What's good about...

Cloudflare logo Cloudflare

  • Consolidates many edge services under one platform: DNS, Load Balancing, caching, image optimization, serverless functions
  • Massive edge network that can handle large DDoS attacks
  • Very generous free tier, affordable paid plans

Cloudflare logo Oracle Cloud

  • 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

How do Cloudflare's prices compare against Oracle Cloud?

Example configuration Cloudflare Oracle Cloud
VM Small -- $10.42 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex - 50% burstable)
VM Medium -- $27.53 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex - 50% burstable)
VM Large -- $92.26 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex)
Block Storage -- $4.25 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage $19.86 / mo 1 TB $25.57 / mo
Load Balancer -- $7.86 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL -- $70.56 / mo 4 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.Flex.E4)
Managed Redis®* -- $27.94 / mo 2 GB RAM
Serverless 25M Executions $82.50 / mo 25M invocations, 150 ms duration --
Free egress allowance -- 10 TB / mo
1 TB of egress beyond allowance Free for most services $8.50 1 TB

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer?

Here are some of the managed services that Cloudflare and Oracle Cloud offer:

Service Cloudflare Oracle Cloud
Block Storage --
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry --
GPU-powered Servers --
Load Balancer
Managed Containers --
Managed Kubernetes --
Managed MySQL --
Managed PostgreSQL --
Managed Redis®* --
Object Storage
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
Virtual Private Server (VPS) --

Company details

Cloudflare
Website cloudflare.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2009
Data Center Locations 285
Example Customers Polestar, Carrefour, DHL, Hemnet, Shopify
Oracle Cloud
Website www.oracle.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2016
Data Center Locations 39
Example Customers Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia

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Our data for Cloudflare was last updated on July 24, 2024, and for Oracle Cloud on July 24, 2024.