Oracle Cloud
vs
Vultr
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Oracle Cloud | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $3.33 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex, 12.5% burstable) | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 33% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Medium VM | $44.64 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 10% cheaper on Vultr |
| Large VM | $89.28 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 44% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Block storage | $4.25 /mo 100 GB (Balanced) | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 57% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Object storage | $26.49 /mo 1 TB | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 32% cheaper on Vultr |
| PostgreSQL | $119.65 /mo 2 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.E5.Flex) | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | 50% cheaper on Vultr |
| Redis | $27.94 /mo 2 GB RAM (OCI Cache, Valkey) | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | 46% cheaper on Vultr |
| Load balancer | Free Network Load Balancer | $10.00 /mo | Free on Oracle Cloud |
| Serverless | $31.57 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 10 TB / mo | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | $8.50 /TB $0.0085 / GB (North America, Europe) | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | 15% 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
Oracle Cloud offers 15 GPU models, while Vultr offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Oracle Cloud | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config · 1 config
|
$10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
B200
1 config · 1 config
|
$14.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
A100
2 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 21% cheaper on Vultr |
MI355X
1 config · 1 config
|
$8.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
MI300X
1 config · 1 config
|
$6.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
L40S
1 config · 4 configs
|
$3.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.67 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 52% cheaper on Vultr |
|
MI455X
1 config · 1 config
|
-- On request | -- On request | |
|
B300
1 config
|
$15.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Oracle Cloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Oracle Cloud only |
|
MI325X
1 config
|
-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
Oracle Cloud bills on-demand; Vultr bills on-demand and spot. 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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Yes | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Yes | Merchant |
| 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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 45 | 33 |
| Example customers | Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | www.oracle.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Oracle Cloud was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 2, 2026.