Azure
Standard_A9
x86 · standardA8_A11FamilyAzure 16 vCPU / 112 GiB · x86 · in 7 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $1,281/mo
Compute /mo $1,278/mo
40G disk $4.0/mo
per vCPU/mo $80 per GiB/mo $11 Spot saves up to 10%
vCPU16
Memory112 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 | $1,281 | $1,644 | $2,082 | 7 |
| Spot | $1,154 | $1,480 | $1,874 | 7 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud kx1.16u.96g 16 vCPU · 96 GiB · $293/mo Baidu AI Cloud ma2.c16m128 16 vCPU · 128 GiB · $296/mo Huawei Cloud Intl kx1.16u.96g 16 vCPU · 96 GiB · $311/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.u1-c1m8.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 128 GiB · $360/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.u1-c1m8.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 128 GiB · $375/mo Tencent Cloud MA2.4XLARGE128 16 vCPU · 128 GiB · $377/mo AWS r6g.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 128 GiB · $383/mo Tencent Cloud Intl MA2.4XLARGE128 16 vCPU · 128 GiB · $393/mo Google Cloud n2d-highmem-16 16 vCPU · 128 GiB · $443/mo Vultr vx1-m-16c-128gb 16 vCPU · 128 GiB · $471/mo 
UCloud o.c16m128.ampere 16 vCPU · 128 GiB · $472/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 128 GiB · $510/mo
UCloud o.c16m128.ampere 16 vCPU · 128 GiB · $472/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 128 GiB · $510/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇸🇪 Stockholm swedencentral | $1,281 | — | $1,154 | — |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia eastus | $1,427 | — | $1,285 | — |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin northeurope | $1,427 | — | $1,285 | — |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam westeurope | $1,641 | — | $1,478 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo japaneast | $1,767 | — | $1,591 | — |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai uaenorth | $1,883 | — | $1,695 | — |
| 🇿🇦 Johannesburg southafricanorth | $2,082 | — | $1,874 | — |
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_A9 cost on Azure?
Standard_A9 runs from about $1,281/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 7 regions.
Is Standard_A9 cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud kx1.16u.96g at ~$293/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.