standard a4 v2

    $0.1910/hr

    ~$139.43/month on-demand in eastus

    The standard a4 v2 is a General purpose instance with 4 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory, starting at $0.191 per hour or $0.038 per hour with spot instances.

    Last updated: Jan 14, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC

    Pricing varies by operating system

    Pricing Options

    Savings Plan

    Flexible commitment pricing

    1 Year
    $0.1291/hr
    ~$94.27/mo
    Save 32%
    3 Year
    $0.0861/hr
    ~$62.84/mo
    Save 55%

    Reserved

    Region & instance locked

    1 Year
    $0.1127/hr
    ~$82.25/mo
    Save 41%

    Spot Pricing

    Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads

    Spot Price
    $0.0382/hr
    ~$27.90/mo
    Save 80%

    Av2-series

    Switch between sizes in eastus

    SizevCPUMem
    standard a1 v212
    standard a2 v224
    standard a2m v2215
    standard a4 v247
    standard a4m v2430
    standard a8 v2815
    standard a8m v2860

    Instance Specifications

    Detailed hardware and capabilities for standard a4 v2

    Processor

    Architecturex64
    vCPUs4
    vCPUs per Core1
    ACU100
    Memory8 GiB
    Memory per vCPU2.00 GiB

    Network

    Accelerated Networking
    RDMA
    IPv6

    Storage

    Temp Storage1023 GB
    NVMe Drive
    Max Data Disks8
    Cached IOPS4,000
    Cached Throughput83 MBps
    Uncached IOPS6,400
    Uncached Throughput96 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

    Regional Pricing Comparison

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