Azure
Standard_A8_v2
x86 · standardAv2FamilyAzure 8 vCPU / 16 GiB · x86 · in 33 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $247/mo
Compute /mo $243/mo
40G disk $4.0/mo
per vCPU/mo $30 per GiB/mo $15 Spot saves up to 81.2%
vCPU8
Memory16 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth2 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$4.0/mo
Regions33
FamilystandardAv2Family
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $247 | $310 | $417 | 33 |
| Spot | $45 | $61 | $108 | 33 |
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
| 🇺🇸 Seattle westus2 | $247 | — | $49 | — |
| 🇦🇹 Vienna austriaeast | $281 | — | $55 | — |
| 🇧🇪 Brussels belgiumcentral | $281 | — | $55 | — |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt germanywestcentral | $281 | — | $55 | — |
| 🇮🇹 Milan italynorth | $281 | — | $55 | — |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin northeurope | $281 | — | $55 | — |
| 🇵🇱 Warsaw polandcentral | $281 | — | $55 | — |
| 🇪🇸 Madrid spaincentral | $281 | — | $55 | — |
| 🇸🇪 Stockholm swedencentral | $281 | — | $55 | — |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam westeurope | $281 | — | $55 | — |
| 🇬🇧 London uksouth | $284 | — | $45 | — |
| 🇮🇩 Jakarta indonesiacentral | $289 | — | $57 | — |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur malaysiawest | $289 | — | $57 | — |
| 🇨🇭 Zurich switzerlandnorth | $292 | — | $57 | — |
| 🇨🇦 Toronto canadacentral | $295 | — | $108 | — |
| 🇺🇸 Iowa centralus | $295 | — | $53 | — |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia eastus | $295 | — | $61 | — |
| 🇶🇦 Doha qatarcentral | $296 | — | $58 | — |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai uaenorth | $296 | — | $58 | — |
| 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv israelcentral | $297 | — | $58 | — |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore southeastasia | $308 | — | $60 | — |
| 🇳🇴 Oslo norwayeast | $310 | — | $60 | — |
| 🇮🇳 Pune centralindia | $320 | — | $62 | — |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City mexicocentral | $325 | — | $63 | — |
| 🇿🇦 Johannesburg southafricanorth | $330 | — | $64 | — |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul koreacentral | $332 | — | $65 | — |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney australiaeast | $343 | — | $67 | — |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong eastasia | $343 | — | $67 | — |
| 🇫🇷 Paris francecentral | $343 | — | $67 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo japaneast | $369 | — | $71 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Osaka japanwest | $369 | — | $71 | — |
| 🇳🇿 Auckland newzealandnorth | $401 | — | $77 | — |
| 🇧🇷 Sao Paulo brazilsouth | $417 | — | $76 | — |
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_v2 cost on Azure?
Standard_A8_v2 runs from about $247/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 33 regions.
Is Standard_A8_v2 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.