Standard_L48s_v3 Windows prices

Standard_L48s_v3 with Windows costs $6.384 per hour on demand in East US ($4,660.32 a month), $2.208 per hour more than Linux, for the Windows license. The cheapest region for it is East US, at $6.384 per hour.

Windows prices by region, cheapest first

On-demand, USD per hour, license included.

RegionWindowsLinuxWindows license
East US$6.384$4.176$2.208
East US 2$6.396$4.188$2.208
North Central US$6.396$4.188$2.208
West US 2$6.396$4.188$2.208
West US 3$6.396$4.188$2.208
Sweden Central$6.576$4.368$2.208
Taiwan North$6.615$4.407$2.208
Indonesia Central$6.722$4.514$2.208
Malaysia West$6.722$4.514$2.208
Mexico Central$6.802$4.594$2.208
Canada Central$6.816$4.608$2.208
Canada East$6.816$4.608$2.208
North Europe$6.816$4.608$2.208
West US$6.816$4.608$2.208
Central US$6.927$4.719$2.208
India South Central$6.944$4.736$2.208
Central India$6.96$4.752$2.208
Jio India Central$6.96$4.752$2.208
Jio India West$6.96$4.752$2.208
Korea South$7.024$4.816$2.208
Israel Central$7.04$4.832$2.208
France Central$7.056$4.848$2.208
UK South$7.056$4.848$2.208
Japan East$7.116$4.908$2.208
Japan West$7.116$4.908$2.208
Korea Central$7.116$4.908$2.208
US Gov Virginia$7.171$4.963$2.208
Germany West Central$7.20$4.992$2.208
Italy North$7.20$4.992$2.208
Poland Central$7.20$4.992$2.208
Spain Central$7.20$4.992$2.208
West Europe$7.20$4.992$2.208
South Central US$7.219$5.011$2.208
Australia Central$7.224$5.016$2.208
Australia Central 2$7.224$5.016$2.208
Australia East$7.224$5.016$2.208
Southeast Asia$7.224$5.016$2.208
West Central US$7.234$5.026$2.208
Qatar Central$7.272$5.064$2.208
UAE North$7.272$5.064$2.208
UK West$7.276$5.068$2.208
US Gov Texas$7.443$5.235$2.208
New Zealand North$7.475$5.267$2.208
West India$7.569$5.361$2.208
Australia Southeast$7.652$5.444$2.208
South Africa North$7.704$5.496$2.208
East Asia$7.728$5.52$2.208
Sweden South$7.886$5.678$2.208
Taiwan North West$7.937$5.729$2.208
South India$8.113$5.905$2.208
Norway East$8.197$5.989$2.208
Switzerland North$8.197$5.989$2.208
France South$8.51$6.302$2.208
Germany North$8.698$6.49$2.208
UAE Central$8.791$6.583$2.208
Brazil South$8.88$6.672$2.208
South Africa West$9.353$7.145$2.208
Norway West$9.994$7.786$2.208
Switzerland West$9.994$7.786$2.208
Brazil Southeast$10.882$8.674$2.208

Windows and SQL Server in East US

Operating systemOn-demand /hr1-yr reserved /hr3-yr reserved /hr
Windows$6.384$4.881$3.962

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