 North Europe northeurope $0.141 $0.0348 $0.087 $0.0557 $0.0953 $0.0667 Spain Central spaincentral $0.141 $0.0261 $0.087 $0.0557 $0.1015 $0.0733 Central US centralus $0.142 $0.0262 $0.0743 $0.0466 $0.0848 $0.0594 Korea South koreasouth $0.145 $0.0268 $0.0894 $0.0572 $0.0981 $0.0687 France Central francecentral $0.148 $0.0274 $0.0913 $0.0584 $0.1001 $0.07 Israel Central israelcentral $0.148 $0.0274 $0.0913 $0.0584 $0.1006 $0.0696 Italy North italynorth $0.148 $0.0274 $0.0913 $0.0584 $0.1006 $0.0696 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.148 $0.0274 $0.0913 $0.0584 $0.1001 $0.0701 UK South uksouth $0.148 $0.0262 $0.0913 $0.0584 $0.1001 $0.07 Australia Central australiacentral $0.151 $0.0279 $0.0932 $0.0596 $0.1021 $0.0715 Australia Central 2 australiacentral2 $0.151 $0.0151 $0.0932 $0.0596 $0.1021 $0.0715 Australia East australiaeast $0.151 $0.0279 $0.0932 $0.0596 $0.1021 $0.0715 South Central US southcentralus $0.151 $0.0279 $0.0933 $0.0597 $0.1022 $0.0715 West Central US westcentralus $0.151 $0.0279 $0.0933 $0.0597 $0.1022 $0.0715 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0938 $0.06 $0.1028 $0.072 Japan East japaneast $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0938 $0.06 $0.1028 $0.072 Japan West japanwest $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0938 $0.06 $0.1029 $0.072 Korea Central koreacentral $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0938 $0.06 $0.1028 $0.072 Poland Central polandcentral $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0938 $0.06 $0.1028 $0.072 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.152 $0.0282 $0.0938 $0.06 $0.1028 $0.072 UK West ukwest $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0941 $0.0602 $0.1029 $0.072 West Europe westeurope $0.152 $0.0281 $0.0938 $0.06 $0.1028 $0.072 UAE North uaenorth $0.155 $0.0286 $0.0957 $0.0613 $0.1048 $0.0734 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.159 $0.0294 $0.0935 $0.0587 $0.1075 $0.0753 West India westindia $0.161 $0.0298 $0.0952 $0.0597 $0.109 $0.0763 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.164 $0.0303 $0.101 $0.0647 $0.111 $0.0777 East Asia eastasia $0.167 $0.0309 $0.1031 $0.066 $0.1129 $0.079 Norway East norwayeast $0.167 $0.0309 $0.1032 $0.0661 $0.113 $0.0791 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.167 $0.0309 $0.1031 $0.066 $0.113 $0.0791 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.168 $0.031 $0.1037 $0.0664 $0.1136 $0.0795 Sweden South swedensouth $0.174 $0.0322 $0.1027 $0.0645 – – South India southindia $0.178 $0.0329 $0.1096 $0.0702 $0.1205 $0.0843 Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest $0.178 $0.0329 $0.1049 $0.0669 $0.1204 $0.0842 France South francesouth $0.192 $0.0355 $0.1187 $0.076 $0.1299 $0.091 Germany North germanynorth $0.198 $0.0366 $0.1219 $0.078 $0.134 $0.0938 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.201 $0.0371 $0.124 $0.0794 $0.1359 $0.0945 UAE Central uaecentral $0.202 $0.0373 $0.1244 $0.0796 $0.1367 $0.0957 Norway West norwaywest $0.217 $0.0401 $0.1341 $0.0858 $0.1469 $0.1028 South Africa West southafricawest $0.218 $0.0403 $0.1347 $0.0863 $0.1475 $0.1033 Switzerland West switzerlandwest $0.221 $0.0408 $0.1363 $0.0873 $0.1496 $0.1047 Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast $0.261 $0.0482 $0.1612 $0.1032 $0.1766 $0.1236
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.126 $0.0743 $0.0498 Windows $0.218 $0.1663 $0.1418
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8473C (Sapphire Rapids), Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Max data disks 4 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 3,750 Max disk throughput (uncached) 85 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk No
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_E2s_v5 Family Esv5 Category Memory optimized VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series esv5-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Compute and memory optimized
With or without local disk and networking
Other processors
Other generations
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .