The Standard_D2_v4 is a general purpose instance in the Dv4 family with 2 vCPU and 8 GiB of memory on Intel Ice Lake. It costs $70.08 a month on-demand in eastus (Virginia) and is offered in 58 regions.
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1 Mar 2026
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| Pod requests | Pods | Per pod, a month |
|---|---|---|
| 100m CPU, 128 MiB | 19cpu | $3.69 |
| 250m CPU, 512 MiB | 7cpu | $10.01 |
| 500m CPU, 1 GiB | 3cpu | $23.36 |
| 1 CPU, 4 GiB | 1cpu | $70.08 |
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 $1,991 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.
| $70.08 | $12.99 | 81% | — | |
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| $70.08 | $14.78 | 79% | — | |
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| $73.73 | $13.63 | 82% | — | |
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| $74.46 | $13.76 | 82% | — |
curl "https://prices.cloudadapt.io/api/v1/compute/azure/Standard_D2_v4?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