standard b8als v2

    $0.2660/hr

    ~$194.18/month on-demand in eastus

    The standard b8als v2 is a General purpose instance with 8 vCPUs and 16 GiB of memory, starting at $0.266 per hour or $0.239 per hour with spot instances.

    Last updated: Jan 14, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC

    Pricing varies by operating system

    Pricing Options

    Savings Plan

    Flexible commitment pricing

    1 Year
    $0.1782/hr
    ~$130.10/mo
    Save 33%
    3 Year
    $0.1197/hr
    ~$87.38/mo
    Save 55%

    Reserved

    Region & instance locked

    1 Year
    $0.1572/hr
    ~$114.75/mo
    Save 41%
    3 Year
    $0.1013/hr
    ~$73.92/mo
    Save 62%

    Spot Pricing

    Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads

    Spot Price
    $0.2394/hr
    ~$174.76/mo
    Save 10%

    Bv2-series

    Switch between sizes in eastus

    SizevCPUMem
    standard b2als v224
    standard b2as v227
    standard b2ats v221
    standard b2ls v224
    standard b2pls v224
    standard b2ps v227
    standard b2pts v221
    standard b2s v227
    standard b2ts v221
    standard b4als v247
    standard b4as v2415
    standard b4ls v247
    standard b4pls v247
    standard b4ps v2415
    standard b4s v2415
    standard b8als v2815
    standard b8as v2830
    standard b8ls v2815
    standard b8pls v2815
    standard b8ps v2830
    standard b8s v2830
    standard b16als v21630
    standard b16as v21660
    standard b16ls v21630
    standard b16pls v21630
    standard b16ps v21660
    standard b16s v21660
    standard b32als v23260
    standard b32as v232119
    standard b32ls v23260
    standard b32s v232119

    Instance Specifications

    Detailed hardware and capabilities for standard b8als v2

    Processor

    Architecturex64
    vCPUs8
    vCPUs per Core2
    Memory16 GiB
    Memory per vCPU2.00 GiB

    Network

    Accelerated Networking
    RDMA
    IPv6

    Storage

    Temp Storage1023 GB
    NVMe Drive
    Max Data Disks16
    Cached IOPS19,000
    Cached Throughput250 MBps
    Uncached IOPS12,800
    Uncached Throughput290 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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