standard f4

    $0.3340/hr

    ~$243.82/month on-demand in southafricawest

    The standard f4 is a Compute optimized instance with 4 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory, starting at $0.334 per hour or $0.062 per hour with spot instances.

    Last updated: Jan 16, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC

    Pricing varies by operating system

    Pricing Options

    Savings Plan

    Flexible commitment pricing

    1 Year
    $0.2538/hr
    ~$185.30/mo
    Save 24%
    3 Year
    $0.1837/hr
    ~$134.10/mo
    Save 45%

    Reserved

    Region & instance locked

    1 Year
    $0.2096/hr
    ~$153.00/mo
    Save 37%

    Spot Pricing

    Up to 90% savings - flexible workloads

    Spot Price
    $0.0619/hr
    ~$45.20/mo
    Save 81%

    F-series

    Switch between sizes in southafricawest

    SizevCPUMem
    standard f112
    standard f1s12
    standard f224
    standard f2als v624
    standard f2ams v6215
    standard f2as v627
    standard f2s24
    standard f2s v224
    standard f447
    standard f4als v647
    standard f4ams v6430
    standard f4as v6415
    standard f4s47
    standard f4s v247
    standard f8815
    standard f8als v6815
    standard f8ams v6860
    standard f8as v6830
    standard f8s815
    standard f8s v2815
    standard f161630
    standard f16als v61630
    standard f16ams v616119
    standard f16as v61660
    standard f16s1630
    standard f16s v21630
    standard f32als v63260
    standard f32ams v632238
    standard f32as v632119
    standard f32s v23260
    standard f48als v64889
    standard f48ams v648358
    standard f48as v648179
    standard f48s v24889
    standard f64als v664119
    standard f64ams v664477
    standard f64as v664238
    standard f64s v264119
    standard f72s v272134

    Instance Specifications

    Detailed hardware and capabilities for standard f4

    Processor

    Architecturex64
    vCPUs4
    vCPUs per Core1
    ACU210
    Memory8 GiB
    Memory per vCPU2.00 GiB

    Network

    Accelerated Networking
    RDMA
    IPv6

    Storage

    Temp Storage1023 GB
    NVMe Drive
    Max Data Disks16
    Cached IOPS12,000
    Cached Throughput196 MBps
    Uncached IOPS12,800
    Uncached Throughput192 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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