OpenRelay
vs
Oracle Cloud
What's good about each
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, from RTX 3090 to B300
- No egress fees, disk included in the hourly rate
- Whole GPUs passed through with root SSH access
- OpenAI-compatible inference API billed per token
- 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 | OpenRelay | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $3.33 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex, 12.5% burstable) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $44.64 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $89.28 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $4.25 /mo 100 GB (Balanced) | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $26.49 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $119.65 /mo 2 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.E5.Flex) | |
| 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 and unlimited | $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
OpenRelay and Oracle Cloud each offer 15 GPU models. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | OpenRelay | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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$8.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | $15.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 43% cheaper on OpenRelay |
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$2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 78% cheaper on OpenRelay |
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$6.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | $14.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 55% cheaper on OpenRelay |
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$1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 66% cheaper on OpenRelay |
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$1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | 64% cheaper on OpenRelay |
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$6.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | $8.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | 27% cheaper on OpenRelay |
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$1.99 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $6.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 67% cheaper on OpenRelay |
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$0.52 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | OpenRelay only |
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$0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | OpenRelay only |
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-- | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
OpenRelay bills on-demand; 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 | OpenRelay | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Yes |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | 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 | OpenRelay | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | -- | 2016 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 45 |
| Example customers | -- | Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia |
| Website | openrelay.inc | www.oracle.com |
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Our data for OpenRelay was last updated on Nov. 9, 2026, and for Oracle Cloud on Nov. 9, 2026.