B8als v2
api name Standard_B8als_v2 · Azure Virtual Machines · Basv2 family
The B8als v2 is a general purpose Azure Virtual Machines VM size with 8 vCPUs and 16 GiB of memory, running on AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan), starting at $0.174 per hour on demand.
- vCPUs
- 8
- memory
- 16 GiB
- processor
- AMD
- on-demand
- $0.266
- spot
- $0.2394
- 1-yr reserved
- $0.1572
shared / burstable
2 GiB per vCPU
x86-64
$194/mo · eastus
−10% vs on-demand
−41% vs on-demand
B8als v2 price by region
60 regions · hourly list prices in USD · On-demand · Spot · 1-yr Reserved · 3-yr Reserved · 1-yr Savings plan · 3-yr Savings plan
| Central IndiacentralindiacheapestAsia | $0.174 | $0.1566 | $0.1029 | $0.0645 | $0.1183 | $0.0766 |
| East USeastusreferenceNorth America | $0.266 | $0.2394 | $0.1572 | $0.1013 | $0.1782 | $0.1197 |
| East US 2eastus2North America | $0.266 | $0.2394 | $0.1572 | $0.1013 | $0.1782 | $0.1197 |
| North Central USnorthcentralusNorth America | $0.266 | $0.2394 | $0.1572 | $0.1013 | $0.1782 | $0.1197 |
| West US 2westus2North America | $0.266 | $0.2394 | $0.1572 | $0.1013 | $0.1782 | $0.1197 |
| West US 3westus3North America | $0.266 | $0.2394 | $0.1572 | $0.1013 | $0.1835 | $0.125 |
| Sweden CentralswedencentralEurope | $0.275 | $0.2475 | $0.1626 | $0.1047 | $0.209 | $0.1513 |
| North EuropenortheuropeEurope | $0.289 | $0.2601 | $0.1705 | $0.1099 | $0.2196 | $0.1532 |
| Mexico CentralmexicocentralNorth America | $0.293 | $0.0858 | $0.1729 | $0.1114 | $0.2538 | $0.2003 |
| Canada CentralcanadacentralNorth America | $0.296 | $0.2664 | $0.1748 | $0.1126 | $0.1983 | $0.1332 |
| Canada EastcanadaeastNorth America | $0.296 | $0.2664 | $0.1748 | $0.1126 | $0.1983 | $0.1332 |
| Central UScentralusNorth America | $0.301 | $0.2394 | $0.1572 | $0.1013 | $0.1776 | $0.1192 |
| France CentralfrancecentralEurope | $0.301 | $0.2709 | $0.1776 | $0.1144 | $0.2288 | $0.1595 |
| UK SouthuksouthEurope | $0.301 | $0.2709 | $0.1776 | $0.1144 | $0.2288 | $0.1595 |
| Indonesia CentralindonesiacentralAsia | $0.303 | $0.2302 | $0.1788 | $0.1151 | $0.203 | $0.1364 |
| Malaysia WestmalaysiawestAsia | $0.303 | $0.2302 | $0.1788 | $0.1151 | $0.203 | $0.1364 |
| Israel CentralisraelcentralMiddle East | $0.304 | $0.2736 | $0.1793 | $0.1155 | $0.231 | $0.1611 |
| Qatar CentralqatarcentralMiddle East | $0.304 | $0.2736 | $0.1793 | $0.1155 | $0.231 | $0.1611 |
| Italy NorthitalynorthEurope | $0.305 | $0.2745 | $0.1801 | $0.1161 | $0.2318 | $0.1617 |
| Austria EastaustriaeastEurope | $0.306 | $0.2324 | $0.1806 | $0.1163 | $0.205 | $0.1377 |
| Belgium CentralbelgiumcentralEurope | $0.306 | $0.2324 | $0.1806 | $0.1163 | $0.205 | $0.1377 |
| Germany West CentralgermanywestcentralEurope | $0.306 | $0.2754 | $0.1806 | $0.1163 | $0.2326 | $0.1683 |
| Korea SouthkoreasouthAsia | $0.306 | $0.2754 | $0.1808 | $0.1164 | $0.2326 | $0.1683 |
| Poland CentralpolandcentralEurope | $0.306 | $0.2754 | $0.1806 | $0.1163 | $0.2326 | $0.1622 |
| West EuropewesteuropeEurope | $0.306 | $0.2754 | $0.1806 | $0.1163 | $0.2326 | $0.1683 |
| US Gov ArizonausgovarizonaNorth America | $0.311 | $0.2799 | $0.1836 | $0.1182 | – | – |
| US Gov VirginiausgovvirginiaNorth America | $0.311 | $0.2799 | $0.1836 | $0.1182 | – | – |
| Taiwan NorthtaiwannorthAsia | $0.312 | $0.0686 | $0.1844 | $0.1187 | $0.2122 | $0.1373 |
| West USwestusNorth America | $0.316 | $0.2844 | $0.1864 | $0.1201 | $0.218 | $0.1485 |
| South Central USsouthcentralusNorth America | $0.32 | $0.288 | $0.1886 | $0.1215 | $0.2208 | $0.1504 |
| UAE NorthuaenorthMiddle East | $0.32 | $0.288 | $0.1887 | $0.1215 | $0.2432 | $0.176 |
| West Central USwestcentralusNorth America | $0.32 | $0.288 | $0.1886 | $0.1215 | $0.2208 | $0.1504 |
| UK WestukwestEurope | $0.322 | $0.2898 | $0.1902 | $0.1225 | $0.2447 | $0.1771 |
| Korea CentralkoreacentralAsia | $0.332 | $0.2988 | $0.1857 | $0.126 | $0.2158 | $0.1527 |
| US Gov TexasusgovtexasNorth America | $0.333 | $0.2997 | $0.1965 | $0.1266 | – | – |
| Southeast AsiasoutheastasiaAsia | $0.334 | $0.3006 | $0.1974 | $0.1237 | $0.2271 | $0.147 |
| Australia CentralaustraliacentralOceania | $0.337 | $0.3033 | $0.1986 | $0.1279 | $0.246 | $0.1719 |
| Australia Central 2australiacentral2Oceania | $0.337 | $0.3033 | $0.1986 | $0.1279 | $0.246 | $0.1719 |
| Australia EastaustraliaeastOceania | $0.337 | $0.3033 | $0.1986 | $0.1279 | $0.246 | $0.1719 |
| Norway EastnorwayeastEurope | $0.337 | $0.3033 | $0.1986 | $0.1279 | $0.2561 | $0.1854 |
| Switzerland NorthswitzerlandnorthEurope | $0.337 | $0.3033 | $0.1986 | $0.1279 | $0.2561 | $0.1854 |
| West IndiawestindiaAsia | $0.341 | $0.3069 | $0.2013 | $0.1296 | $0.2592 | $0.1876 |
| Australia SoutheastaustraliasoutheastOceania | $0.346 | $0.3114 | $0.2043 | $0.1316 | $0.263 | $0.1903 |
| South Africa NorthsouthafricanorthAfrica | $0.346 | $0.3114 | $0.2041 | $0.1315 | $0.263 | $0.1903 |
| Spain CentralspaincentralEurope | $0.346 | $0.3114 | $0.2043 | $0.1316 | $0.2997 | $0.2365 |
| Japan EastjapaneastAsia | $0.347 | $0.3123 | $0.2048 | $0.1319 | $0.2533 | $0.1804 |
| Japan WestjapanwestAsia | $0.347 | $0.3123 | $0.2048 | $0.1319 | $0.2637 | $0.1909 |
| New Zealand NorthnewzealandnorthOceania | $0.353 | $0.3177 | $0.2086 | $0.1343 | $0.2577 | $0.18 |
| Sweden SouthswedensouthEurope | $0.358 | $0.3222 | $0.2113 | $0.1361 | $0.2721 | $0.1969 |
| East AsiaeastasiaAsia | $0.372 | $0.3348 | $0.2197 | $0.1415 | $0.2827 | $0.2046 |
| Chile CentralchilecentralSouth America | $0.373 | $0.2833 | $0.2201 | $0.1417 | $0.2499 | $0.1679 |
| South IndiasouthindiaAsia | $0.376 | $0.3384 | $0.2217 | $0.1427 | $0.2858 | $0.2068 |
| France SouthfrancesouthEurope | $0.391 | $0.3519 | $0.2309 | $0.1487 | $0.2972 | $0.2151 |
| Germany NorthgermanynorthEurope | $0.398 | $0.3582 | $0.2348 | $0.1512 | $0.3025 | $0.2189 |
| UAE CentraluaecentralMiddle East | $0.416 | $0.3744 | $0.2453 | $0.158 | $0.3162 | $0.2288 |
| Brazil SouthbrazilsouthSouth America | $0.429 | $0.3861 | $0.2315 | $0.1629 | $0.266 | $0.1931 |
| Norway WestnorwaywestEurope | $0.438 | $0.3942 | $0.2582 | $0.1663 | $0.3329 | $0.2409 |
| Switzerland WestswitzerlandwestEurope | $0.438 | $0.3942 | $0.2582 | $0.1663 | $0.3329 | $0.2409 |
| South Africa WestsouthafricawestAfrica | $0.45 | $0.405 | $0.2653 | $0.1709 | $0.342 | $0.2475 |
| Brazil SoutheastbrazilsoutheastSouth America | $0.557 | $0.5013 | $0.3288 | $0.2118 | $0.4233 | $0.3064 |
Specifications
compute
- vCPUs
- 8
- Memory
- 16 GiB
- Memory per vCPU
- 2 GiB
- Processor
- AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan)
- CPU vendor
- AMD
- Architecture
- x86-64
- Burstable CPU
- Yes (shared cores)
storage & network
- Local storage
- Remote storage only
azure details
- API name
Standard_B8als_v2- Family
- Basv2
- Category
- General purpose
- Generation
- Current
- Regions
- 60 (Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America)
- Cheapest region
- Central India · $0.174/hr
- Premium SSD support
- Yes
B8als v2 equivalents on other clouds
closest match by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture, accelerator and class · Linux on-demand in each provider's reference region
| Provider | Instance | vCPU | Memory | Processor | On-demand | vs B8als v2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | B8als v2 | 8 | 16 GiB | AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan) | $0.266 | – |
| AWS | c6a.2xlargededicated CPU | 8 | 16 GiB | AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | $0.306 | +15% |
| c5a.2xlargededicated CPU | 8 | 16 GiB | AMD EPYC 7R32 | $0.308 | +16% | |
| Google Cloud | n4d-highcpu-8dedicated CPU | 8 | 16 GiB | AMD Turin | $0.2858 | +7% |
| c3d-highcpu-8dedicated CPU | 8 | 16 GiB | AMD Genoa | $0.2998 | +13% | |
| Akamai | Linode 16GB6 vCPU (1.3× less) | 6 | 16 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.144 | -46% |
| Dedicated 16GBdedicated CPU | 8 | 16 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.216 | -19% | |
| Vultr | vhp-8c-16gb-amd | 8 | 16 GiB | AMD EPYC | $0.132 | -50% |
| vhp-8c-16gb-intel | 8 | 16 GiB | Intel Xeon | $0.132 | -50% |
Basv2 family sizes
| Size | vCPU | Memory | Local storage | On-demand | Monthly | Spot | 1-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B2ats v2 | 2 | 1 GiB | – | $0.0094 | $6.862 | $0.00846 | $0.00559 |
| B2als v2 | 2 | 4 GiB | – | $0.0376 | $27.45 | $0.0338 | $0.0221 |
| B2as v2 | 2 | 8 GiB | – | $0.0752 | $54.90 | $0.0677 | $0.0444 |
| B4als v2 | 4 | 8 GiB | – | $0.133 | $97.09 | $0.1197 | $0.0785 |
| B4as v2 | 4 | 16 GiB | – | $0.15 | $110 | $0.135 | $0.0887 |
| B8als v2 | 8 | 16 GiB | – | $0.266 | $194 | $0.2394 | $0.1572 |
| B8as v2 | 8 | 32 GiB | – | $0.301 | $220 | $0.2709 | $0.1775 |
| B16als v2 | 16 | 32 GiB | – | $0.533 | $389 | $0.4797 | $0.3143 |
| B16as v2 | 16 | 64 GiB | – | $0.602 | $439 | $0.5418 | $0.3549 |
| B32als v2 | 32 | 64 GiB | – | $1.065 | $777 | $0.9585 | $0.6287 |
| B32as v2 | 32 | 128 GiB | – | $1.203 | $878 | $1.083 | $0.7099 |
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B8als v2 FAQ
How much does B8als v2 cost?
B8als v2 costs $0.266 per hour on demand with Linux in East US (eastus), about $194 per month. Across 60 regions the Linux on-demand price ranges from $0.174 in Central India to $0.557 in Brazil Southeast. Spot capacity costs $0.2394 per hour (10% less), but can be reclaimed. A 1-yr Reserved commitment brings it to $0.1572 per hour. With Windows it costs $0.303 per hour.
How many vCPUs and how much memory does B8als v2 have?
B8als v2 has 8 vCPUs and 16 GiB of memory (2 GiB per vCPU), running on AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan). It is a general purpose VM size in the Basv2 family with a burstable (shared) CPU.
What is the cheapest region for B8als v2?
Central India (centralindia) at $0.174 per hour for Linux on demand, 35% less than East US. B8als v2 is sold in 60 Azure regions.
What are the equivalents of B8als v2 on other clouds?
The closest matches by vCPU, memory, CPU architecture and instance class are on AWS, c6a.2xlarge (8 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.306/hour in US East (N. Virginia)); on Google Cloud, n4d-highcpu-8 (8 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.2858/hour in Iowa); on Akamai, Linode 16GB (6 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.144/hour in Newark, NJ); on Vultr, vhp-8c-16gb-amd (8 vCPU, 16 GiB, $0.132/hour in New Jersey).
Is B8als v2 burstable?
Yes. B8als v2 shares physical CPU cores and is designed for workloads that are idle most of the time and occasionally need full CPU. Sustained high CPU use can be throttled or cost extra, so pick a general purpose size with dedicated vCPUs for steady load.