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Oracle Cloud

Oracle Cloud · Founded 2016 · Austin, USA

8.4
Overall
/ 10

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is best known for its Always Free Tier: 2 AMD VMs + 4 ARM Ampere A1 instances (24GB RAM total) free forever, no credit card required to keep them. Enterprise-grade IaaS with Autonomous Database.

WebsiteBest for: Free tier users and ARM workloads

Scores

Overall8.4
Reliability8.5
Performance8.3
Value9.0
Support7.5
Uptime SLA
99.95%
Founded
2016
Regions
46

Plans

PlanCPURAMStorageBandwidthPrice (USD/mo)
Always Free AMD (VM.Standard.E2.1.Micro)Popular1/8 OCPU1 GB0.5 GB Block10 TB$0
Always Free ARM (VM.Standard.A1.Flex)4 OCPU (ARM)24 GB200 GB Block10 TB$0
VM.Standard.E2.1.Micro (paid)1/8 OCPU1 GB50 GB Block10 TB$7.16
VM.Standard.A1.Flex 1C8G1 OCPU (ARM)8 GB50 GB Block10 TB$4.01

Pros

  • ✓Always Free Tier is genuinely free forever
  • ✓4 ARM Ampere A1 instances (24GB RAM) free
  • ✓No credit card required to keep free instances
  • ✓Enterprise-grade infrastructure

Cons

  • ✕Registration review is strict (often rejected)
  • ✕Console complex and dated
  • ✕Docs less polished than AWS/Azure
  • ✕Free instances can be reclaimed if idle

Data Center Regions (46)

US East (Ashburn)US West (Phoenix)US West (San Jose)UK South (London)EU Frankfurt-1EU Amsterdam-1AP MumbaiAP TokyoAP SeoulAP SingaporeAP SydneyCA TorontoSA São PauloME Abu DhabiAF Johannesburg

Features

Always Free Tier (2 AMD + 4 ARM Ampere A1)Autonomous Database (self-driving)Block StorageObject StorageVCN (Virtual Cloud Network)Load BalancerOCI Kubernetes (OKE)ARM Ampere A1 instancesDDoS protectionAlways Free no credit card needed

Payment methods

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Certifications

SOC2ISO27001PCI-DSSFedRAMP

User Reviews

Free Tier User★★★★★2025-11

4 ARM cores + 24GB RAM free forever is unreal value.

Homelabber★★★★☆2025-09

Registration took 3 attempts, but free ARM is worth it.

Enterprise DBA★★★★☆2025-07

Autonomous DB is genuinely useful for hands-off ops.