Azure
Basic_A1
x86 · basicAFamilyAzure 1 vCPU / 1.75 GiB · x86 · in 18 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $21/mo
Compute /mo $17/mo
40G disk $4.0/mo
per vCPU/mo $17 per GiB/mo $9.6 Spot saves up to 10.4%
vCPU1
Memory1.75 GiB
Archx86
40G diskSSD · +$4.0/mo
Regions18
FamilybasicAFamily
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $21 | $25 | $34 | 18 |
| Spot | $19 | $23 | $31 | 18 |
Same spec on other clouds
Tencent Cloud SA2.SMALL2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $8.4/mo Tencent Cloud Intl SA2.SMALL2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $13/mo 
UCloud os.c1m2.amd 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $12/mo Huawei Cloud Intl ks2.small.2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Vultr vc2-1c-2gb 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.small 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $13/mo Huawei Cloud t6.medium.2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t5-lc1m2.small 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.t5-lc1m2.small 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $15/mo Linode g6-standard-1 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $17/mo AWS c6g.medium 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $19/mo Google Cloud n4a-highcpu-1 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $27/mo
UCloud os.c1m2.amd 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $12/mo Huawei Cloud Intl ks2.small.2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Vultr vc2-1c-2gb 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.small 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $13/mo Huawei Cloud t6.medium.2 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t5-lc1m2.small 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $14/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.t5-lc1m2.small 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $15/mo Linode g6-standard-1 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $17/mo AWS c6g.medium 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $19/mo Google Cloud n4a-highcpu-1 1 vCPU · 2 GiB · $27/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia eastus | $21 | — | $19 | — |
| 🇺🇸 Seattle westus2 | $21 | — | $19 | — |
| 🇺🇸 Iowa centralus | $22 | — | $19 | — |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin northeurope | $22 | — | $20 | — |
| 🇨🇦 Toronto canadacentral | $23 | — | $21 | — |
| 🇫🇷 Paris francecentral | $23 | — | $21 | — |
| 🇬🇧 London uksouth | $23 | — | $21 | — |
| 🇵🇱 Warsaw polandcentral | $24 | — | $22 | — |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam westeurope | $24 | — | $22 | — |
| 🇶🇦 Doha qatarcentral | $26 | — | $23 | — |
| 🇮🇳 Pune centralindia | $26 | — | $24 | — |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore southeastasia | $26 | — | $24 | — |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney australiaeast | $27 | — | $25 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo japaneast | $27 | — | $25 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Osaka japanwest | $27 | — | $25 | — |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul koreacentral | $27 | — | $25 | — |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong eastasia | $32 | — | $29 | — |
| 🇧🇷 Sao Paulo brazilsouth | $34 | — | $31 | — |
All are the total monthly price = machine (effective hourly ×730) + a 40G system disk (~$4.0/mo, representative SSD estimate): the lowest total per billing type per region. Normalized to USD — verify on each cloud's official page.
FAQ
How much does Basic_A1 cost on Azure?
Basic_A1 runs from about $21/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 18 regions.
Is Basic_A1 cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Tencent Cloud SA2.SMALL2 at ~$8.4/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.