Azure
Standard_DC96ads_v5
x86 · standardDCADSv5FamilyAzure 96 vCPU / 384 GiB · x86 · in 11 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $2,355/mo
Compute /mo $2,351/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%
vCPU96
Memory384 GiB
Archx86
Bandwidth20 Gbps
40G diskSSD · +$4.0/mo
Regions11
FamilystandardDCADSv5Family
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $2,355 | $4,270 | $5,165 | 11 |
| Spot | $438 | $801 | $958 | 11 |
| Reserved | $1,415 | $2,564 | $3,101 | 11 |
Same spec on other clouds
Tencent Cloud BMI5.24XLARGE384 96 vCPU · 384 GiB · $1,361/mo Huawei Cloud Intl ks2.24xlarge.4 96 vCPU · 384 GiB · $1,427/mo Tencent Cloud Intl BMI5.24XLARGE384 96 vCPU · 384 GiB · $1,437/mo Baidu AI Cloud g7.c96m384 96 vCPU · 384 GiB · $1,898/mo Huawei Cloud kc2.24xlarge.4 96 vCPU · 384 GiB · $1,923/mo AWS m5a.24xlarge 96 vCPU · 384 GiB · $1,949/mo Google Cloud n2d-standard-96 96 vCPU · 384 GiB · $1,957/mo Vultr vx1-g-96c-384g 96 vCPU · 384 GiB · $2,106/mo Volcengine ecs.g3a.24xlarge 96 vCPU · 384 GiB · $2,246/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.g9i.24xlarge 96 vCPU · 384 GiB · $2,330/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.g9i.24xlarge 96 vCPU · 384 GiB · $2,360/mo
Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇮🇳 Pune centralindia | $2,355 | — | $438 | $1,415 |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia eastus | $3,613 | — | $766 | $2,169 |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin northeurope | $4,034 | — | $749 | $2,422 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt germanywestcentral | $4,384 | — | $813 | $2,632 |
| 🇮🇹 Milan italynorth | $4,384 | — | $813 | $2,632 |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam westeurope | $4,384 | — | $813 | $2,632 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai uaenorth | $4,450 | — | $826 | $2,672 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore southeastasia | $4,524 | — | $839 | $2,716 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo japaneast | $4,699 | — | $872 | $2,821 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong eastasia | $4,980 | — | $923 | $2,989 |
| 🇨🇭 Zurich switzerlandnorth | $5,165 | — | $958 | $3,101 |
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_DC96ads_v5 cost on Azure?
Standard_DC96ads_v5 runs from about $2,355/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 11 regions.
Is Standard_DC96ads_v5 cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Tencent Cloud BMI5.24XLARGE384 at ~$1,361/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.