Name: Standard_B2s
Brand: Microsoft Azure
SKU: Standard_B2s

Region pricing

Monthly estimates use 730 hours.

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57 priced regions

Operating system

Pricing model

Cheapest published price

East US, East US 2, North Central US, West US 2, West US 3

eastus, eastus2, northcentralus, westus2, westus3

$0.0416

per hour, Linux Pay as you go

$30.37 estimated monthly

Linux Pay as you go hourly prices for Standard_B2s by Azure region, including each region's percentage above the cheapest price. Use a column heading button to change the sort order.
#				Est. monthly	Vs. cheapest
1	East US Cheapest eastus	eastus	$0.0416	$30.37	0%
2	East US 2 Cheapest eastus2	eastus2	$0.0416	$30.37	0%
3	North Central US Cheapest northcentralus	northcentralus	$0.0416	$30.37	0%
4	West US 2 Cheapest westus2	westus2	$0.0416	$30.37	0%
5	West US 3 Cheapest westus3	westus3	$0.0416	$30.37	0%
6	Sweden Central swedencentral	swedencentral	$0.0432	$31.54	+3.85%
7	Central India centralindia	centralindia	$0.0448	$32.70	+7.69%
8	Jio India Central jioindiacentral	jioindiacentral	$0.0448	$32.70	+7.69%
9	Jio India West jioindiawest	jioindiawest	$0.0448	$32.70	+7.69%
10	North Europe northeurope	northeurope	$0.0450	$32.85	+8.17%
11	Mexico Central mexicocentral	mexicocentral	$0.0458	$33.43	+10.1%
12	Spain Central spaincentral	spaincentral	$0.0458	$33.43	+10.1%
13	Canada Central canadacentral	canadacentral	$0.0464	$33.87	+11.54%
14	Canada East canadaeast	canadaeast	$0.0464	$33.87	+11.54%
15	UK West ukwest	ukwest	$0.0470	$34.31	+12.98%
16	France Central francecentral	francecentral	$0.0472	$34.46	+13.46%
17	UK South uksouth	uksouth	$0.0472	$34.46	+13.46%
18	Indonesia Central indonesiacentral	indonesiacentral	$0.0475	$34.68	+14.18%
19	Malaysia West malaysiawest	malaysiawest	$0.0475	$34.68	+14.18%
20	Austria East austriaeast	austriaeast	$0.0480	$35.04	+15.38%
21	Belgium Central belgiumcentral	belgiumcentral	$0.0480	$35.04	+15.38%
22	Germany West Central germanywestcentral	germanywestcentral	$0.0480	$35.04	+15.38%
23	Israel Central israelcentral	israelcentral	$0.0480	$35.04	+15.38%
24	Italy North italynorth	italynorth	$0.0480	$35.04	+15.38%
25	Poland Central polandcentral	polandcentral	$0.0480	$35.04	+15.38%
26	West Europe westeurope	westeurope	$0.0480	$35.04	+15.38%
27	West US westus	westus	$0.0496	$36.21	+19.23%
28	Central US centralus	centralus	$0.0499	$36.43	+19.95%
29	South Central US southcentralus	southcentralus	$0.0499	$36.43	+19.95%
30	UAE North uaenorth	uaenorth	$0.0499	$36.43	+19.95%
31	West Central US westcentralus	westcentralus	$0.0499	$36.43	+19.95%
32	Qatar Central qatarcentral	qatarcentral	$0.0502	$36.65	+20.67%
33	Korea Central koreacentral	koreacentral	$0.0520	$37.96	+25%
34	Korea South koreasouth	koreasouth	$0.0520	$37.96	+25%
35	Australia Central australiacentral	australiacentral	$0.0528	$38.54	+26.92%
36	Australia Central 2 australiacentral2	australiacentral2	$0.0528	$38.54	+26.92%
37	Australia East australiaeast	australiaeast	$0.0528	$38.54	+26.92%
38	Australia Southeast australiasoutheast	australiasoutheast	$0.0528	$38.54	+26.92%
39	Norway East norwayeast	norwayeast	$0.0528	$38.54	+26.92%
40	Southeast Asia southeastasia	southeastasia	$0.0528	$38.54	+26.92%
41	Switzerland North switzerlandnorth	switzerlandnorth	$0.0528	$38.54	+26.92%
42	South Africa North southafricanorth	southafricanorth	$0.0542	$39.57	+30.29%
43	Japan East japaneast	japaneast	$0.0544	$39.71	+30.77%
44	New Zealand North newzealandnorth	newzealandnorth	$0.0554	$40.44	+33.17%
45	South India southindia	southindia	$0.0580	$42.34	+39.42%
46	Chile Central chilecentral	chilecentral	$0.0582	$42.49	+39.9%
47	East Asia eastasia	eastasia	$0.0584	$42.63	+40.38%
48	West India westindia	westindia	$0.0590	$43.07	+41.83%
49	Japan West japanwest	japanwest	$0.0599	$43.73	+43.99%
50	Germany North germanynorth	germanynorth	$0.0624	$45.55	+50%
51	UAE Central uaecentral	uaecentral	$0.0624	$45.55	+50%
52	Brazil South brazilsouth	brazilsouth	$0.0672	$49.06	+61.54%
53	France South francesouth	francesouth	$0.0676	$49.35	+62.5%
54	South Africa West southafricawest	southafricawest	$0.06775	$49.46	+62.86%
55	Norway West norwaywest	norwaywest	$0.0686	$50.08	+64.9%
56	Switzerland West switzerlandwest	switzerlandwest	$0.06866	$50.12	+65.05%
57	Brazil Southeast brazilsoutheast	brazilsoutheast	$0.0874	$63.80	+110.1%

Vs. cheapest shows how each region compares with the lowest available public price. Prices are shown in USD and may vary by availability, capacity, and agreement.

SKU identity and primary specs

Canonical Resource SKUs fields and the most commonly compared capabilities.

How to read this VM size name

Each segment of Standard_B2s encodes a specific attribute. The Standard_ prefix is omitted from the breakdown below.

B: Family — B-family size series
2: vCPUs — 2 vCPUs in the base size
s: Additive feature — Compatible with any Premium SSD type

Microsoft naming guide

ARM SKU name: Standard_B2s
Size: B2s
Series: BS Series
Maximum data disks: 4
Maximum network interfaces: 3
Accelerator: None

Feature flags

Premium storage

Other sizes in this series

BS Series sizes, smallest first.

Standard_B1ls
1 vCPU, 0.5 GB RAM
Standard_B1s
1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
Standard_B1ms
1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM
Standard_B2ms
2 vCPUs, 8 GB RAM
Standard_B4ms
4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM
Standard_B8ms
8 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM
Standard_B12ms
12 vCPUs, 48 GB RAM
Standard_B16ms
16 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM
Standard_B20ms
20 vCPUs, 80 GB RAM

Static capabilities

Only allowlisted values that were present and identical across every regional record for this SKU are included.

Accelerated networking: False
Available vCPUs: 2
Cached disk bytes: 32212254720
CPU architecture: x64
Hyper-V generations: V1,V2
Maximum data disks: 4
Maximum network interfaces: 3
Memory (GB): 4
OS VHD size MB: 1047552
Premium storage: True
RDMA: False
Resource volume MB: 8192
Temp and cached disk IOPS: 1600
Temp and cached read bytes/sec: 22528000
Temp and cached write bytes/sec: 22528000
Uncached disk bytes/sec: 22500000
Uncached disk IOPS: 1280
vCPUs: 2
vCPUs per core: 1