Oracle Cloud (OCI) vs. Google Cloud (GCP): 2026 Pricing & Cost Comparison
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provides 40% to 58% lower compute and bare metal GPU costs, while Google Cloud leads in managed AI services (Vertex AI), global serverless analytics with BigQuery, and enterprise GKE.
OCI saves up to 58% on Compute
Standard on-demand list pricing comparison for general purpose memory and vCPU tiers.
HeatWave vs. BigQuery On-Demand Savings
PostgreSQL and MySQL database clusters with high availability and automated daily backups.
Google Cloud (GCP) Generous Free Pools
OCI provides 10 TB free outbound bandwidth per month compared to standard Google Cloud egress at $0.085–$0.12/GB.
Direct Head-to-Head Configuration Shootout
Monthly prices based on 730 hours/month on-demand consumption.
| Workload Profile | Oracle Cloud (OCI) SKU & Rate | Google Cloud (GCP) SKU & Rate | Cost Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
General Purpose (2 vCPU / 8 GB) 2 vCPU • 8 GB RAM • General Purpose | VM.Standard.E4.Flex ($0.030/hr) $21.90/mo | e2-standard-2 ($0.067/hr) $48.91/mo | Google Cloud (GCP) saves 55% |
Production Compute (4 vCPU / 16 GB) 4 vCPU • 16 GB RAM • Production Node | VM.Standard.E4.Flex ($0.060/hr) $43.80/mo | n2-standard-4 ($0.194/hr) $141.62/mo | Google Cloud (GCP) saves 69% |
Managed Relational Database 2 vCPU • 8 GB RAM • 100 GB SSD | OCI MySQL HeatWave ($68.00/mo) $68.00/mo | GCP Cloud SQL ($135.00/mo) $135.00/mo | Google Cloud (GCP) saves 50% |
Object Storage (10 TB) 10,000 GB Capacity Storage | OCI Object Storage ($0.0255/GB) $255.00/mo | GCS Standard ($0.020/GB) $200.00/mo | Google Cloud (GCP) saves 22% |
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