Instances Azure VM Standard_EC2ads_v5 Standard_EC2ads_v5
Standard_EC2ads_v5 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC (Milan)). In East US it costs $0.131 per hour on demand ($95.63 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1048 per hour, 20% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0277 per hour. It is sold in 18 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.0831 per hour.
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 Central India centralindia $0.0831 $0.0154 $0.0664 $0.0498 $0.07 $0.0546 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.0831 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.0831 – – – – – East US eastus $0.131 $0.0277 $0.1048 $0.0786 $0.1105 $0.086 East US 2 eastus2 $0.131 $0.0242 $0.1048 $0.0786 $0.1105 $0.086 North Europe northeurope $0.146 $0.027 $0.1168 $0.0876 $0.1238 $0.1006 Central US centralus $0.148 $0.0273 $0.1048 $0.0786 $0.1104 $0.0858 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.148 $0.0274 $0.1184 $0.0888 $0.1251 $0.0982 Italy North italynorth $0.148 $0.0274 $0.1184 $0.0888 $0.1255 $0.102 West Europe westeurope $0.148 $0.0274 $0.1184 $0.0888 $0.1255 $0.102 West US westus $0.148 $0.0274 $0.1184 $0.0888 $0.1253 $0.0978 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.153 $0.0283 $0.1226 $0.0919 $0.1286 $0.1008 UK South uksouth $0.154 $0.0285 $0.1232 $0.0924 $0.1302 $0.1054 Japan East japaneast $0.159 $0.0294 $0.1272 $0.0954 $0.1346 $0.1095 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.159 $0.0294 $0.1272 $0.0954 $0.1337 $0.1044 UAE North uaenorth $0.161 $0.0298 $0.1288 $0.0965 $0.1365 $0.1109 East Asia eastasia $0.174 $0.0322 $0.1388 $0.1041 $0.1475 $0.1199 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.187 $0.0346 $0.1499 $0.1124 $0.1586 $0.1288
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.131 $0.1048 $0.0786 Windows $0.223 $0.1968 $0.1706
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC (Milan) ACU (compute units) 230
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
Networking Value Network 3 Gbps Accelerated networking No Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Storage 75 GiB temp SSD Temp disk 75 GiB Max data disks 4 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 3,750 Max disk throughput (uncached) 48 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_EC2ads_v5 Family ECadsv5 Category Memory optimized VM generations V1, V2 Encryption at host Yes Confidential computing SNP
Other Value Series ecasv5-ecadsv5-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
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Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .