What's good about...

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

Oracle Cloud logo Shadeform

  • Launch instances anywhere with a single console and API
  • Leverage a multi-cloud set up, without the hassle
  • You can reserve instances in advance to ensure GPU availability
  • Free to use, zero mark-up fees

Price comparison

How do Oracle Cloud's prices compare against Shadeform?

Example configuration Oracle Cloud Shadeform
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 --

Oracle Cloud offers GPUs in the following configurations:

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

Shadeform does not charge any fees to use their marketplace. You pay the same price as using the cloud providers directly.

Here are some example configurations:

GPU VRAM Price range (per hour)
Nvidia A4000 16 GB $0.30-0.80
Nvidia A6000 48 GB $0.57-1.93
Nvidia V100 16 GB $0.69-3.06
Nvidia L40S 48 GB $0.99-1.15
Nvidia A100 40 GB $1.29-3.19
Nvidia H100 80 GB $2.48-5.99

You can view the full list here.

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 Oracle Cloud and Shadeform offer:

Service Oracle Cloud Shadeform
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

Oracle Cloud
Website www.oracle.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2016
Data Center Locations 39
Example Customers Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia
Shadeform
Website shadeform.ai
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2023
Data Center Locations --
Example Customers University of California Berkeley, Magic Studio, Neets.ai, MK1

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Our data for Oracle Cloud was last updated on Sept. 30, 2024, and for Shadeform on Aug. 16, 2024.