Standard_E4a_v4

Standard_E4a_v4 is an Azure VM size with 4 vCPUs, 32 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.252 per hour on demand ($183.96 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1482 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.053 per hour. It is sold in 61 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.158 per hour.

Prices by region

USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr reserved3-yr reserved1-yr savings plan3-yr savings plan
Central India centralindia$0.158$0.0292$0.0937$0.0604$0.1064$0.0744
Jio India Central jioindiacentral$0.158–––$0.158$0.158
Jio India West jioindiawest$0.158–––$0.158$0.158
Taiwan North taiwannorth$0.246$0.0455$0.1447$0.0926$0.1663$0.1164
East US eastus$0.252$0.053$0.1482$0.0947$0.1704$0.1193
East US 2 eastus2$0.252$0.0466$0.1482$0.0995$0.1705$0.1193
North Central US northcentralus$0.252$0.0466$0.1482$0.0947$0.1704$0.1193
US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia$0.252$0.0466$0.1513$0.1008––
West US 2 westus2$0.252$0.0466$0.1482$0.0947$0.1704$0.1193
West US 3 westus3$0.252$0.0466$0.1486$0.0958$0.1704$0.1193
India South Central indiasouthcentral$0.26$0.048$0.1534$0.0988$0.1751$0.1225
Spain Central spaincentral$0.266$0.0492$0.157$0.1011$0.1809$0.125
Sweden Central swedencentral$0.268$0.0495$0.1581$0.1018$0.1812$0.1269
Indonesia Central indonesiacentral$0.272$0.0503$0.1599$0.1023$0.1839$0.1287
Malaysia West malaysiawest$0.274$0.0506$0.1642$0.1094$0.1853$0.1297
Canada Central canadacentral$0.276$0.051$0.1628$0.1049$0.1866$0.1306
Canada East canadaeast$0.276$0.051$0.1628$0.1049$0.1866$0.1306
Mexico Central mexicocentral$0.277$0.0512$0.163$0.1042$0.1873$0.1311
West US westus$0.28$0.0517$0.1646$0.1053$0.1893$0.1326
North Europe northeurope$0.282$0.0521$0.1658$0.1061$0.1907$0.1335
Central US centralus$0.285$0.0526$0.1709$0.1139$0.1928$0.1349
Korea South koreasouth$0.288$0.0532$0.1728$0.1152$0.1948$0.1364
France Central francecentral$0.296$0.0547$0.1741$0.1113$0.2002$0.1401
Israel Central israelcentral$0.296$0.0547$0.1747$0.1125$0.2002$0.1401
Italy North italynorth$0.296$0.0547$0.1776$0.1184$0.2131$0.1539
UK South uksouth$0.296$0.052$0.1741$0.1113$0.2002$0.1401
Australia Central australiacentral$0.302$0.0558$0.1782$0.1148$0.2042$0.1429
Australia Central 2 australiacentral2$0.302$0.0302$0.1782$0.1148$0.2042$0.1429
Australia East australiaeast$0.302$0.0558$0.1776$0.1135$0.2042$0.1429
South Central US southcentralus$0.302$0.0558$0.1814$0.121$0.2043$0.143
US Gov Arizona usgovarizona$0.302$0.0558$0.1782$0.1148––
West Central US westcentralus$0.302$0.0558$0.1814$0.121$0.2043$0.143
Germany West Central germanywestcentral$0.304$0.0562$0.1793$0.1155$0.2056$0.1439
Japan East japaneast$0.304$0.0562$0.1788$0.1143$0.2056$0.1439
Japan West japanwest$0.304$0.0562$0.1793$0.1155$0.2056$0.1439
Korea Central koreacentral$0.304$0.0562$0.1788$0.1143$0.2056$0.1439
Poland Central polandcentral$0.304$0.0562$0.1793$0.1155$0.2056$0.1439
Southeast Asia southeastasia$0.304$0.0562$0.1788$0.1143$0.2056$0.1439
West Europe westeurope$0.304$0.0618$0.1788$0.12$0.2056$0.1439
UK West ukwest$0.305$0.0564$0.183$0.122$0.2063$0.1444
Qatar Central qatarcentral$0.31$0.0573$0.183$0.1179$0.2097$0.1468
UAE North uaenorth$0.31$0.0573$0.183$0.1179$0.2097$0.1468
US Gov Texas usgovtexas$0.315$0.0582$0.1858$0.1197––
New Zealand North newzealandnorth$0.317$0.0586––$0.2144$0.15
Taiwan North West taiwannorthwest$0.32$0.0591$0.1921$0.128$0.2176$0.1515
West India westindia$0.323$0.0597$0.1903$0.1226$0.2186$0.153
Australia Southeast australiasoutheast$0.328$0.0606$0.1966$0.1311$0.2219$0.1553
East Asia eastasia$0.334$0.0617$0.1963$0.1256$0.2259$0.1581
South Africa North southafricanorth$0.336$0.0621$0.1983$0.1277$0.2272$0.159
Sweden South swedensouth$0.348$0.0643$0.2056$0.1324$0.2355$0.1648
South India southindia$0.355$0.0656$0.2096$0.135$0.2403$0.1682
Norway East norwayeast$0.36$0.0665$0.2126$0.1369$0.2436$0.1705
Switzerland North switzerlandnorth$0.36$0.0665$0.2126$0.1369$0.2436$0.1705
France South francesouth$0.385$0.0711$0.2271$0.1462$0.2606$0.1824
Germany North germanynorth$0.395$0.073$0.2332$0.1502$0.2673$0.1871
Brazil South brazilsouth$0.402$0.0743$0.2364$0.1511$0.2718$0.1889
UAE Central uaecentral$0.403$0.0745$0.2379$0.1532$0.274$0.1894
South Africa West southafricawest$0.437$0.0808$0.2578$0.166$0.2958$0.207
Norway West norwaywest$0.468$0.0865$0.2764$0.178$0.3167$0.2217
Switzerland West switzerlandwest$0.468$0.0865$0.2764$0.178$0.3167$0.2217
Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast$0.523$0.0967$0.3086$0.1987$0.3538$0.2476

Prices by operating system in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Linux$0.252$0.1482$0.0947
Windows$0.436$0.3322$0.2787

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Physical cores2
Threads per core2
Architecturex86_64
ProcessorAMD EPYC 7452 (Rome), AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)32
NetworkingValue
Network4 Gbps
Accelerated networkingYes
Max network interfaces2
StorageValue
Storage8 x 32 GiB temp SSD
Temp disk100 GiB
Max data disks8
Premium SSDNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)6,400
Max disk throughput (uncached)96 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskYes
Instance detailsValue
Instance typeStandard_E4a_v4
FamilyEav4
CategoryMemory optimized
VM generationsV1, V2
Encryption at hostYes
OtherValue
Serieseav4-series
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs API

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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes.