Azure
Basic_A2
x86 · basicAFamilyAzure 2 vCPU / 3.5 GiB · x86 · in 18 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $54/mo
Compute /mo $50/mo
40G disk $4.0/mo
per vCPU/mo $25 per GiB/mo $14 Spot saves up to 10.4%
vCPU2
Memory3.5 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 | $54 | $71 | $86 | 18 |
| Spot | $49 | $64 | $78 | 18 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud at7.large.2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $8.2/mo Huawei Cloud Intl at7.large.2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $9.2/mo AWS t4g.medium 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $19/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.t6-c1m2.large 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $20/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.MEDIUM4 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $21/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t6-c1m2.large 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $21/mo Vultr vc2-2c-4gb 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $24/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.MEDIUM4 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $28/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.large 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $25/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c2m4 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $25/mo 
UCloud o.c2m4.ampere 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $26/mo Linode g6-standard-2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $30/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $39/mo
UCloud o.c2m4.ampere 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $26/mo Linode g6-standard-2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $30/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-2 2 vCPU · 4 GiB · $39/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇺🇸 Seattle westus2 | $54 | — | $49 | — |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin northeurope | $59 | — | $53 | — |
| 🇬🇧 London uksouth | $61 | — | $55 | — |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam westeurope | $61 | — | $55 | — |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia eastus | $62 | — | $56 | — |
| 🇺🇸 Iowa centralus | $66 | — | $55 | — |
| 🇶🇦 Doha qatarcentral | $67 | — | $60 | — |
| 🇨🇦 Toronto canadacentral | $67 | — | $61 | — |
| 🇵🇱 Warsaw polandcentral | $71 | — | $65 | — |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore southeastasia | $73 | — | $66 | — |
| 🇮🇳 Pune centralindia | $74 | — | $67 | — |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney australiaeast | $76 | — | $68 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Osaka japanwest | $76 | — | $69 | — |
| 🇫🇷 Paris francecentral | $78 | — | $70 | — |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong eastasia | $80 | — | $72 | — |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul koreacentral | $83 | — | $75 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo japaneast | $84 | — | $76 | — |
| 🇧🇷 Sao Paulo brazilsouth | $86 | — | $78 | — |
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_A2 cost on Azure?
Basic_A2 runs from about $54/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 18 regions.
Is Basic_A2 cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud at7.large.2 at ~$8.2/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.