Standard_EC8es_v5

Standard_EC8es_v5 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs. In Central US it costs $0.57 per hour on demand ($416.10 per month) for Linux. Spot capacity is about $0.1053 per hour. It is sold in 4 regions; the cheapest is East US 2 at $0.504 per hour.

Prices by region

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

Region	On-demand	Spot
East US 2 eastus2	$0.504	$0.0931
North Europe northeurope	$0.564	$0.1042
Central US centralus	$0.57	$0.1053
West Europe westeurope	$0.608	$0.1124

Spot prices by region Windows prices by region

Prices by operating system in Central US

Operating system	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
Linux	$0.57	–	–
Windows	$0.938	–	–

Specs

Compute	Value
vCPUs	8
Architecture	x86_64

Instance details	Value
Instance type	Standard_EC8es_v5
Family	ECesv5

Other	Value
Specs source	derived from size name

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Other generations

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Other ECesv5 sizes

Size	vCPUs	Memory (GiB)	On-demand /hr
Standard_EC2es_v5	2	–	$0.142
Standard_EC4es_v5	4	–	$0.285
Standard_EC8es_v5	8	–	$0.57
Standard_EC16es_v5	16	–	$1.139
Standard_EC32es_v5	32	–	$2.278
Standard_EC48es_v5	48	–	$3.417
Standard_EC64es_v5	64	–	$4.556
Standard_EC96es_v5	96	–	$6.834
Standard_EC128es_v5	128	–	$9.112

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