Instances Azure VM Standard_M2ps_v4 Standard_M2ps_v4
Standard_M2ps_v4 is an Azure VM size with 2 vCPUs. In East US it costs $0.228 per hour on demand ($166.44 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1342 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0456 per hour. It is sold in 35 regions; the cheapest is Central US at $0.228 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 $0.228 $0.0456 $0.1342 $0.0865 $0.155 $0.1072 East US eastus $0.228 $0.0456 $0.1342 $0.0865 $0.155 $0.1072 East US 2 eastus2 $0.228 $0.0456 $0.1342 $0.0865 $0.155 $0.1072 West US 2 westus2 $0.228 $0.0456 $0.1342 $0.0865 $0.155 $0.1072 West US 3 westus3 $0.228 $0.0456 $0.1342 $0.0865 $0.155 $0.1072 Mexico Central mexicocentral $0.25 $0.05 $0.1477 $0.0951 $0.17 $0.1175 Indonesia Central indonesiacentral $0.266 $0.0532 $0.1571 $0.1011 $0.1809 $0.125 Malaysia West malaysiawest $0.266 $0.0532 $0.1571 $0.1011 $0.1809 $0.125 Canada Central canadacentral $0.273 $0.0546 $0.1611 $0.1038 $0.1856 $0.1283 Canada East canadaeast $0.273 $0.0546 $0.1611 $0.1038 $0.1856 $0.1283 North Central US northcentralus $0.273 $0.0546 $0.1611 $0.1038 $0.1856 $0.1283 South Central US southcentralus $0.273 $0.0546 $0.1611 $0.1038 $0.1856 $0.1283 West Central US westcentralus $0.273 $0.0546 $0.1611 $0.1038 $0.1856 $0.1283 France Central francecentral $0.284 $0.0568 $0.1678 $0.1081 $0.1931 $0.1335 UK South uksouth $0.284 $0.0568 $0.1678 $0.1081 $0.1931 $0.1335 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.296 $0.0592 $0.1745 $0.1124 $0.2013 $0.1391 Italy North italynorth $0.296 $0.0592 $0.1745 $0.1124 $0.2013 $0.1391 Spain Central spaincentral $0.296 $0.0592 $0.1745 $0.1124 $0.2013 $0.1391 Sweden Central swedencentral $0.296 $0.0592 $0.1745 $0.1124 $0.2013 $0.1391 West US westus $0.296 $0.0592 $0.1745 $0.1124 $0.2013 $0.1391 Korea Central koreacentral $0.307 $0.0614 $0.1812 $0.1167 $0.2088 $0.1443 Australia Southeast australiasoutheast $0.319 $0.0638 $0.1879 $0.121 $0.2169 $0.1499 Central India centralindia $0.319 $0.0638 $0.1879 $0.121 $0.2169 $0.1499 India South Central indiasouthcentral $0.319 $0.0638 $0.1879 $0.121 $0.2169 $0.1499 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.319 $0.0638 $0.1879 $0.121 $0.2169 $0.1499 North Europe northeurope $0.325 $0.065 $0.192 $0.1236 $0.221 $0.1528 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.325 $0.065 $0.192 $0.1236 $0.221 $0.1528 UAE North uaenorth $0.325 $0.065 $0.192 $0.1236 $0.221 $0.1528 West Europe westeurope $0.325 $0.065 $0.192 $0.1236 $0.221 $0.1528 Australia East australiaeast $0.33 $0.066 $0.1946 $0.1254 $0.2244 $0.1551 Japan East japaneast $0.33 $0.066 $0.1946 $0.1254 $0.2244 $0.1551 South Africa North southafricanorth $0.332 $0.0664 $0.196 $0.1262 $0.2258 $0.156 New Zealand North newzealandnorth $0.346 $0.0692 $0.2043 $0.1316 $0.2353 $0.1626 East Asia eastasia $0.353 $0.0706 $0.2081 $0.134 $0.24 $0.1659 Brazil South brazilsouth $0.455 $0.091 $0.2685 $0.1729 $0.3094 $0.2139
Prices by operating system in East US Operating system On-demand /hr 1-yr reserved /hr 3-yr reserved /hr Linux $0.228 $0.1342 $0.0865 Windows $0.32 $0.2262 $0.1785
Compute Value vCPUs 2 Architecture arm64
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_M2ps_v4 Family Mpsv4
Other Value Specs source derived from size name
Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure VM sizes .