Azure
Standard_A8
x86 · standardA8_A11FamilyAzure 8 vCPU / 56 GiB · x86 · in 7 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $643/mo
Compute /mo $639/mo
40G disk $4.0/mo
per vCPU/mo $80 per GiB/mo $11 Spot saves up to 10%
vCPU8
Memory56 GiB
Archx86
40G diskSSD · +$4.0/mo
Regions7
FamilystandardA8_A11Family
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $643 | $824 | $1,043 | 7 |
| Spot | $579 | $742 | $939 | 7 |
Same spec on other clouds
Baidu AI Cloud ma2.c8m64 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $150/mo Huawei Cloud x1e.8u.64g 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $182/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.u1-c1m8.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $181/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.u1-c1m8.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $189/mo Tencent Cloud MA2.2XLARGE64 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $189/mo Huawei Cloud Intl x0.8u.64g 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $191/mo AWS r6g.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $193/mo Tencent Cloud Intl MA2.2XLARGE64 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $203/mo 
UCloud n.c8m64.intel 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $212/mo Google Cloud n2d-highmem-8 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $223/mo Vultr vx1-m-8c-64gb 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $238/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $256/mo
UCloud n.c8m64.intel 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $212/mo Google Cloud n2d-highmem-8 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $223/mo Vultr vx1-m-8c-64gb 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $238/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.2xlarge 8 vCPU · 64 GiB · $256/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇸🇪 Stockholm swedencentral | $643 | — | $579 | — |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia eastus | $716 | — | $645 | — |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin northeurope | $716 | — | $645 | — |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam westeurope | $822 | — | $740 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo japaneast | $886 | — | $798 | — |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai uaenorth | $943 | — | $850 | — |
| 🇿🇦 Johannesburg southafricanorth | $1,043 | — | $939 | — |
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_A8 cost on Azure?
Standard_A8 runs from about $643/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 7 regions.
Is Standard_A8 cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Baidu AI Cloud ma2.c8m64 at ~$150/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.