Azure Spot VMs Eviction Rate Falls to Historic Low — Under 5% for Most VM Sizes

Azure Spot VM eviction rates have dropped below 5% for most VM sizes in major regions including West Europe and Southeast Asia. D-series and F-series Spot pricing: 60-80% discount vs PAYG. Ddsv5 Spot in Singapore at ~$0.058/hr vs $0.384/hr PAYG.

TCOIQ: With under 5% eviction rates, Azure Spot is now viable for batch workloads, CI/CD and ML training with checkpointing. Use Spot with On-Demand fallback: 80% Spot, 20% On-Demand baseline. Saves 60-70% on non-production compute.