Azure
Standard_DC1ds_v3
x86 · standardDDCSv3FamilyAzure 1 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 17 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $52/mo
Compute /mo $48/mo
40G disk $4.0/mo
per vCPU/mo $48 per GiB/mo $6.1 Reserved saves up to 40.4% Spot saves up to 81.4%
vCPU1
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
40G diskSSD · +$4.0/mo
Regions17
FamilystandardDDCSv3Family
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $52 | $93 | $128 | 17 |
| Spot | $13 | $21 | $27 | 17 |
| Reserved | $33 | $57 | $78 | 16 |
Same spec on other clouds
Tencent Cloud Intl MA3.SMALL8 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $28/mo AWS r6g.medium 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $27/mo Tencent Cloud MA3.SMALL8 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $28/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.r8y.small 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $29/mo 
UCloud o.c1m8.ampere 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $31/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.r8y.small 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $30/mo Huawei Cloud x2.1u.8g 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $32/mo Huawei Cloud Intl x2.1u.8g 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $34/mo Google Cloud n4a-highmem-1 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $40/mo Vultr voc-m-1c-8gb-50s-amd 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $44/mo
UCloud o.c1m8.ampere 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $31/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.r8y.small 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $30/mo Huawei Cloud x2.1u.8g 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $32/mo Huawei Cloud Intl x2.1u.8g 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $34/mo Google Cloud n4a-highmem-1 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $40/mo Vultr voc-m-1c-8gb-50s-amd 1 vCPU · 8 GiB · $44/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇮🇹 Milan italynorth | $52 | — | $13 | $33 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt germanywestcentral | $54 | — | $13 | $34 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai uaenorth | $58 | — | $14 | $37 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia eastus | $86 | — | $21 | $53 |
| 🇺🇸 Seattle westus2 | $86 | — | $19 | — |
| 🇮🇳 Pune centralindia | $92 | — | $20 | $57 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City mexicocentral | $94 | — | $21 | $58 |
| 🇨🇦 Toronto canadacentral | $96 | — | $21 | $59 |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin northeurope | $96 | — | $21 | $59 |
| 🇺🇸 Iowa centralus | $97 | — | $21 | $53 |
| 🇬🇧 London uksouth | $100 | — | $22 | $61 |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam westeurope | $103 | — | $22 | $64 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore southeastasia | $107 | — | $23 | $66 |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney australiaeast | $108 | — | $23 | $66 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo japaneast | $111 | — | $24 | $68 |
| 🇯🇵 Osaka japanwest | $111 | — | $24 | $68 |
| 🇨🇭 Zurich switzerlandnorth | $128 | — | $27 | $78 |
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_DC1ds_v3 cost on Azure?
Standard_DC1ds_v3 runs from about $52/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 17 regions.
Is Standard_DC1ds_v3 cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Tencent Cloud Intl MA3.SMALL8 at ~$28/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.