Pricing Overview
Azure Compute services are billed based on the resources you provision and the duration of usage. Prices vary by region, VM size, and operating system. All prices listed are on a pay-as-you-go basis unless otherwise noted.
Open Pricing CalculatorVirtual Machines (VMs)
| VM Series | vCPUs | RAM (GiB) | Pay‑As‑You‑Go $/hr | Reserved (1 yr) $/hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1s Burstable | 1 | 1 | 0.012 | 0.008 |
| D2s_v3 | 2 | 8 | 0.096 | 0.072 |
| F4s_v2 | 4 | 8 | 0.158 | 0.119 |
| E8-2s_v3 | 8 | 64 | 0.456 | 0.342 |
Container Instances
Azure Container Instances (ACI) are billed per second based on vCPU and memory allocation.
| vCPU | Memory (GiB) | Price $/second |
|---|---|---|
| 0.25 | 0.5 | 0.000014 |
| 1 | 2 | 0.000056 |
| 2 | 4 | 0.000112 |
Azure Functions
Serverless functions are charged based on execution time and memory consumption, plus a free grant each month.
- First 1 M executions per month – Free
- 0.2 $ per million executions thereafter
- 0.000016 $ per GB‑second of execution time