Cerebrium
vs
Oracle Cloud
What's good about each
- Per-second billing, with no charge for idle GPUs
- Cold starts of 2-4 seconds via memory and GPU snapshots
- SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR and ISO 27001 certified
- Ten GPU types, from T4 to B200
- Region pinning for data residency, on US and EU capacity
- 10 TB of free egress each month
- Same compute and storage prices in every region
- Flexible shapes with CPU and memory sized separately
- Oracle Database inside AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
- Always Free tier with Arm VMs and databases
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cerebrium | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $22.73 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (CPU only) | $3.33 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex, 12.5% burstable) | 85% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Medium VM | $113.94 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CPU only) | $44.64 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 61% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Large VM | $227.89 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU only) | $89.28 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 61% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Block storage | $5.00 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB included | $4.25 /mo 100 GB (Balanced) | 15% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $26.49 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $119.65 /mo 2 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.E5.Flex) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $27.94 /mo 2 GB RAM (OCI Cache, Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Free Network Load Balancer | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $31.57 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 10 TB / mo | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $8.50 /TB $0.0085 / GB (North America, Europe) |
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
Cerebrium offers 9 GPU models, while Oracle Cloud offers 15. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cerebrium | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
4 configs · 1 config
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 66% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
B200
4 configs · 1 config
|
$6.01 /GPU/hr On-demand | $14.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 57% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 1 config
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 44% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
H200
4 configs · 1 config
|
$4.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 58% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
A100
8 configs · 2 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | 34% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
L40S
4 configs · 1 config
|
$1.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 44% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
A10
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 45% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
L4
4 configs
|
$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
T4
4 configs
|
$0.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $15.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
Cerebrium bills on-demand; Oracle Cloud bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Cerebrium | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Yes |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Yes |
| FedRAMP | -- | High, US Government Cloud |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Cerebrium | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 45 |
| Example customers | Tavus, Deepgram, Resemble AI | Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia |
| Website | www.cerebrium.ai | www.oracle.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Cerebrium was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Oracle Cloud on Oct. 1, 2026.