standard b4ms
$0.1660/hr
~$121.18/month on-demand in eastus
The standard b4ms is a General purpose instance with 4 vCPUs and 16 GiB of memory, starting at $0.166 per hour.
Last updated: Jan 14, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC
Pricing varies by operating system
Pricing Options
Savings Plan
Flexible commitment pricing
1 Year
$0.1118/hr
~$81.61/mo
Save 33%
3 Year
$0.0748/hr
~$54.60/mo
Save 55%
Reserved
Region & instance locked
1 Year
$0.0974/hr
~$71.08/mo
Save 41%
Spot Pricing
Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads
No spot pricing data available
B-series
Switch between sizes in eastus
Instance Specifications
Detailed hardware and capabilities for standard b4ms
Processor
Architecturex64
vCPUs4
vCPUs per Core1
Memory16 GiB
Memory per vCPU4.00 GiB
Network
Accelerated Networking
RDMA
IPv6
Storage
Temp Storage1023 GB
NVMe Drive
Max Data Disks8
Cached IOPS3,600
Cached Throughput34 MBps
Uncached IOPS2,880
Uncached Throughput35 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
Regional Pricing Comparison
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