Oracle Cloud (OCI) vs. AWS: 2026 Pricing & Cost Comparison
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) delivers 40% to 67% lower compute and storage costs compared to AWS, featuring granular OCPU/RAM scaling, zero-cost 10 TB monthly egress, and unthrottled NVMe storage performance.
54% Cheaper on OCI (Flex Compute)
Standard on-demand list pricing comparison for general purpose memory and vCPU tiers.
48% Cheaper on OCI Autonomous Database
PostgreSQL and MySQL database clusters with high availability and automated daily backups.
AWS Generous Free Pools
OCI includes 10 TB of outbound internet bandwidth free every month, and charges $0.0085/GB thereafter — 90% cheaper than AWS $0.09/GB egress.
Direct Head-to-Head Configuration Shootout
Monthly prices based on 730 hours/month on-demand consumption.
| Workload Profile | Oracle Cloud (OCI) SKU & Rate | AWS SKU & Rate | Cost Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
Entry Compute (2 OCPU / 8 GB) 2 OCPU (4 vCPU) • 8 GB RAM • AMD EPYC | VM.Standard.E4.Flex ($0.060/hr) $43.80/mo | t3.xlarge ($0.1664/hr) $121.47/mo | AWS saves 64% |
Production Compute (4 OCPU / 16 GB) 4 OCPU (8 vCPU) • 16 GB RAM • AMD EPYC | VM.Standard.E4.Flex ($0.120/hr) $87.60/mo | m5.2xlarge ($0.384/hr) $280.32/mo | AWS saves 69% |
Managed Relational Database 2 vCPU • 8 GB RAM • 100 GB SSD | OCI MySQL HeatWave ($68.00/mo) $68.00/mo | db.m5.large RDS ($138.00/mo) $138.00/mo | AWS saves 51% |
Object Storage (10 TB) 10,000 GB Capacity Storage | OCI Object Storage ($0.0255/GB) $255.00/mo | Amazon S3 Standard ($0.023/GB) $230.00/mo | AWS saves 10% |
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