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Azure vs Oracle Cloud

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What's good about...

Microsoft Azure logo Azure

  • Integrations with the rest of Microsoft's products
  • Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to AI
  • Generous free tier, and compute savings plans available
  • 60+ datacenter locations around the world

Oracle Cloud 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 Azure's prices compare against Oracle Cloud?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$6.13 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2)
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$10.42 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$86.87 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2)
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$27.53 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Microsoft Azure Azure
$173.74 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2)
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$92.26 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$8.10 / mo 100 GB
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$4.25 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$21.50 / mo 1 TB
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$25.57 / mo

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$23.25 / mo Standard
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$7.86 / mo

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$131.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5)
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$70.56 / mo 4 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.Flex.E4)

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$39.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1)
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$27.94 / mo 2 GB RAM

Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$29.80 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
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Free egress allowance

Microsoft Azure Azure
100 GB / mo
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
10 TB / mo

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Microsoft Azure Azure
$87.00 $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America)
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$8.50 $0.0085 / GB

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Microsoft Azure Azure
$0.09/hr
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
$2.00/hr

Billing Options

Microsoft Azure Azure
On-DemandSpotReserved (36mo)Reserved (12mo)
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
On-Demand

Available Models

Azure offers 10 GPU models, while Oracle Cloud offers 13.

Microsoft Azure Azure
H100(14) A100(20) H200(2) RTX Pro 6000(40) V100(4) A10(24) T4(16) GB200(2) MI300X(2) M60(12)
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
H100(1) A100(2) H200(1) L40S(2) B200(1) RTX Pro 6000(1) V100(4) B300(2) A10(3) GB200(1)
View all 13 GPUs

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Azure and Oracle Cloud offer:

Service Azure Oracle Cloud
Analytics
App Testing
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Realtime Databases
Remote Config
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Microsoft Azure Azure
azure.microsoft.com
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
www.oracle.com
Headquarters
Microsoft Azure Azure
United States of America
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
United States of America
Founded
Microsoft Azure Azure
2008
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
2016
Data Center Locations
Microsoft Azure Azure
66
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
39
Example Customers
Microsoft Azure Azure
General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA
Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud
Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia

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Our data for Azure was last updated on June 22, 2026, and for Oracle Cloud on June 22, 2026.

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