Instances Azure VM Standard_M2pds_v4 Standard_M2pds_v4
Standard_M2pds_v4 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs. In East US it costs $0.284 per hour on demand ($207.32 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1675 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0568 per hour. It is sold in 35 regions; the cheapest is Central US at $0.284 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 Central US centralus $0.284 $0.0568 $0.1675 $0.1078 $0.1931 $0.1335 East US eastus $0.284 $0.0568 $0.1675 $0.1078 $0.1931 $0.1335 East US 2 eastus2 $0.284 $0.0568 $0.1675 $0.1078 $0.1931 $0.1335 West US 2 westus2 $0.284 $0.0568 $0.1675 $0.1078 $0.1931 $0.1335 West US 3 westus3 $0.284 $0.0568 $0.1675 $0.1078 $0.1931 $0.1335 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.312 $0.0624 $0.1841 $0.1186 $0.2122 $0.1466 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.332 $0.0664 $0.1959 $0.1262 $0.2258 $0.156 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.332 $0.0664 $0.1959 $0.1262 $0.2258 $0.156 Canada Central canadacentral $0.341 $0.0682 $0.2009 $0.1294 $0.2319 $0.1603 Canada East canadaeast $0.341 $0.0682 $0.2009 $0.1294 $0.2319 $0.1603 North Central US northcentralus $0.341 $0.0682 $0.2009 $0.1294 $0.2319 $0.1603 South Central US southcentralus $0.341 $0.0682 $0.2009 $0.1294 $0.2319 $0.1603 West Central US westcentralus $0.341 $0.0682 $0.2009 $0.1294 $0.2319 $0.1603 France Central francecentral $0.355 $0.071 $0.2092 $0.1348 $0.2414 $0.1669 UK South uksouth $0.355 $0.071 $0.2092 $0.1348 $0.2414 $0.1669 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.369 $0.0738 $0.2177 $0.1402 $0.2509 $0.1734 Italy North italynorth $0.369 $0.0738 $0.2177 $0.1402 $0.2509 $0.1734 Spain Central spaincentral $0.369 $0.0738 $0.2177 $0.1402 $0.2509 $0.1734 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.369 $0.0738 $0.2177 $0.1402 $0.2509 $0.1734 West US westus $0.369 $0.0738 $0.2177 $0.1402 $0.2509 $0.1734 Korea Central koreacentral $0.383 $0.0766 $0.226 $0.1456 $0.2604 $0.18 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.397 $0.0794 $0.2345 $0.151 $0.27 $0.1866 Central India centralindia $0.397 $0.0794 $0.2345 $0.151 $0.27 $0.1866 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.397 $0.0794 $0.2345 $0.151 $0.27 $0.1866 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.397 $0.0794 $0.2345 $0.151 $0.27 $0.1866 North Europe northeurope $0.406 $0.0812 $0.2395 $0.1542 $0.2761 $0.1908 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.406 $0.0812 $0.2395 $0.1542 $0.2761 $0.1908 UAE North uaenorth $0.406 $0.0812 $0.2395 $0.1542 $0.2761 $0.1908 West Europe westeurope $0.406 $0.0812 $0.2395 $0.1542 $0.2761 $0.1908 Australia East australiaeast $0.412 $0.0824 $0.2428 $0.1564 $0.2802 $0.1936 Japan East japaneast $0.412 $0.0824 $0.2428 $0.1564 $0.2802 $0.1936 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.414 $0.0828 $0.2445 $0.1575 $0.2815 $0.1946 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.432 $0.0864 $0.2549 $0.1642 $0.2938 $0.203 East Asia eastasia $0.44 $0.088 $0.2596 $0.1672 $0.2992 $0.2068 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.568 $0.1136 $0.3349 $0.2157 $0.3862 $0.267
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.284 $0.1675 $0.1078 Windows $0.376 $0.2595 $0.1998
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Architecture arm64
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_M2pds_v4 Family Mpdsv4
Other Value Specs source derived from size name
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .