Oracle vs. AWS
For standard baseline workloads, 54% Cheaper on OCI (Flex Compute), alongside 48% Cheaper on OCI Autonomous Database. 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.
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.
Enterprise Tier Egress Rates
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 | OracleSKU & Rate | AWSSKU & 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 | Oracle 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 | Oracle 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 | Oracle 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% |
Independent Industry Analyst Recognition (Gartner®, Forrester® & SemiAnalysis)
Verified public research takeaways from Gartner Magic Quadrant™, Forrester Wave™ / TEI, and SemiAnalysis ClusterMAX™ reports.
Recognized for distributed and sovereign cloud deployment models, zero-latency multicloud database partnerships (Oracle Database@Azure, @Google, @AWS), and non-blocking RDMA bare-metal GPU superclusters.
Official Analyst ResourcesCited for Autonomous Database serverless scaling, Exadata Cloud Infrastructure performance, and MySQL HeatWave Lakehouse price-performance.
Official Analyst ResourcesRecognized for unmatched operational reliability, breadth of cloud primitives, custom silicon price-performance (Graviton4, Trainium2, Inferentia2), and enterprise AI model orchestration via Amazon Bedrock.
Official Analyst ResourcesCited for industry-leading global infrastructure scale, balanced silicon portfolio with AWS Trainium/Inferentia and NVIDIA GPU instances, and deep managed database and serverless ecosystems.
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View AllDisclaimer: This comparative benchmark between Oracle and AWS was originally published on January 15, 2026 and last audited against current vendor catalog APIs on October 20, 2026, where all prices shown reflect standard pay-as-you-go (on-demand) public list pricing and directional comparisons without accounting for custom enterprise discount agreements (EDP / PPA), private pricing, unlisted taxes, or egress surcharges, and does not constitute formal commercial quotes or binding offers. Always verify current rates directly with each provider before finalizing purchasing decisions; see our Terms of Use and Documentation for detailed methodology.