Standard_D1vsStandard_F1

Standard_F1 is 35% cheaper than Standard_D1 on demand in East US, saving $19.93 a month.

At a glanceStandard_D1Standard_F1
On-demand$0.077/hr$0.0497/hr35% less
Lowest rate$0.0179/hrSpot, can be interrupted$0.0116/hr35% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size1 vCPUs, 3.5 GiB1 vCPUs, 2 GiB
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in East US

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

OptionStandard_D1Standard_F1Standard_F1 vs Standard_D1
On-demandPay by the hour$0.077$0.0497▼ 35%
SpotCan be interrupted77% off$0.017977% off$0.0116▼ 35%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment31% off$0.053131% off$0.0343▼ 35%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$0.036253% off$0.0234▼ 35%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where Standard_D1 leads
Temp disk50 GiB vs 16 GiB
3.1× higher
Memory (GiB)3.5 vs 2
75% higher
Where Standard_F1 leads
On-demand price$0.0497 vs $0.077 per hour
35% cheaper
Max disk throughput (uncached)48 MB/s vs 32 MB/s
50% higher
ACU (compute units)210 vs 160
31% higher

Specs

7 of 19 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute1 of 5 differStandard_D1Standard_F1
vCPUs11
Physical cores11
Threads per core11
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ACU (compute units)160210
Memory1 of 1 differStandard_D1Standard_F1
Memory (GiB)3.52
Networking1 of 2 differStandard_D1Standard_F1
Accelerated networkingNoYes
Max network interfaces22
Storage2 of 6 differStandard_D1Standard_F1
Temp disk50 GiB16 GiB
Max data disks44
Premium SSDNoNo
Max disk IOPS (uncached)3,2003,200
Max disk throughput (uncached)32 MB/s48 MB/s
Ephemeral OS diskNoNo
Instance details2 of 4 differStandard_D1Standard_F1
FamilyDF
VM generationsV1V1
Encryption at hostNoNo
Retirement date2028-05-012028-11-16
OtherAll 1 matchStandard_D1Standard_F1
Specs sourceAzure Resource SKUs APIAzure Resource SKUs API

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for Standard_D1 first. Linux, USD per hour.

RegionStandard_D1Standard_F1Difference
East US 2eastus2$0.067$0.0497▼ 26%
South Central USsouthcentralus$0.067$0.0547▼ 18%
West Indiawestindia$0.0679$0.0549▼ 19%
Central Indiacentralindia$0.0705$0.049▼ 30%
US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia$0.071$0.0598▼ 16%
North Europenortheurope$0.073$0.0566▼ 22%
Canada Centralcanadacentral$0.0747$0.0519▼ 31%
Canada Eastcanadaeast$0.0747$0.0546▼ 27%
Central UScentralus$0.077$0.0547▼ 29%
East USUsed in summaryeastus$0.077$0.0497▼ 35%
North Central USnorthcentralus$0.077$0.0497▼ 35%
West USwestus$0.077$0.062▼ 19%
West US 3westus3$0.077$0.0497▼ 35%
UAE Northuaenorth$0.0804$0.0597▼ 26%
Poland Centralpolandcentral$0.084$0.057▼ 32%
West Europewesteurope$0.084$0.0568▼ 32%
Mexico Centralmexicocentral$0.0847$0.0547▼ 35%
South Africa Northsouthafricanorth$0.0898$0.0667▼ 26%
Australia Eastaustraliaeast$0.093$0.065▼ 30%
Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast$0.093$0.065▼ 30%
South Indiasouthindia$0.0944$0.06▼ 36%
Brazil Southbrazilsouth$0.095$0.0718▼ 24%
Japan Westjapanwest$0.096$0.063▼ 34%
France Centralfrancecentral$0.0962$0.05▼ 48%
UK Southuksouth$0.0962$0.0568▼ 41%
Southeast Asiasoutheastasia$0.098$0.0577▼ 41%
UK Westukwest$0.101$0.059▼ 42%
UAE Centraluaecentral$0.105$0.0738▼ 30%
Japan Eastjapaneast$0.11$0.063▼ 43%
East Asiaeastasia$0.113$0.072▼ 36%
South Africa Westsouthafricawest$0.113$0.0836▼ 26%
Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast$0.124$0.0933▼ 25%

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Azure VM Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.