Azure D4_v4 Pricing and Specs
Microsoft Azure D4_v4 is a general-purpose instance with 4 vCPUs and 16.0 GB memory. This page provides comprehensive pricing comparison across all major regions, including on-demand, reserved, and spot pricing options.
Specifications
| Specification |
Value |
| vCPU |
4 |
| Memory |
16.0 GB |
| Storage |
Standard SSD |
| Network Performance |
High |
| EBS Bandwidth |
High |
| Processor |
Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL |
Pricing by Region
On-Demand Pricing
| Region |
Hourly |
Monthly |
| US East (N. Virginia) |
$0.1920 |
$140.16 |
| US West (Oregon) |
$0.2016 |
$147.17 |
| US Central (Iowa) |
$0.1958 |
$142.96 |
| Canada Central |
$0.2074 |
$151.37 |
| EU West (Ireland) |
$0.2016 |
$147.17 |
Reserved Instance (1-Year No Upfront)
| Region |
Hourly |
Savings vs On-Demand |
| US East (N. Virginia) |
$0.1152 |
40% |
| US Central (Iowa) |
$0.1175 |
40% |
| EU West (Ireland) |
$0.1210 |
40% |
Spot Pricing
| Region |
Hourly |
Savings vs On-Demand |
| US East (N. Virginia) |
$0.0576 |
70% |
| US Central (Iowa) |
$0.0588 |
70% |
| EU West (Ireland) |
$0.0605 |
70% |
Use Cases
general-purpose instance are ideal for D4_v4:
- Web servers and APIs
- Small to medium databases
- Development and test environments
Equivalent Instances
| Provider |
Instance |
vCPU |
Memory |
Price Diff |
| AWS |
m5.large |
2 |
8 |
-15% |
| Azure |
D4_v4 |
4 |
16.0 |
baseline |
| GCP |
e2-standard-2 |
2 |
8 |
-1% |
| Alibaba Cloud |
ecs.g6-large |
2 |
8 |
4% |
Data Source
- API: Microsoft Azure Official Pricing API
- Fetched: 2026-07-23
- Methodology: Prices retrieved via official API and normalized to USD hourly/monthly rates
