Azure
Standard_DC2ads_v5
x86 · standardDCADSv5FamilyAzure 2 vCPU / 8 GiB · x86 · in 11 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $53/mo
Compute /mo $49/mo
40G disk $4.0/mo
per vCPU/mo $25 per GiB/mo $6.1 Reserved saves up to 40% Spot saves up to 81.3%
vCPU2
Memory8 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth3 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$4.0/mo
Regions11
FamilystandardDCADSv5Family
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $53 | $93 | $111 | 11 |
| Spot | $13 | $21 | $24 | 11 |
| Reserved | $33 | $57 | $68 | 11 |
Same spec on other clouds
Huawei Cloud Intl at7.large.4 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $12/mo Huawei Cloud at7.large.4 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $13/mo Tencent Cloud BF1.MEDIUM8 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $29/mo Oracle Cloud VM.Standard.E3.Flex-1OCPU-8GB 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $29/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BF1.MEDIUM8 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $35/mo Baidu AI Cloud g4.c2m8 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $33/mo AWS t4g.large 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $35/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.e-c1m4.large 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $35/mo Volcengine ecs.e-c1m4.large 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $36/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.t5-lc1m4.large 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $36/mo 
UCloud o.c2m8.ampere 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $38/mo Google Cloud t2d-standard-2 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $44/mo Vultr vx1-g-2c-8g 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $48/mo Linode g8-dedicated-8-2 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $84/mo
UCloud o.c2m8.ampere 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $38/mo Google Cloud t2d-standard-2 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $44/mo Vultr vx1-g-2c-8g 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $48/mo Linode g8-dedicated-8-2 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · $84/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇮🇳 Pune centralindia | $53 | — | $13 | $33 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia eastus | $79 | — | $20 | $49 |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin northeurope | $88 | — | $20 | $54 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt germanywestcentral | $95 | — | $21 | $59 |
| 🇮🇹 Milan italynorth | $95 | — | $21 | $59 |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam westeurope | $95 | — | $21 | $59 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai uaenorth | $97 | — | $21 | $60 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore southeastasia | $98 | — | $21 | $60 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo japaneast | $102 | — | $22 | $63 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong eastasia | $108 | — | $23 | $66 |
| 🇨🇭 Zurich switzerlandnorth | $111 | — | $24 | $68 |
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_DC2ads_v5 cost on Azure?
Standard_DC2ads_v5 runs from about $53/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 11 regions.
Is Standard_DC2ads_v5 cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Huawei Cloud Intl at7.large.4 at ~$12/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.