Azure
Basic_A3
x86 · basicAFamilyAzure 4 vCPU / 7 GiB · x86 · in 18 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $132/mo
Compute /mo $128/mo
40G disk $4.0/mo
per vCPU/mo $32 per GiB/mo $18 Spot saves up to 10.4%
vCPU4
Memory7 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 | $132 | $160 | $205 | 18 |
| Spot | $117 | $144 | $185 | 18 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud Intl at7.xlarge.2 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $21/mo Huawei Cloud at7.xlarge.2 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $22/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.LARGE8 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $37/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.LARGE8 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $42/mo Vultr vc2-4c-8gb 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $44/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $46/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $47/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c4m8 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $47/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.e-c1m2.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $48/mo 
UCloud o.c4m8.ampere 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $50/mo Linode g6-standard-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $57/mo AWS c6g.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $65/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $75/mo
UCloud o.c4m8.ampere 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $50/mo Linode g6-standard-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $57/mo AWS c6g.xlarge 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $65/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-4 4 vCPU · 8 GiB · $75/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia eastus | $132 | — | $120 | — |
| 🇺🇸 Seattle westus2 | $132 | — | $120 | — |
| 🇺🇸 Iowa centralus | $141 | — | $117 | — |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin northeurope | $141 | — | $127 | — |
| 🇨🇦 Toronto canadacentral | $146 | — | $131 | — |
| 🇬🇧 London uksouth | $149 | — | $135 | — |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam westeurope | $153 | — | $138 | — |
| 🇵🇱 Warsaw polandcentral | $154 | — | $139 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Osaka japanwest | $164 | — | $148 | — |
| 🇫🇷 Paris francecentral | $167 | — | $151 | — |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul koreacentral | $167 | — | $151 | — |
| 🇶🇦 Doha qatarcentral | $167 | — | $151 | — |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney australiaeast | $173 | — | $156 | — |
| 🇧🇷 Sao Paulo brazilsouth | $173 | — | $156 | — |
| 🇮🇳 Pune centralindia | $173 | — | $156 | — |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong eastasia | $173 | — | $156 | — |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore southeastasia | $173 | — | $156 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo japaneast | $205 | — | $185 | — |
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_A3 cost on Azure?
Basic_A3 runs from about $132/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 18 regions.
Is Basic_A3 cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud Intl at7.xlarge.2 at ~$21/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.