AWS
vs
Oracle Cloud
What's good about each
- Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
- Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
- 30+ datacenter locations around the world
- Great price-performance ratio
- Wide range of server configurations and managed services
- Comprehensive hybrid and multi-cloud solutions
- 10 TB of free egress per month
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | AWS | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $7.49 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro) | $10.42 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 28% cheaper on AWS |
| Medium VM | $119.80 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge) | $27.53 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 4.4x more expensive on AWS |
| Large VM | $248.20 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge) | $92.26 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 2.7x more expensive on AWS |
| Block storage | $8.00 /mo 100 GB | $4.25 /mo 100 GB | 47% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Object storage | $24.63 /mo 1 TB | $25.57 /mo | Within 5% |
| PostgreSQL | $57.59 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium) | $70.56 /mo 4 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.Flex.E4) | 18% cheaper on AWS |
| Redis | $24.82 /mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small) | $27.94 /mo 2 GB RAM | 11% cheaper on AWS |
| Load balancer | $22.57 /mo Network Load Balancer | $7.86 /mo | 2.9x more expensive on AWS |
| Serverless | $36.26 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | 10 TB / mo | |
| Egress | $90.00 /TB $0.09 / GB (North America) | $8.50 /TB $0.0085 / GB | 11x more expensive on AWS |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
AWS offers 18 GPU models, while Oracle Cloud offers 15. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | AWS | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
6 configs · 1 config
|
$6.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 31% cheaper on AWS |
|
B300
1 config · 1 config
|
$17.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $15.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 16% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
|
B200
1 config · 1 config
|
$14.24 /GPU/hr On-demand | $14.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
RTX PRO 6000
6 configs · 1 config
|
$3.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 25% cheaper on AWS |
|
H200
1 config · 1 config
|
$7.91 /GPU/hr On-demand | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 21% cheaper on AWS |
|
A100
6 configs · 2 configs
|
$2.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | 10% cheaper on AWS |
|
GB200
1 config · 1 config
|
$10.58 /GPU/hr Reserved | $16.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 34% cheaper on AWS |
|
L40S
24 configs · 1 config
|
$1.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 47% cheaper on AWS |
|
GB300
1 config · 1 config
|
-- On request | $18.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | |
|
V100
6 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.06 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
AWS bills on-demand and reserved (12 or 36 months); Oracle Cloud bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | AWS | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 31 | 39 |
| Example customers | Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro | Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia |
| Website | aws.amazon.com | www.oracle.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for AWS was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Oracle Cloud on Sept. 14, 2026.