Azure
Standard_A2
x86 · standardA0_A7FamilyAzure 2 vCPU / 3.5 GiB · x86 · in 18 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $78/mo
Compute /mo $74/mo
40G disk $4.0/mo
per vCPU/mo $37 per GiB/mo $21 Spot saves up to 10.4%
vCPU2
Memory3.5 GiB
Archx86
40G diskSSD · +$4.0/mo
Regions18
FamilystandardA0_A7Family
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $78 | $99 | $122 | 18 |
| Spot | $70 | $89 | $110 | 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 | $78 | — | $70 | — |
| 🇨🇦 Toronto canadacentral | $85 | — | $77 | — |
| 🇺🇸 Iowa centralus | $92 | — | $76 | — |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong eastasia | $92 | — | $83 | — |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia eastus | $92 | — | $83 | — |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin northeurope | $92 | — | $83 | — |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore southeastasia | $92 | — | $83 | — |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam westeurope | $92 | — | $83 | — |
| 🇮🇳 Pune centralindia | $100 | — | $90 | — |
| 🇫🇷 Paris francecentral | $100 | — | $91 | — |
| 🇵🇱 Warsaw polandcentral | $100 | — | $91 | — |
| 🇶🇦 Doha qatarcentral | $100 | — | $91 | — |
| 🇬🇧 London uksouth | $100 | — | $91 | — |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul koreacentral | $101 | — | $91 | — |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney australiaeast | $108 | — | $97 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Osaka japanwest | $111 | — | $100 | — |
| 🇧🇷 Sao Paulo brazilsouth | $121 | — | $109 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo japaneast | $122 | — | $110 | — |
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 Standard_A2 cost on Azure?
Standard_A2 runs from about $78/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 18 regions.
Is Standard_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.