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The Standard_D8s_v6 is a general purpose instance in the Dsv6 family with 8 vCPU and 32 GiB of memory on Intel Emerald Rapids. It costs $294.19 a month on-demand in northcentralus (Illinois) 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 | 79cpu | $3.72 |
| 250m CPU, 512 MiB | 31cpu | $9.49 |
| 500m CPU, 1 GiB | 15cpu | $19.61 |
| 1 CPU, 4 GiB | 7cpu | $42.03 |
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 $8,634 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 northcentralus.
| $294.19 | $62.04 | 79% | — | |
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| $312.44 | $57.74 | 82% | — |
curl "https://prices.cloudadapt.io/api/v1/compute/azure/Standard_D8s_v6?region=northcentralus"
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