Batch pricing
Cloud-scale job scheduling and compute management
- No upfront cost
- No termination fees
- Pay only for whole minutes
- Extra seconds are free
Azure Batch provides job scheduling and cluster management, allowing applications or algorithms to run in parallel at scale.
There’s no charge for Batch itself, only the underlying compute and other resources consumed to run your batch jobs. For compute, Cloud Services, Linux Virtual Machines, or Windows Virtual Machines can be utilized by Batch. The standard rates for compute apply and can be viewed below. In addition, Batch allows low-priority virtual machines (VMs) to be used.
US government entities are eligible to purchase Azure Government services from a licensing solution provider with no upfront financial commitment or directly through a pay-as-you-go online subscription.
Important—The price in R$ is merely a reference; this is an international transaction and the final price is subject to exchange rates and the inclusion of IOF taxes. An eNF will not be issued.
Azure Germany is available to customers and partners doing business in the European Union (EU), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), and in the United Kingdom (UK). It provides data residency in Germany with additional levels of control and data protection. You can also sign up for a free Azure Germany trial.
Low-priority VMs in Batch
Low-priority VMs are available for a much lower price than normal VMs and can significantly reduce the costs of running certain workloads, or allow much more work to be performed at a greater scale for the same cost. However, low-priority VMs do have different characteristics and are only suitable for certain types of applications and workloads. Low-priority VMs are allocated from surplus capacity and therefore availability varies—at times VMs may not be available to allocate, and allocated VMs may occasionally be preempted by higher-priority allocations. The availability SLA for normal VMs therefore does not apply to low-priority VMs.
If applications can tolerate interruption, then use of low-priority VMs can significantly lower compute costs. Suitable workloads include batch processing and HPC jobs, where the work is split into many asynchronous tasks. If VMs are pre-empted, then tasks can be interrupted and rerun—job completion time can also increase if capacity drops. Low-priority VMs are initially only available through Azure Batch, which provides job scheduling and resource management for batch processing workloads. Azure Batch pools can contain both normal and low-priority VMs. If low-priority VMs are pre-empted, then any interrupted tasks will be requeued, and the pool will automatically attempt to replace the lost capacity.
Virtual machine billing rounds down to the nearest minute, so you don't pay for extra seconds.
Low-priority Batch VMs are generally available, but preview pricing is in place until December 2017.
A0-4 Basic
A Basic is an economical option for development workloads, test servers, build servers, code repositories, low-traffic websites and web applications, micro services, early product experiments, and small databases.
| Instance | Cores | RAM | Temporary Storage | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A0 | 1 | 0.75 GiB | 20 GiB | $- | $- |
| A1 | 1 | 1.75 GiB | 40 GiB | $- | $- |
| A2 | 2 | 3.50 GiB | 60 GiB | $- | $- |
| A3 | 4 | 7.00 GiB | 120 GiB | $- | $- |
| A4 | 8 | 14.00 GiB | 240 GiB | $- | $- |
Av2 Standard
Av2 Standard is the latest generation of A-series virtual machines with similar CPU performance and faster disk. These virtual machines are suitable for development workloads, build servers, code repositories, low-traffic websites and web applications, micro services, early product experiments, and small databases. Like the prior A Standard generation, Av2 virtual machines will include load balancing and auto-scaling at no additional charge.
| Instance | Cores | RAM | Temporary Storage | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 v2 | 1 | 2.00 GiB | 10 GiB | $- | $- |
| A2 v2 | 2 | 4.00 GiB | 20 GiB | $- | $- |
| A4 v2 | 4 | 8.00 GiB | 40 GiB | $- | $- |
| A8 v2 | 8 | 16.00 GiB | 80 GiB | $- | $- |
| A2m v2 | 2 | 16.00 GiB | 20 GiB | $- | $- |
| A4m v2 | 4 | 32.00 GiB | 40 GiB | $- | $- |
| A8m v2 | 8 | 64.00 GiB | 80 GiB | $- | $- |
D2-64 v3 latest generation
D2-64 v3 instances are the latest generation of general purpose instances. D2-64 v3 instances are based on the 2.3 GHz Intel XEON ® E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell) processor, and can achieve 3.5 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. D2-64 v3 instances offer the combination of CPU, memory, and local disk for most production workloads.
| Instance | vCPU | RAM | Temporary Storage | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2 v3 | 2 | 8.00 GiB | 50 GiB | $- | $- |
| D4 v3 | 4 | 16.00 GiB | 100 GiB | $- | $- |
| D8 v3 | 8 | 32.00 GiB | 200 GiB | $- | $- |
| D16 v3 | 16 | 64.00 GiB | 400 GiB | $- | $- |
| D32 v3 | 32 | 128.00 GiB | 800 GiB | $- | $- |
| D64 v3 | 64 | 256.00 GiB | 1,600 GiB | $- | $- |
D2s-64s v3 latest generation
Dsv3-series sizes are based on the 2.3 GHz Intel XEON ® E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell) processor and can achieve 3.5GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and use premium storage. The Dsv3-series sizes offer a combination of vCPU, memory, and temporary storage for most production workloads.
Persistent storage disks are billed separately from virtual machines. To use premium storage disks, use the variant Dsv3 virtual machines. The pricing and billing meters for Dsv3 sizes are the same as Dv3-series. See pricing for disks.
| Instance | vCPU | RAM | Temporary Storage | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2s v3 | 2 | 8.00 GiB | 16 GiB | $- | $- |
| D4s v3 | 4 | 16.00 GiB | 32 GiB | $- | $- |
| D8s v3 | 8 | 32.00 GiB | 64 GiB | $- | $- |
| D16s v3 | 16 | 64.00 GiB | 128 GiB | $- | $- |
| D32s v3 | 32 | 128.00 GiB | 256 GiB | $- | $- |
| D64s v3 | 64 | 256.00 GiB | 512 GiB | $- | $- |
D1-5 v2
D1-5 v2 instances are based on the 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon® E5-2673 v3 (Haswell) processor and can achieve 3.1 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. D1-5 v2 instances offer a powerful combination of CPU, memory, and local disk for most production applications.
| Instance | Cores | RAM | Temporary Storage | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 v2 | 1 | 3.50 GiB | 50 GiB | $- | $- |
| D2 v2 | 2 | 7.00 GiB | 100 GiB | $- | $- |
| D3 v2 | 4 | 14.00 GiB | 200 GiB | $- | $- |
| D4 v2 | 8 | 28.00 GiB | 400 GiB | $- | $- |
| D5 v2 | 16 | 56.00 GiB | 800 GiB | $- | $- |
DS1-S5 v2
Persistent storage disks are billed separately from virtual machines. To use premium storage disks, use the variant Dsv2 virtual machines. The pricing and billing meters for Dsv2 sizes are the same as Dv2-series. See pricing for disks.
| Instance | Cores | RAM | Temporary Storage | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DS1 v2 | 1 | 3.50 GiB | 7 GiB | $- | $- |
| DS2 v2 | 2 | 7.00 GiB | 14 GiB | $- | $- |
| DS3 v2 | 4 | 14.00 GiB | 28 GiB | $- | $- |
| DS4 v2 | 8 | 28.00 GiB | 56 GiB | $- | $- |
| DS5 v2 | 16 | 56.00 GiB | 112 GiB | $- | $- |
D1-4 – v1
D1-4 instances offer a powerful combination of CPU, memory and local disk for most production applications. For persistent storage, use the variant “Ds” virtual machines and purchase Premium Storage separately. The pricing and billing meters for Ds sizes are the same as D-series.
| Instance | Cores | RAM | Temporary Storage | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 1 | 3.50 GiB | 50 GiB | $- | $- |
| D2 | 2 | 7.00 GiB | 100 GiB | $- | $- |
| D3 | 4 | 14.00 GiB | 200 GiB | $- | $- |
| D4 | 8 | 28.00 GiB | 400 GiB | $- | $- |
A0-7 – Standard
A Standard supports applications that require load balancing, auto-scaling. These virtual machines are suitable for development workloads, build servers, code repositories, low-traffic websites and web applications, micro services, early product experiments and small databases.
| Instance | Cores | RAM | Temporary Storage | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | 1 | 1.75 GiB | 70 GiB | $- | $- |
| A2 | 2 | 3.50 GiB | 135 GiB | $- | $- |
| A3 | 4 | 7.00 GiB | 285 GiB | $- | $- |
| A4 | 8 | 14.00 GiB | 605 GiB | $- | $- |
| A5 | 2 | 14.00 GiB | 135 GiB | $- | $- |
| A6 | 4 | 28.00 GiB | 285 GiB | $- | $- |
| A7 | 8 | 56.00 GiB | 605 GiB | $- | $- |
F-series
The F-series virtual machines support 2 GiB RAM and 16 GB of local solid state drive (SSD) per CPU core, and are optimized for compute intensive workloads. The F-series is based on the 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon® E5-2673 v3 (Haswell) processor, which can achieve clock speeds as high as 3.2 GHz with the Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. These virtual machines are suitable for scenarios like batch processing, web servers, analytics, and gaming.
For persistent storage, use the variant Fs virtual machines and purchase Premium Storage separately. The pricing and billing meters for Fs sizes are the same as F-series.
| Instance | Cores | RAM | Temporary Storage | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 1 | 2.00 GiB | 16 GiB | $- | $- |
| F2 | 2 | 4.00 GiB | 32 GiB | $- | $- |
| F4 | 4 | 8.00 GiB | 64 GiB | $- | $- |
| F8 | 8 | 16.00 GiB | 128 GiB | $- | $- |
| F16 | 16 | 32.00 GiB | 256 GiB | $- | $- |
E2-64 v3 latest generation
E2-64 v3 instances are the latest generation of memory optimized instances. E2-64 v3 instances are based on the 2.3 GHz Intel XEON® E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell) processor and can achieve 3.5 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. E2-64 v3 instances are ideal for memory-intensive enterprise applications.
Persistent storage disks are billed separately from virtual machines. To use premium storage disks, use the variant Esv3 virtual machines. The pricing and billing meters for Esv3 sizes are the same as Ev3-series. See pricing for disks.
| Instance | vCPU | RAM | Temporary Storage | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E2 v3 | 2 | 16.00 GiB | 32 GiB | $- | $- |
| E4 v3 | 4 | 32.00 GiB | 64 GiB | $- | $- |
| E8 v3 | 8 | 64.00 GiB | 128 GiB | $- | $- |
| E16 v3 | 16 | 128.00 GiB | 256 GiB | $- | $- |
| E32 v3 | 32 | 256.00 GiB | 512 GiB | $- | $- |
| E64 v3 | 64 | 432.00 GiB | 864 GiB | $- | $- |
D11-15 v2
D11-15 v2 instances are based on the 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon® E5-2673 v3 (Haswell) processor and can achieve 3.1 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. D11-15 v2 are ideal for memory-intensive enterprise applications. D15 v2 instance is isolated to hardware dedicated to a single customer.
| Instance | Cores | RAM | Temporary Storage | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D11 v2 | 2 | 14.00 GiB | 100 GiB | $- | $- |
| D12 v2 | 4 | 28.00 GiB | 200 GiB | $- | $- |
| D13 v2 | 8 | 56.00 GiB | 400 GiB | $- | $- |
| D14 v2 | 16 | 112.00 GiB | 800 GiB | $- | $- |
| D15 v2 | 20 | 140.00 GiB | 1,000 GiB | $- | $- |
DS11-S15 v2
For persistent storage, use the variant Dsv2 virtual machines and purchase Premium Storage separately. The pricing and billing meters for Dsv2 sizes are the same as Dv2-series.
| Instance | Cores | RAM | Temporary Storage | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DS11 v2 | 2 | 14.00 GiB | 28 GiB | $- | $- |
| DS12 v2 | 4 | 28.00 GiB | 56 GiB | $- | $- |
| DS13 v2 | 8 | 56.00 GiB | 112 GiB | $- | $- |
| DS14 v2 | 16 | 112.00 GiB | 224 GiB | $- | $- |
| DS15 v2 | 20 | 140.00 GiB | 280 GiB | $- | $- |
D11-14 – v1
D11-14 instances are ideal for memory-intensive enterprise applications. For persistent storage, use the variant “Ds” virtual machines and purchase Premium Storage separately. The pricing and billing meters for Ds sizes are the same as D-series.
| Instance | Cores | RAM | Temporary Storage | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D11 | 2 | 14.00 GiB | 100 GiB | $- | $- |
| D12 | 4 | 28.00 GiB | 200 GiB | $- | $- |
| D13 | 8 | 56.00 GiB | 400 GiB | $- | $- |
| D14 | 16 | 112.00 GiB | 800 GiB | $- | $- |
G-series
G-series virtual machines feature Intel® Xeon® processor E5 v3 family and provide unparalleled computational performance to support large database workloads, specifically SAP HANA, SQL Server, Hadoop, DataZen, and Hortonworks. G5 instance is isolated to hardware dedicated to a single customer.
If you need an option to run SAP HANA production environments that require nodes larger than 0.5 TB, the SAP HANA on Azure (large instances) provide purpose-built SAP certified hardware to deploy larger production environments of SAP workloads (OLTP and OLAP). See more details about SAP HANA on Azure.
For persistent storage, use the variant GS virtual machines and purchase Premium Storage separately. The pricing and billing meters for GS sizes are the same as G-series.
| Instance | Cores | RAM | Temporary Storage | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G1 | 2 | 28.00 GiB | 384 GiB | $- | $- |
| G2 | 4 | 56.00 GiB | 768 GiB | $- | $- |
| G3 | 8 | 112.00 GiB | 1,536 GiB | $- | $- |
| G4 | 16 | 224.00 GiB | 3,072 GiB | $- | $- |
| G5 | 32 | 448.00 GiB | 6,144 GiB | $- | $- |
NC-series
N-series virtual machines are ideal for compute and graphics-intensive workloads, helping customers to fuel innovation through scenarios like high-end remote visualization, deep learning, and predictive analytics. N-series virtual machines feature the NVIDIA Tesla accelerated platform and NVIDIA GRID 2.0 technology, providing the highest-end graphics support available in the cloud today. In addition, N-series offers a NC24r configuration that provides a low latency, high-throughput network interface optimized for tightly coupled parallel computing workloads.
| Instance | Cores | RAM | Temporary Storage | GPU | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC6 | 6 | 56.00 GiB | 340 GiB | 1X K80 | $- | $- |
| NC12 | 12 | 112.00 GiB | 680 GiB | 2X K80 | $- | $- |
| NC24 | 24 | 224.00 GiB | 1,440 GiB | 4X K80 | $- | $- |
| NC24r | 24 | 224.00 GiB | 1,440 GiB | 4X K80 | $- | $- |
NV-series
N-series virtual machines are ideal for compute and graphics-intensive workloads, helping customers to fuel innovation through scenarios like high-end remote visualization, deep learning, and predictive analytics. N-series virtual machines feature the NVIDIA Tesla accelerated platform and NVIDIA GRID 2.0 technology, providing the highest-end graphics support available in the cloud today.
| Instance | Cores | RAM | Temporary Storage | GPU | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NV6 | 6 | 56.00 GiB | 340 GiB | 1X M60 | $- | $- |
| NV12 | 12 | 112.00 GiB | 680 GiB | 2X M60 | $- | $- |
| NV24 | 24 | 224.00 GiB | 1,440 GiB | 4X M60 | $- | $- |
H-series
The H-series is a new family specifically designed to handle high performance computing workloads such as financial risk modeling, seismic and reservoir simulation, molecular modeling, and genomic research. They are based on the Intel Xeon E5-2667 v3 Haswell 3.2 GHz (3.6 GHz with turbo) with DDR 4 memory. Turbo is always on for H-series instances. Two of the H-series configurations (H16r, H16mr) also carry a second low latency, high-throughput network interface (RDMA) optimized and tuned for tightly coupled parallel computing workloads such as MPI applications.
| Instance | Cores | RAM | Temporary Storage | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H8 | 8 | 56.00 GiB | 1,000 GiB | $- | $- |
| H16 | 16 | 112.00 GiB | 2,000 GiB | $- | $- |
| H8m | 8 | 112.00 GiB | 1,000 GiB | $- | $- |
| H16m | 16 | 224.00 GiB | 2,000 GiB | $- | $- |
| H16mr | 16 | 224.00 GiB | 2,000 GiB | $- | $- |
| H16r | 16 | 112.00 GiB | 2,000 GiB | $- | $- |
A8-11
A8-11 instances feature Intel® Xeon® E5 processors, ideal for high-performance clusters, modeling and simulations, video encoding, and other compute or network intensive scenarios. Additionally, there are second low latency, high-throughput network interface (RDMA) optimized virtual machine configurations (A8, A9) which are tuned for Message Passing Interface (MPI) applications and other network intensive scenarios.
| Instance | Cores | RAM | Temporary Storage | Price | Low Priority Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A8 | 8 | 56.00 GiB | 382 GiB | $- | $- |
| A9 | 16 | 112.00 GiB | 382 GiB | $- | $- |
| A10 | 8 | 56.00 GiB | 382 GiB | $- | $- |
| A11 | 16 | 112.00 GiB | 382 GiB | $- | $- |
Graphics and rendering application licensing
Azure Batch pools can optionally be configured with graphics and rendering applications installed, where the application licensing is handled by Batch and the application costs are billed by Batch alongside the VM costs. As with the VM costs, the applications are charged per minute for the lifetime of each VM. See the Azure Batch documentation for more information on rendering using Azure Batch.
Note that application costs are not discounted for low-priority VMs, only the VM costs are discounted.
The prices below will be effective from December 1, 2017.
| Application | Price |
|---|---|
| Autodesk Maya | $0.625/VM/hour |
| Autodesk 3ds Max | $0.625/VM/hour |
| Autodesk Arnold | $0.025/core/hr |
Support & SLA
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