Azure
Standard_DS2
x86 · standardDSFamilyAzure 2 vCPU / 7 GiB · x86 · in 15 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $107/mo
Compute /mo $103/mo
40G disk $4.0/mo
per vCPU/mo $51 per GiB/mo $15 Spot saves up to 77.7%
vCPU2
Memory7 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 | $107 | $135 | $168 | 15 |
| Spot | $25 | $33 | $57 | 15 |
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 | $107 | — | $25 | — |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin northeurope | $111 | — | $26 | — |
| 🇨🇦 Toronto canadacentral | $113 | — | $57 | — |
| 🇺🇸 Iowa centralus | $116 | — | $26 | — |
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia eastus | $116 | — | $28 | — |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam westeurope | $127 | — | $29 | — |
| 🇿🇦 Johannesburg southafricanorth | $135 | — | $31 | — |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney australiaeast | $140 | — | $32 | — |
| 🇧🇷 Sao Paulo brazilsouth | $143 | — | $32 | — |
| 🇫🇷 Paris francecentral | $144 | — | $33 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Osaka japanwest | $144 | — | $33 | — |
| 🇬🇧 London uksouth | $144 | — | $33 | — |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore southeastasia | $147 | — | $33 | — |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo japaneast | $165 | — | $37 | — |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong eastasia | $168 | — | $37 | — |
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_DS2 cost on Azure?
Standard_DS2 runs from about $107/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 15 regions.
Is Standard_DS2 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.