Azure
Standard_M16s
x86 · standardMSFamilyAzure 16 vCPU / 256 GiB · x86 · in 29 regions.
Specs & pricing
Total /mo $1,746/mo
Compute /mo $1,743/mo
40G disk $4.0/mo
per vCPU/mo $109 per GiB/mo $6.8 Reserved saves up to 72.1% Spot saves up to 87.6%
vCPU16
Memory256 GiB
Archx86
40G diskSSD · +$4.0/mo
Regions29
FamilystandardMSFamily
Total · incl. 40G disk
| By billing type | Min/mo | Avg/mo | Max/mo | Regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1,746 | $2,365 | $3,402 | 29 |
| Spot | $178 | $297 | $535 | 29 |
| Reserved | $491 | $661 | $955 | 29 |
Same spec on other clouds
Tencent Cloud M6mp.4XLARGE240 16 vCPU · 240 GiB · $809/mo Alibaba Cloud ecs.re6.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 256 GiB · $866/mo Alibaba Cloud Intl ecs.re6.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 256 GiB · $903/mo Tencent Cloud Intl M6mp.4XLARGE240 16 vCPU · 240 GiB · $969/mo AWS x2gd.4xlarge 16 vCPU · 256 GiB · $978/mo Google Cloud m4-hypermem-16 16 vCPU · 248 GiB · $1,044/mo Linode g7-highmem-16 16 vCPU · 300 GiB · $1,055/mo
Price by region · Total · incl. 40G disk
| 🇺🇸 N. Virginia eastus | $1,746 | — | $178 | $491 |
| 🇺🇸 Seattle westus2 | $1,746 | — | $178 | $491 |
| 🇮🇳 Pune centralindia | $1,801 | — | $184 | $507 |
| 🇨🇦 Toronto canadacentral | $1,921 | — | $196 | $540 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico City mexicocentral | $1,923 | — | $388 | $541 |
| 🇺🇸 Iowa centralus | $1,973 | — | $201 | $555 |
| 🇮🇪 Dublin northeurope | $2,095 | — | $213 | $589 |
| 🇬🇧 London uksouth | $2,200 | — | $224 | $618 |
| 🇫🇷 Paris francecentral | $2,200 | — | $224 | $618 |
| 🇶🇦 Doha qatarcentral | $2,303 | — | $475 | $647 |
| 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv israelcentral | $2,304 | — | $464 | $647 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai uaenorth | $2,304 | — | $234 | $647 |
| 🇿🇦 Johannesburg southafricanorth | $2,339 | — | $237 | $657 |
| 🇮🇹 Milan italynorth | $2,443 | — | $492 | $686 |
| 🇸🇪 Stockholm swedencentral | $2,443 | — | $248 | $686 |
| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam westeurope | $2,443 | — | $248 | $686 |
| 🇩🇪 Frankfurt germanywestcentral | $2,444 | — | $248 | $686 |
| 🇵🇱 Warsaw polandcentral | $2,444 | — | $492 | $686 |
| 🇪🇸 Madrid spaincentral | $2,446 | — | $492 | $688 |
| 🇳🇴 Oslo norwayeast | $2,495 | — | $253 | $701 |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney australiaeast | $2,530 | — | $257 | $711 |
| 🇯🇵 Tokyo japaneast | $2,530 | — | $257 | $711 |
| 🇯🇵 Osaka japanwest | $2,530 | — | $257 | $711 |
| 🇰🇷 Seoul koreacentral | $2,530 | — | $257 | $711 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore southeastasia | $2,530 | — | $257 | $711 |
| 🇳🇿 Auckland newzealandnorth | $2,657 | — | $535 | $746 |
| 🇨🇭 Zurich switzerlandnorth | $2,687 | — | $272 | $755 |
| 🇨🇳 Hong Kong eastasia | $3,162 | — | $320 | $782 |
| 🇧🇷 Sao Paulo brazilsouth | $3,402 | — | $344 | $955 |
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_M16s cost on Azure?
Standard_M16s runs from about $1,746/mo (Linux on-demand + a 40G system disk), based on its cheapest of 29 regions.
Is Standard_M16s cheaper on another cloud?
The cheapest same-spec instance elsewhere is Tencent Cloud M6mp.4XLARGE240 at ~$809/mo. See the full cross-cloud list above.