Azure cost & sizing

Know what an Azure VM costs before you deploy it.

Prices for 1,433 VM sizes in 24 regions, refreshed every week from Microsoft's retail price list. Find the cheapest size for your workload, compare pay as you go with reservations, and see when a reservation pays off.

1,433 sizes24 regions Linux & WindowsReservations & savings plans Updated 13 Oct 2026

The Azure VM toolkit

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Pricing by size Every VM size with specs, the cheapest region, reservation and savings plan prices, and similar sizes. Browse 1,433 sizes → Size finder Enter vCPU, memory and workload; get a ranked shortlist of the cheapest sizes that fit. Find a size → Cost calculator Monthly and yearly cost for pay as you go, 1- and 3-year reservations, and two sizes or regions side by side. Estimate a cost → Price changes What changed this week: new sizes, retired sizes and price moves across all regions. See this week →

Popular sizes

B2s 2 vCPU · 4 GiB from $30.37/mo D2s_v5 2 vCPU · 8 GiB from $70.08/mo D4s_v5 4 vCPU · 16 GiB from $140.16/mo D4as_v6 4 vCPU · 16 GiB from $85.41/mo D8s_v5 8 vCPU · 32 GiB from $280.32/mo D4ps_v6 4 vCPU · 16 GiB from $67.45/mo E4s_v5 4 vCPU · 32 GiB from $183.96/mo E8s_v5 8 vCPU · 64 GiB from $367.92/mo F4s_v2 4 vCPU · 8 GiB from $123.37/mo NC4as_T4_v3 4 vCPU · 28 GiB from $383.98/mo
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