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The Standard_D2s_v6 is a general purpose instance in the Dsv6 family with 2 vCPU and 8 GiB of memory on Intel Emerald Rapids. It costs $73.73 a month on-demand in westus3 (Arizona) and is offered in 54 regions.
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1 Mar 2026
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| Pod requests | Pods | Per pod, a month |
|---|---|---|
| 100m CPU, 128 MiB | 19cpu | $3.88 |
| 250m CPU, 512 MiB | 7cpu | $10.53 |
| 500m CPU, 1 GiB | 3cpu | $24.58 |
| 1 CPU, 4 GiB | 1cpu | $73.73 |
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 $2,164 a year
Reserved capacity is billed every hour of the month whether it runs or not.
Bars are on-demand per hour; the teal mark is spot. Price per vCPU is the same at every size, so pick the size that fits.
No grid or power data for this type in westus3.
| $73.73 | $13.63 | 82% | — | |
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| $78.11 | $14.44 | 82% | — |
curl "https://prices.cloudadapt.io/api/v1/compute/azure/Standard_D2s_v6?region=westus3"
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