Oracle Cloud
vs
TensorDock
What's good about each
- 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
- Marketplace model with competitive pricing
- Pay-per-second billing with no minimum commitments
- No waitlists or quotas for GPU access
- Global coverage across 100+ locations
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Oracle Cloud | TensorDock | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $3.33 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex, 12.5% burstable) | $10.80 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 20 GB storage | 69% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Medium VM | $44.64 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | $20.88 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 20 GB storage | 53% cheaper on TensorDock |
| Large VM | $89.28 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | $41.04 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 20 GB storage | 54% cheaper on TensorDock |
| Block storage | $4.25 /mo 100 GB (Balanced) | $0.01 /mo 100 GB | 99% cheaper on TensorDock |
| Object storage | $26.49 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $119.65 /mo 2 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.E5.Flex) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $27.94 /mo 2 GB RAM (OCI Cache, Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | Free Network Load Balancer | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $31.57 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 10 TB / mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $8.50 /TB $0.0085 / GB (North America, Europe) | -- Not listed |
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
Oracle Cloud offers 15 GPU models, while TensorDock offers 9. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Oracle Cloud | TensorDock | Difference |
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$10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | 76% cheaper on TensorDock |
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$3.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.61 /GPU/hr On-demand | 47% cheaper on TensorDock |
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$2.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.28 /GPU/hr On-demand | 91% cheaper on TensorDock |
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$15.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Oracle Cloud only |
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$14.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Oracle Cloud only |
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$4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Oracle Cloud only |
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$10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Oracle Cloud only |
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-- | $0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
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-- | $0.31 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
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-- | $0.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
Oracle Cloud bills on-demand; TensorDock 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 | Oracle Cloud | TensorDock |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Oracle Cloud | TensorDock |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2021 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 45 | -- |
| Example customers | Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia | Florida State University, Creavite, airgpu, ELBO |
| Website | www.oracle.com | www.tensordock.com |
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Our data for Oracle Cloud was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for TensorDock on Sept. 18, 2026.