Azure
Standard_B16pls_v2
ARM · standardBpsv2FamilyAzure 16 vCPU / 32 GiB · ARM · in 16 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $235/mo
Compute /mo $231/mo
40G disk $4.0/mo
per vCPU/mo $14 per GiB/mo $7.2 Reserved saves up to 64.6% Spot saves up to 15.3%
vCPU16
Memory32 GiB
ArchARM
Bandwidth6.25 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$4.0/mo
Regions16
FamilystandardBpsv2Family
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $235 | $418 | $505 | 16 |
| Spot | $212 | $353 | $436 | 16 |
| Reserved | $90 | $149 | $181 | 15 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud at7.4xlarge.2 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $84/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.4XLARGE32 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $139/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.4XLARGE32 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $145/mo Huawei Cloud Intl kx1.16u.32g 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $143/mo Baidu AI Cloud c4.c16m32 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $181/mo 
UCloud o.c16m32.ampere 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $191/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t5-c1m2.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $209/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.t5-c1m2.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $210/mo Volcengine ecs.c4als.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $240/mo AWS c6g.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $252/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-16 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $292/mo Linode g6-dedicated-16 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $319/mo Vultr voc-c-16c-32gb-300s-amd 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $324/mo
UCloud o.c16m32.ampere 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $191/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t5-c1m2.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $209/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.t5-c1m2.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $210/mo Volcengine ecs.c4als.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $240/mo AWS c6g.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $252/mo Google Cloud c2d-highcpu-16 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $292/mo Linode g6-dedicated-16 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $319/mo Vultr voc-c-16c-32gb-300s-amd 16 vCPU · 32 GiB · $324/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇮🇳 Pune centralindia | $235 | — | $212 | $90 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia eastus | $351 | — | $317 | $136 |
| 🇸🇪 Stockholm swedencentral | $359 | — | $324 | $136 |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin northeurope | $384 | — | $346 | $149 |
| 🇫🇷 Paris francecentral | $393 | — | $354 | $152 |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam westeurope | $401 | — | $361 | $155 |
| 🇺🇸 Seattle westus2 | $405 | — | $317 | $136 |
| 🇨🇦 Toronto canadacentral | $438 | — | $346 | $149 |
| 🇨🇭 Zurich switzerlandnorth | $440 | — | $397 | — |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore southeastasia | $443 | — | $399 | $166 |
| 🇬🇧 London uksouth | $446 | — | $354 | $152 |
| 🇺🇸 Iowa centralus | $451 | — | $316 | $136 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt germanywestcentral | $455 | — | $361 | $155 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong eastasia | $484 | — | $436 | $181 |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney australiaeast | $496 | — | $399 | $171 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo japaneast | $505 | — | $406 | $174 |
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_B16pls_v2 cost on Azure?
Standard_B16pls_v2 runs from about $235/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 16 regions.
Is Standard_B16pls_v2 cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud at7.4xlarge.2 at ~$84/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.