Instances Azure VM Standard_L2aos_v4 Standard_L2aos_v4
Standard_L2aos_v4 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)). In East US it costs $0.226 per hour on demand ($164.98 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1446 per hour, 36% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0474 per hour. It is sold in 36 regions; the cheapest is Indonesia Central at $0.199 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 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.199 $0.0368 $0.1176 $0.0757 $0.1333 $0.0896 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.2 $0.037 $0.118 $0.076 $0.134 $0.09 East US eastus $0.226 $0.0474 $0.1446 $0.0859 $0.165 $0.1017 East US 2 eastus2 $0.226 $0.0418 $0.1446 $0.0859 $0.165 $0.1017 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.226 $0.0418 $0.1334 $0.086 $0.1514 $0.1017 North Central US northcentralus $0.226 $0.0418 $0.1333 $0.0859 $0.1514 $0.1017 West US 2 westus2 $0.226 $0.0418 $0.1446 $0.0859 $0.165 $0.1017 West US 3 westus3 $0.226 $0.0418 $0.1446 $0.0859 $0.165 $0.1017 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.237 $0.0438 $0.1398 $0.0901 $0.1588 $0.1067 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.249 $0.046 $0.1467 $0.0945 $0.1668 $0.1121 Canada Central canadacentral $0.25 $0.0462 $0.1475 $0.095 $0.1675 $0.1125 North Europe northeurope $0.25 $0.0462 $0.16 $0.095 $0.1825 $0.115 Spain Central spaincentral $0.25 $0.0462 $0.1475 $0.095 $0.1675 $0.1125 West US westus $0.25 $0.0462 $0.16 $0.095 $0.1825 $0.1125 Central US centralus $0.255 $0.0471 $0.1446 $0.0859 $0.1645 $0.1015 Central India centralindia $0.257 $0.0475 $0.1516 $0.0977 $0.1722 $0.1157 Italy North italynorth $0.262 $0.0484 $0.1546 $0.0995 $0.1755 $0.1179 France Central francecentral $0.263 $0.0486 $0.1551 $0.0999 $0.1762 $0.1184 UK South uksouth $0.263 $0.0486 $0.1683 $0.0999 $0.192 $0.1184 Japan East japaneast $0.266 $0.0492 $0.157 $0.1011 $0.1782 $0.1197 Korea Central koreacentral $0.266 $0.0492 $0.157 $0.1011 $0.1782 $0.1197 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.27 $0.0499 $0.1592 $0.1026 $0.1809 $0.1215 Poland Central polandcentral $0.27 $0.0499 $0.1592 $0.1026 $0.1809 $0.1215 West Europe westeurope $0.27 $0.0499 $0.1728 $0.1026 $0.1971 $0.1242 Australia East australiaeast $0.271 $0.0501 $0.1599 $0.103 $0.1816 $0.122 South Central US southcentralus $0.271 $0.0501 $0.1735 $0.103 $0.1978 $0.122 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.271 $0.0501 $0.1599 $0.103 $0.1816 $0.122 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.271 $0.0501 $0.1599 $0.103 $0.1816 $0.122 UAE North uaenorth $0.275 $0.0508 $0.1622 $0.1045 $0.1843 $0.1238 US Gov Texas usgovtexas $0.283 $0.0523 $0.1667 $0.1073 – – US Gov Virginia usgovvirginia $0.283 $0.0523 $0.1667 $0.1073 – – South Africa North southafricanorth $0.297 $0.0549 $0.1752 $0.1129 $0.199 $0.1337 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.297 $0.0549 $0.1752 $0.1129 $0.199 $0.1337 East Asia eastasia $0.298 $0.0551 $0.1758 $0.1132 $0.1997 $0.1341 Norway East norwayeast $0.323 $0.0597 $0.1906 $0.1228 $0.2164 $0.1454 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.36 $0.0665 $0.2124 $0.1368 $0.2412 $0.162
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.226 $0.1446 $0.0859 Windows $0.318 $0.2366 $0.1779
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor AMD EPYC 9004 (Genoa)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
Networking Value Network 7.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Storage 3 x 480 GiB temp NVMe SSD Local NVMe 1,341 GiB Max data disks 4 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 4,400 Max disk throughput (uncached) 150 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_L2aos_v4 Family Laosv4 Category Storage optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series laosv4-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 .