Cloud Cost Data
Compare · US
Cheapest 8 vCPU, 64 GB VM
AWS, Azure and GCP list prices for a Linux VM with at least 8 vCPUs and 64 GB, in us-east-1, eastus and us-central1. The smallest fit from each family, 730 hours a month, no discounts applied except the commitment columns.
Other regions: Europe · Asia Pacific. Nearby sizes: 4 vCPU / 32 GB · 16 vCPU / 128 GB.
Cheapest per cloud
| Cloud | On-demand /mo | 1-year /mo | 3-year /mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS us-east-1 | $294.34 r6g.2xlarge | $213.38 r6g.2xlarge | $153.88 r6g.2xlarge |
| Azure eastus | $269.37 Standard_E8ps_v6 | $158.83 Standard_E8ps_v6 | $102.31 Standard_E8ps_v6 |
| GCP us-central1 | $263.97 e2-highmem-8 | $166.30 e2-highmem-8 | $154.94 c4a-highmem-8 |
Commitments: AWS Compute Savings Plan, Azure reservation, GCP committed use discount — no upfront where there is a choice.
AWS · us-east-1 · on-demand, Linux
| Type | vCPU | GB | Arch | /hr | /mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r6g.2xlarge | 8.0 | 64 | arm64 | $0.4032 | $294.34 |
| r7g.2xlarge | 8.0 | 64 | arm64 | $0.4284 | $312.73 |
| r5a.2xlarge | 8.0 | 64 | x86_64 | $0.4520 | $329.96 |
| r6a.2xlarge | 8.0 | 64 | x86_64 | $0.4536 | $331.13 |
| r6gd.2xlarge | 8.0 | 64 | arm64 | $0.4608 | $336.38 |
Azure · eastus · on-demand, Linux
| Type | vCPU | GB | Arch | /hr | /mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_E8ps_v6 | 8 | 64 | arm64 | $0.3690 | $269.37 |
| Standard_E8ps_v5 | 8 | 64 | arm64 | $0.4030 | $294.19 |
| Standard_E8pds_v5 | 8 | 64 | arm64 | $0.4610 | $336.53 |
| Standard_E8pds_v6 | 8 | 64 | arm64 | $0.4680 | $341.64 |
| Standard_A8m_v2 | 8 | 64 | x86_64 | $0.4750 | $346.75 |
GCP · us-central1 · on-demand, Linux
| Type | vCPU | GB | Arch | /hr | /mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| e2-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 | x86_64 | $0.3616 | $263.97 |
| e2-custom-8-65536 | 8 | 64 | x86_64 | $0.3797 | $277.17 |
| n2d-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 | x86_64 | $0.4559 | $332.82 |
| c4a-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 | arm64 | $0.4715 | $344.21 |
| n4-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 | x86_64 | $0.4761 | $347.54 |
Run it with the API
This page is one /api/v1/compare call. Change the requirements, regions or category and run your own:
curl -s https://api.cloudcostdata.com/api/v1/compare \
-H "X-API-Key: $CCD_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"category": "vm", "regions": {"aws": "us-east-1", "azure": "eastus", "gcp": "us-central1"},
"requirements": {"vcpus": 8, "memory_gib": 64}, "limit": 5}'