Azure
Basic_A4
x86 · basicAFamilyAzure 8 vCPU / 14 GiB · x86 · in 18 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $261/mo
Compute /mo $257/mo
40G disk $4.0/mo
per vCPU/mo $32 per GiB/mo $18 Spot saves up to 10.4%
vCPU8
Memory14 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 | $261 | $317 | $407 | 18 |
| Spot | $230 | $284 | $367 | 18 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud at7.2xlarge.2 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $44/mo Huawei Cloud Intl at7.2xlarge.2 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $51/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.2XLARGE16 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $71/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.2XLARGE16 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $79/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.e-c1m2.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $90/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m2.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $91/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c8m16 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $92/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.e-c1m2.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $94/mo 
UCloud os.c8m16.ampere 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $97/mo Vultr vhp-8c-16gb-amd 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $100/mo AWS c6g.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $128/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $148/mo Linode g6-dedicated-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $162/mo
UCloud os.c8m16.ampere 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $97/mo Vultr vhp-8c-16gb-amd 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $100/mo AWS c6g.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $128/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $148/mo Linode g6-dedicated-8 8 vCPU · 16 GiB · $162/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia eastus | $261 | — | $235 | — |
| 🇺🇸 Seattle westus2 | $261 | — | $235 | — |
| 🇺🇸 Iowa centralus | $278 | — | $230 | — |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin northeurope | $278 | — | $251 | — |
| 🇨🇦 Toronto canadacentral | $286 | — | $258 | — |
| 🇬🇧 London uksouth | $294 | — | $265 | — |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam westeurope | $302 | — | $272 | — |
| 🇵🇱 Warsaw polandcentral | $305 | — | $275 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Osaka japanwest | $325 | — | $293 | — |
| 🇫🇷 Paris francecentral | $332 | — | $299 | — |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul koreacentral | $332 | — | $299 | — |
| 🇶🇦 Doha qatarcentral | $332 | — | $299 | — |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney australiaeast | $343 | — | $309 | — |
| 🇧🇷 Sao Paulo brazilsouth | $343 | — | $309 | — |
| 🇮🇳 Pune centralindia | $343 | — | $309 | — |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong eastasia | $343 | — | $309 | — |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore southeastasia | $343 | — | $309 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo japaneast | $407 | — | $367 | — |
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_A4 cost on Azure?
Basic_A4 runs from about $261/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 18 regions.
Is Basic_A4 cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud at7.2xlarge.2 at ~$44/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.