Azure
Standard_DS12
x86 · standardDSFamilyAzure 4 vCPU / 28 GiB · x86 · in 15 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $270/mo
Compute /mo $266/mo
40G disk $4.0/mo
per vCPU/mo $67 per GiB/mo $9.5 Spot saves up to 77.7%
vCPU4
Memory28 GiB
Archx86
40G diskSSD · +$4.0/mo
Regions15
FamilystandardDSFamily
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $270 | $319 | $357 | 15 |
| Spot | $58 | $74 | $141 | 15 |
Same spec on other clouds
Baidu AI Cloud ma2.c4m32 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $76/mo Huawei Cloud x1i.4u.32g 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $93/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.u1-c1m8.xlarge 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $92/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.u1-c1m8.xlarge 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $96/mo Tencent Cloud MA2.LARGE32 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $96/mo Huawei Cloud Intl x0.4u.32g 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $97/mo Tencent Cloud Intl MA2.LARGE32 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $101/mo AWS r6g.xlarge 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $98/mo Google Cloud n2d-highmem-4 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $113/mo Vultr vx1-m-4c-32gb 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $121/mo 
UCloud os.c4m32.ampere 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $121/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.xlarge 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $130/mo
UCloud os.c4m32.ampere 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $121/mo Volcengine ecs.r3a.xlarge 4 vCPU · 32 GiB · $130/mo Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇮🇳 Pune centralindia | $270 | — | $58 | — |
| 🇺🇸 Iowa centralus | $286 | — | $59 | — |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia eastus | $286 | — | $65 | — |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin northeurope | $286 | — | $61 | — |
| 🇨🇦 Toronto canadacentral | $286 | — | $141 | — |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney australiaeast | $311 | — | $66 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Osaka japanwest | $311 | — | $66 | — |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore southeastasia | $311 | — | $67 | — |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam westeurope | $327 | — | $70 | — |
| 🇿🇦 Johannesburg southafricanorth | $343 | — | $73 | — |
| 🇧🇷 Sao Paulo brazilsouth | $347 | — | $74 | — |
| 🇫🇷 Paris francecentral | $355 | — | $76 | — |
| 🇬🇧 London uksouth | $355 | — | $76 | — |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong eastasia | $357 | — | $76 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo japaneast | $357 | — | $76 | — |
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_DS12 cost on Azure?
Standard_DS12 runs from about $270/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 15 regions.
Is Standard_DS12 cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Baidu AI Cloud ma2.c4m32 at ~$76/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.