Standard_F2alds_v7 Windows prices

Standard_F2alds_v7 with Windows costs $0.235 per hour on demand in East US ($171.55 a month), $0.092 per hour more than Linux, for the Windows license. The cheapest region for it is Central India, at $0.184 per hour.

Windows prices by region, cheapest first

On-demand, USD per hour, license included.

Region	Windows	Linux	Windows license
Central India	$0.184	$0.0925	$0.0915
Jio India West	$0.184	$0.0925	$0.0915
South Central US	$0.227	$0.135	$0.092
Central US	$0.235	$0.143	$0.092
East US	$0.235	$0.143	$0.092
East US 2	$0.235	$0.143	$0.092
North Central US	$0.235	$0.143	$0.092
West US 2	$0.235	$0.143	$0.092
West US 3	$0.235	$0.143	$0.092
Sweden Central	$0.245	$0.153	$0.092
Mexico Central	$0.249	$0.157	$0.092
Canada Central	$0.252	$0.16	$0.092
North Europe	$0.252	$0.16	$0.092
UK South	$0.258	$0.166	$0.092
France Central	$0.26	$0.168	$0.092
Italy North	$0.26	$0.168	$0.092
Spain Central	$0.26	$0.168	$0.092
West US	$0.26	$0.168	$0.092
Germany West Central	$0.265	$0.173	$0.092
Poland Central	$0.265	$0.173	$0.092
West Europe	$0.265	$0.173	$0.092
Korea Central	$0.268	$0.176	$0.092
UAE North	$0.268	$0.176	$0.092
Australia East	$0.272	$0.18	$0.092
Southeast Asia	$0.272	$0.18	$0.092
Taiwan North	$0.272	$0.18	$0.092
US Gov Virginia	$0.273	$0.181	$0.092
Japan East	$0.278	$0.186	$0.092
Japan West	$0.278	$0.186	$0.092
South Africa North	$0.283	$0.191	$0.092
East Asia	$0.29	$0.198	$0.092
Norway East	$0.297	$0.205	$0.092
Switzerland North	$0.297	$0.205	$0.092
Brazil South	$0.321	$0.229	$0.092

Windows and SQL Server in East US

Region

Operating system	On-demand /hr	1-yr reserved /hr	3-yr reserved /hr
Windows	$0.235	$0.1807	$0.1464

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Prices in USD, updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM options.