Nebius
vs
Oracle Cloud
Both rent H100 to GB300 GPUs with managed Kubernetes, Postgres and object storage. Nebius adds spot pricing, while Oracle Cloud charges less for VMs and adds AMD GPUs and hundreds of services.
What's good about each
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Preemptible GPU instances at a lower hourly rate
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm clusters at no extra charge
- Free outbound traffic from virtual machines
- Per-token inference API for open-weight models
- 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 | Nebius | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $35.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | $3.33 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex, 12.5% burstable) | 91% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Medium VM | $71.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | $44.64 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 37% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Large VM | $142.85 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | $89.28 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 38% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Block storage | $7.10 /mo 100 GB (Network SSD) | $4.25 /mo 100 GB (Balanced) | 40% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Object storage | $19.42 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | $26.49 /mo 1 TB | 27% cheaper on Nebius |
| PostgreSQL | $104.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2vcpu-8gb) | $119.65 /mo 2 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.E5.Flex) | 13% cheaper on Nebius |
| 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 | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | $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
Nebius offers 8 GPU models, while Oracle Cloud offers 15. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Nebius | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
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$4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 55% cheaper on Nebius |
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$9.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $15.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 37% cheaper on Nebius |
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$8.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $14.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 39% cheaper on Nebius |
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$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 60% cheaper on Nebius |
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$5.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 46% cheaper on Nebius |
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-- On request | $16.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | |
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-- On request | $18.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | |
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$1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 56% cheaper on Nebius |
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-- | $3.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
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-- | $8.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
Nebius bills on-demand and spot; 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 | Nebius | 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 | Nebius | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Netherlands | USA |
| Locations | 10 | 45 |
| Example customers | Revolut, Sword Health, Brave, Voxel51, Recraft | Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia |
| Website | nebius.com | www.oracle.com |
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Our data for Nebius was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Oracle Cloud on Oct. 1, 2026.