Azure VM Size Finder

Tell it the vCPU, memory and workload you need and get a ranked, priced shortlist of Azure VM sizes, in your region or wherever it is cheapest.

35 sizes match

2+ vCPU, 4+ GiB, burstable (B-series), Linux, priced in North Europe

Understood from your description: 2+ vCPU 4+ GiB Burstable (B-series) (“dev/test”) North Europe

Cheapest size that fits

Standard_B2pls_v2

2 vCPU 4 GiB No temp disk Arm64 General purpose (burstable), Bplsv2 series
$26.86/month $0.0368/hour, Linux pay as you go, North Europe
$10.19/month with a 3-year reservation

Alternatives

Size vCPU Memory Temp disk Per month 3-yr reserved Compare
Standard_B2als_v2 Balsv2 2 4 GiB — $29.78 $11.31 vs #1
Standard_B2s Bs 2 4 GiB 8 GiB $32.85 — vs #1
Standard_B2ls_v2 Blsv2 2 4 GiB — $33.29 $12.64 vs #1
Standard_B2ps_v2 Bpsv2 · +4 GiB 2 8 GiB — $53.73 $20.42 vs #1
Standard_B2as_v2 Basv2 · +4 GiB 2 8 GiB — $59.57 $22.64 vs #1
Standard_B2ms Bms · +4 GiB 2 8 GiB 16 GiB $66.43 — vs #1
Standard_B2s_v2 Bsv2 · +4 GiB 2 8 GiB — $66.58 $25.31 vs #1
Standard_B4pls_v2 Bplsv2 · +2 vCPU, +4 GiB 4 8 GiB — $94.90 $36.17 vs #1
Standard_B4als_v2 Balsv2 · +2 vCPU, +4 GiB 4 8 GiB — $105.85 $40.08 vs #1
Standard_B4ps_v2 Bpsv2 · +2 vCPU, +12 GiB 4 16 GiB — $107.31 $40.83 vs #1
Standard_B4ls_v2 Blsv2 · +2 vCPU, +4 GiB 4 8 GiB — $118.26 $44.83 vs #1
Standard_B4as_v2 Basv2 · +2 vCPU, +12 GiB 4 16 GiB — $118.99 $45.28 vs #1
Standard_B4s_v2 Bsv2 · +2 vCPU, +12 GiB 4 16 GiB — $132.86 $50.61 vs #1
Standard_B4ms Bms · +2 vCPU, +12 GiB 4 16 GiB 32 GiB $132.86 — vs #1
Standard_B8pls_v2 Bplsv2 · +6 vCPU, +12 GiB 8 16 GiB — $190.53 $72.31 vs #1
Standard_B8als_v2 Balsv2 · +6 vCPU, +12 GiB 8 16 GiB — $210.97 $80.19 vs #1
Standard_B8ps_v2 Bpsv2 · +6 vCPU, +28 GiB 8 32 GiB — $214.62 $81.67 vs #1
Standard_B8ls_v2 Blsv2 · +6 vCPU, +12 GiB 8 16 GiB — $235.79 $89.61 vs #1
Standard_B8as_v2 Basv2 · +6 vCPU, +28 GiB 8 32 GiB — $237.98 $90.56 vs #1
Showing 20 of 35. USD list prices, 730 hours a month, updated 2 Nov 2026. Show 50

How the finder works

Sizes and specs

Every VM size Azure lists with az vm list-skus in 24 regions, refreshed weekly: vCPU, memory, GPUs, temporary disk, Premium SSD and accelerated networking support.

Prices

USD pay-as-you-go list prices from the Azure Retail Prices API for Linux or Windows (license included). With no region selected, each size is priced in its cheapest region.

Ranking

Lowest price lists the cheapest sizes that meet every requirement. Closest fit puts sizes with the least spare vCPU and memory first, then price.

Left out by default

Burstable B-series and confidential sizes appear only when you pick that workload. Constrained-vCPU sizes such as E8-2s_v5, used for per-core licensing, are not listed.

Frequently asked questions

How do I choose the right Azure VM size?

Start from the minimum vCPU and memory the workload needs, then pick the workload type and region. You can also describe it in plain English, for example "16 cores, 128 GB, SQL Server, West Europe", and the finder fills in the requirements. It lists every size that meets all of them, cheapest first, priced in your region or in each size's cheapest region.

Which Azure VM sizes are best for AI and machine learning?

Choose the AI / ML workload: it lists only NVIDIA GPU sizes (T4, A10, A100, H100, H200, RTX PRO 6000 and others), where CUDA, PyTorch and vLLM run. Small sizes such as Standard_NV6ads_A10_v5 get a slice of one GPU (1/6 of an A10, 4 GiB of GPU memory), enough for light inference. AMD Radeon sizes (V710, V620) are built for virtual desktops, graphics and cloud gaming and do not run CUDA.

Why are B-series burstable sizes not shown?

Burstable sizes earn CPU credits while idle and slow down to a baseline when the credits run out, so they only appear when you choose the Burstable workload. They suit dev/test machines, small web sites and jump boxes, not steady production load.

Are these the prices I will pay?

They are Microsoft's public USD pay-as-you-go list prices from the Azure Retail Prices API, refreshed every Monday. Your bill can be lower with an enterprise agreement, reservations, savings plans or Azure Hybrid Benefit, and it also includes disks, bandwidth and other services that are not priced here.

Is the cheapest region always the best choice?

No. Latency to your users, data residency rules and where the rest of your resources run usually matter more than a few dollars a month. Pick your region to compare sizes like for like, and use the size pages to see the price in every region.