standard ds5 v2

    $1.1700/hr

    ~$854.10/month on-demand in eastus

    The standard ds5 v2 is a General purpose instance with 16 vCPUs and 56 GiB of memory, starting at $1.170 per hour or $0.234 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
    $0.8073/hr
    ~$589.33/mo
    Save 31%
    3 Year
    $0.5499/hr
    ~$401.43/mo
    Save 53%

    Reserved

    Region & instance locked

    1 Year
    $0.4959/hr
    ~$362.00/mo
    Save 58%

    Spot Pricing

    Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads

    Spot Price
    $0.2341/hr
    ~$170.91/mo
    Save 80%

    Instance Specifications

    Detailed hardware and capabilities for standard ds5 v2

    Processor

    Architecturex64
    vCPUs16
    vCPUs per Core1
    ACU210
    Memory56 GiB
    Memory per vCPU3.50 GiB

    Network

    Accelerated Networking
    RDMA
    IPv6

    Storage

    Temp Storage1023 GB
    NVMe Drive
    Max Data Disks64
    Cached IOPS64,000
    Cached Throughput524 MBps
    Uncached IOPS51,200
    Uncached Throughput768 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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