Azure
Standard_A5
x86 · standardA0_A7FamilyAzure 2 vCPU / 14 GiB · x86 · in 18 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $130/mo
Compute /mo $126/mo
40G disk $4.0/mo
per vCPU/mo $63 per GiB/mo $9.0 Spot saves up to 10.4%
vCPU2
Memory14 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 | $130 | $197 | $221 | 18 |
| Spot | $117 | $177 | $199 | 18 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud kx1.2u.12g 2 vCPU · 12 GiB · $40/mo Baidu AI Cloud ma2.c2m16 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $40/mo Huawei Cloud Intl kx1.2u.12g 2 vCPU · 12 GiB · $42/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.u1-c1m8.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $47/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.u1-c1m8.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $49/mo AWS r6g.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $51/mo Tencent Cloud MA3.MEDIUM16 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $52/mo Tencent Cloud Intl MA9.MEDIUM16 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $57/mo Google Cloud n2d-highmem-2 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $58/mo Vultr vx1-m-2c-16g 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $62/mo 
UCloud os.c2m16.ampere 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $62/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $66/mo
UCloud os.c2m16.ampere 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $62/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.large 2 vCPU · 16 GiB · $66/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇰🇷 Seoul koreacentral | $130 | — | $117 | — |
| 🇺🇸 Seattle westus2 | $165 | — | $149 | — |
| 🇨🇦 Toronto canadacentral | $181 | — | $163 | — |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin northeurope | $185 | — | $167 | — |
| 🇺🇸 Iowa centralus | $186 | — | $154 | — |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia eastus | $186 | — | $168 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Osaka japanwest | $192 | — | $173 | — |
| 🇮🇳 Pune centralindia | $194 | — | $175 | — |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore southeastasia | $201 | — | $181 | — |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam westeurope | $201 | — | $181 | — |
| 🇵🇱 Warsaw polandcentral | $205 | — | $185 | — |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney australiaeast | $207 | — | $187 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo japaneast | $209 | — | $189 | — |
| 🇧🇷 Sao Paulo brazilsouth | $216 | — | $195 | — |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong eastasia | $219 | — | $197 | — |
| 🇫🇷 Paris francecentral | $221 | — | $199 | — |
| 🇶🇦 Doha qatarcentral | $221 | — | $199 | — |
| 🇬🇧 London uksouth | $221 | — | $199 | — |
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_A5 cost on Azure?
Standard_A5 runs from about $130/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 18 regions.
Is Standard_A5 cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud kx1.2u.12g at ~$40/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.