standard gs1

    $0.4900/hr

    ~$357.70/month on-demand in westus2

    The standard gs1 is a Memory optimized instance with 2 vCPUs and 28 GiB of memory, starting at $0.490 per hour or $0.091 per hour with spot instances.

    Last updated: Jan 15, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC

    Pricing varies by operating system

    Pricing Options

    Savings Plan

    Flexible commitment pricing

    1 Year
    $0.3381/hr
    ~$246.81/mo
    Save 31%
    3 Year
    $0.2303/hr
    ~$168.12/mo
    Save 53%

    Reserved

    Region & instance locked

    1 Year
    $0.2892/hr
    ~$211.08/mo
    Save 41%

    Spot Pricing

    Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads

    Spot Price
    $0.0906/hr
    ~$66.10/mo
    Save 82%

    GS-series

    Switch between sizes in westus2

    SizevCPUMem
    standard gs1226
    standard gs2452
    standard gs4 44209
    standard gs38104
    standard gs4 88209
    standard gs5 88417
    standard gs416209
    standard gs5 1616417
    standard gs532417

    Instance Specifications

    Detailed hardware and capabilities for standard gs1

    Processor

    Architecturex64
    vCPUs2
    vCPUs per Core1
    ACU180
    Memory28 GiB
    Memory per vCPU14.00 GiB

    Network

    Accelerated Networking
    RDMA
    IPv6

    Storage

    Temp Storage1023 GB
    NVMe Drive
    Max Data Disks8
    Cached IOPS10,000
    Cached Throughput100 MBps
    Uncached IOPS5,000
    Uncached Throughput125 MBps
    Premium Storage
    Ultra SSD

    Security & Capabilities

    GenerationCurrent
    Confidential Computing
    Trusted Launch
    Encryption at Host
    Spot/Low Priority
    Memory-Preserving Maint.
    Capacity Reservation
    Burstable
    Hyper-V GenerationsV1,V2

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