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The Standard_B16als_v2 is a general purpose instance in the Balsv2 family with 16 vCPU and 32 GiB of memory on Intel Haswell. It costs $389.09 a month on-demand in eastus (Virginia) and is offered in 56 regions.
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1 Mar 2026
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| Pod requests | Pods | Per pod, a month |
|---|---|---|
| 100m CPU, 128 MiB | 110pod cap | $3.54 |
| 250m CPU, 512 MiB | 56memory | $6.95 |
| 500m CPU, 1 GiB | 28memory | $13.90 |
| 1 CPU, 4 GiB | 7memory | $55.58 |
Node share from GKE's published kube-reserved formula plus a 100 MiB eviction threshold; EKS and AKS keep similar amounts. DaemonSets take more on top. At most 110 pods per node, the kubelet default.
First year, 3 instances
Spot saves $1,401 a year
Reserved capacity is billed every hour of the month whether it runs or not.
No grid or power data for this type in eastus.
| $254.77 | $229.29 | 10% | — | |
| $389.09 | $350.18 | 10% | — | |
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| $402.23 | $362.01 | 10% | — | |
| $421.94 | $379.75 | 10% | — |
curl "https://prices.cloudadapt.io/api/v1/compute/azure/Standard_B16als_v2?region=eastus"
List prices from Microsoft Azure in US dollars, before discounts, credits and taxes. A month is 730 hours, a year 8,760. Azure pricing page