standard dc2s v2

    $0.1920/hr

    ~$140.16/month on-demand in eastus

    The standard dc2s v2 is a General purpose instance with 2 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory, starting at $0.192 per hour or $0.035 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
    $0.1598/hr
    ~$116.67/mo
    Save 17%
    3 Year
    $0.1184/hr
    ~$86.46/mo
    Save 38%

    Reserved

    Region & instance locked

    Spot Pricing

    Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads

    Spot Price
    $0.0355/hr
    ~$25.90/mo
    Save 82%

    Instance Specifications

    Detailed hardware and capabilities for standard dc2s v2

    Processor

    Architecturex64
    vCPUs2
    vCPUs per Core1
    Memory8 GiB
    Memory per vCPU4.00 GiB

    Network

    Accelerated Networking
    RDMA
    IPv6

    Storage

    Temp Storage1023 GB
    NVMe Drive
    Max Data Disks2
    Cached IOPS4,000
    Cached Throughput32 MBps
    Uncached IOPS3,200
    Uncached Throughput48 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 GenerationsV2

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