What's good about...

Fal.ai logo Fal.ai

  • Optimized for fast inference, especially for generative media
  • Cost-effective, pay-as-you-go pricing model
  • Offers both serverless GPU instances

Fal.ai 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 Fal.ai's prices compare against Oracle Cloud?

Example configuration Fal.ai Oracle Cloud
VM Small -- $10.42 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex)
VM Medium -- $27.53 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex)
VM Large -- $92.26 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex)
Block Storage -- $4.25 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage -- $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
Free egress allowance -- 10 TB / mo
1 TB of egress beyond allowance -- $8.50 $0.0085 / GB

Fal.ai uses a usage-based pricing model, ensuring you only pay for the compute you consume. It offers two main structures:

  • GPU Pricing: Billed per second for deploying custom applications on their GPU fleet.
  • Output-Based Pricing: For models hosted by Fal.ai, billing is based on the output generated, such as per image, per megapixel, or per second of video.

Fal.ai GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
A6000 1x A6000 48GB -- -- $0.60 Source
A100 1x A100 40GB -- -- $0.99 Source
H100 1x H100 80GB -- -- $1.89 Source
H200 1x H200 141GB -- -- $2.10 Source
B200 1x B200 184GB -- -- On Request Source

Oracle Cloud GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
BM.GPU.MI300X.8 8x MI300X 1536GB 56 2000GB $6.00 Source

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 managed services that Fal.ai and Oracle Cloud offer:

Service Fal.ai 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

Fal.ai
Website fal.ai
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2021
Data Center Locations --
Example Customers PlayAI, Quora Poe, Genspark, Hedra
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 Fal.ai was last updated on June 12, 2025, and for Oracle Cloud on Sept. 30, 2024.