Instances Azure VM Standard_L2s_v4 Standard_L2s_v4
Standard_L2s_v4 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)). In East US it costs $0.174 per hour on demand ($127.02 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1062 per hour, 39% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0365 per hour. It is sold in 41 regions.
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 East US eastus $0.174 $0.0365 $0.1062 $0.0696 $0.127 $0.087 East US 2 eastus2 $0.175 $0.0323 $0.1064 $0.0698 $0.1278 $0.0875 West US 2 westus2 $0.175 $0.0323 $0.1064 $0.0698 $0.1278 $0.0875 West US 3 westus3 $0.175 $0.0323 $0.1064 $0.0698 $0.1278 $0.0875 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.182 $0.0336 $0.1111 $0.0728 $0.1329 $0.091 Spain Central spaincentral $0.189 $0.0349 $0.1154 $0.0757 $0.138 $0.0945 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.191 $0.0353 $0.1168 $0.0766 $0.1394 $0.0955 Canada Central canadacentral $0.192 $0.0355 $0.1171 $0.0768 $0.1402 $0.096 North Europe northeurope $0.192 $0.0355 $0.1171 $0.0768 $0.1402 $0.096 West US westus $0.192 $0.0355 $0.1171 $0.0768 $0.1402 $0.096 Central US centralus $0.197 $0.0364 $0.1062 $0.0696 $0.1269 $0.0869 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.197 $0.0364 $0.1203 $0.0789 $0.1438 $0.1005 Central India centralindia $0.198 $0.0366 $0.1208 $0.0792 $0.1445 $0.099 France Central francecentral $0.202 $0.0373 $0.1232 $0.0808 $0.1475 $0.101 UK South uksouth $0.202 $0.0373 $0.1232 $0.0808 $0.1475 $0.101 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.204 $0.0377 $0.1242 $0.0814 $0.1489 $0.102 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.204 $0.0377 $0.1242 $0.0814 $0.1489 $0.102 Japan East japaneast $0.205 $0.0379 $0.1248 $0.0818 $0.1497 $0.1025 Korea Central koreacentral $0.205 $0.0379 $0.1248 $0.0818 $0.1476 $0.1025 Australia Central australiacentral $0.208 $0.0384 $0.1272 $0.0834 $0.1518 $0.104 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.208 $0.0384 $0.1268 $0.0832 $0.1518 $0.104 Italy North italynorth $0.208 $0.0384 $0.1268 $0.0832 $0.1498 $0.104 Poland Central polandcentral $0.208 $0.0384 $0.1268 $0.0832 $0.1518 $0.104 West Europe westeurope $0.208 $0.0384 $0.1268 $0.0832 $0.1518 $0.104 Australia East australiaeast $0.209 $0.0386 $0.1275 $0.0836 $0.1526 $0.1045 North Central US northcentralus $0.209 $0.0386 $0.1274 $0.0835 $0.1526 $0.1045 South Central US southcentralus $0.209 $0.0386 $0.1273 $0.0835 $0.1526 $0.1045 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.209 $0.0386 $0.1275 $0.0836 $0.1526 $0.1045 Taiwan North taiwannorth $0.209 $0.0386 $0.1275 $0.0836 $0.1526 $0.1045 West Central US westcentralus $0.21 $0.0388 $0.1277 $0.0838 $0.1533 $0.105 Qatar Central qatarcentral $0.211 $0.039 $0.1287 $0.0844 $0.154 $0.1055 UAE North uaenorth $0.211 $0.039 $0.1287 $0.0844 $0.154 $0.1055 UK West ukwest $0.211 $0.039 $0.1289 $0.0845 $0.154 $0.1055 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.219 $0.0405 $0.1339 $0.0878 $0.1599 $0.1095 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.227 $0.042 $0.1384 $0.0907 $0.1657 $0.1135 Norway East norwayeast $0.229 $0.0423 $0.1396 $0.0915 $0.1672 $0.1145 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.229 $0.0423 $0.1397 $0.0916 $0.1672 $0.1145 South India southindia $0.246 $0.0455 $0.1501 $0.0984 $0.1796 $0.1255 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.25 $0.0462 $0.1522 $0.0998 $0.1825 $0.125 East Asia eastasia $0.27 $0.0499 $0.1645 $0.1079 $0.1971 $0.135 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.278 $0.0514 $0.1696 $0.1112 $0.2029 $0.139
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.174 $0.1062 $0.0696 Windows $0.266 $0.1982 $0.1616
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Physical cores 1 Threads per core 2 Architecture x86_64 Processor Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids)
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 2
Storage Value Storage 480 GiB temp NVMe SSD Local NVMe 447 GiB Max data disks 8 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 3,750 Max disk throughput (uncached) 106 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_L2s_v4 Family Lsv4 Category Storage optimized VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series lsv4-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .