Azure
vs
Oracle Cloud
Both are hyperscalers with matching service catalogs. Microsoft Azure charges less for Postgres and ties into Microsoft 365, while Oracle Cloud charges less for VMs and egress and adds AMD GPUs.
What's good about each
- Integrates with Entra ID, Microsoft 365, GitHub and Visual Studio
- Azure Arc and Azure Stack for hybrid and multicloud
- OpenAI models served through Azure AI Foundry
- 100+ compliance offerings, regional and industry-specific
- 60+ regions worldwide
- 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 | Azure | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | $3.33 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex, 12.5% burstable) | 51% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Medium VM | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | $44.64 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 53% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Large VM | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | $89.28 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 61% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Block storage | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | $4.25 /mo 100 GB (Balanced) | 46% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Object storage | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | $26.49 /mo 1 TB | 25% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| PostgreSQL | $54.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Flexible Server B2s) | $119.65 /mo 2 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.E5.Flex) | 54% cheaper on Azure |
| Redis | $23.04 /mo 1 GB RAM (Managed Redis Balanced B1) | $27.94 /mo 2 GB RAM (OCI Cache, Valkey) | 18% cheaper on Azure |
| Load balancer | $23.00 /mo Standard | Free Network Load Balancer | Free on Oracle Cloud |
| Serverless | $35.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | $31.57 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | 10% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | 10 TB / mo | |
| Egress | $87.00 /TB $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America) | $8.50 /TB $0.0085 / GB (North America, Europe) | 90% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
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
Azure offers 10 GPU models, while Oracle Cloud offers 15. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Azure | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
20 configs · 1 config
|
$6.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 30% cheaper on Azure |
|
H200
4 configs · 1 config
|
$13.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 27% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
|
RTX PRO 6000
40 configs · 1 config
|
$5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 18% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
|
A100
20 configs · 2 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | 10% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
|
GB200
4 configs · 1 config
|
$27.04 /GPU/hr On-demand | $16.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 41% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
MI300X
4 configs · 1 config
|
$7.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 24% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
|
V100
6 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.53 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | 48% cheaper on Azure |
|
A10
12 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 38% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
|
MI455X
1 config · 1 config
|
-- On request | -- On request | |
|
T4
16 configs
|
$0.15 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
Azure bills on-demand, spot 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.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Azure | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Yes |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1 | Yes |
| FedRAMP | High | 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 | Azure | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 66 | 45 |
| Example customers | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA | Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia |
| Website | azure.microsoft.com | www.oracle.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Azure was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Oracle Cloud on Oct. 2, 2026.