Which is cheaper, Amazon EC2 or OCI Compute?

OCI is cheaper in 24 of 24 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 75.4%.

How do Amazon EC2 and OCI Compute compare for general purpose workloads?

For general purpose workloads: AWS: $132.79/mo, OCI: $33.58/mo. OCI is cheaper.

Amazon EC2 vs OCI Compute: Pricing Comparison (2026)

Updated Apr 6, 2026AWSOCI

Overall Winner

OCI

AWS Wins

OCI Wins

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Pricing Analysis

Oracle Cloud wins 24 of 24 price comparisons, averaging 75.4% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.0190/hr to $24.78/hr across comparable tiers.

●Oracle Cloud leads in Accelerated Computing (17/17 tiers, avg 72% difference)
●Oracle Cloud leads in General Purpose (7/7 tiers, avg 83% difference)

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Side-by-Side Pricing

Comparing Amazon EC2 and OCI Compute across 24 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS Amazon EC2	OCI OCI Compute	Diff	Cheapest
Accelerated Computing - 16 vCPU, 122 GB RAM	$1.1400/hr g3.4xlarge ($832.20/mo)	$0.6000/hr VM.Optimized3.Flex.8 ($438.00/mo)	+47.4%	OCI
Accelerated Computing - 32 vCPU, 244 GB RAM	$2.2800/hr g3.8xlarge ($1,664.40/mo)	$1.2000/hr VM.Optimized3.Flex.16 ($876.00/mo)	+47.4%	OCI
Accelerated Computing - 4 vCPU, 30.5 GB RAM	$0.7500/hr g3s.xlarge ($547.50/mo)	$0.1500/hr VM.Optimized3.Flex.2 ($109.50/mo)	+80.0%	OCI
Accelerated Computing - 64 vCPU, 256 GB RAM	$3.4680/hr g4ad.16xlarge ($2,531.64/mo)	$1.1840/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.32 ($864.32/mo)	+65.9%	OCI
Accelerated Computing - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM	$0.5412/hr g4ad.2xlarge ($395.05/mo)	$0.1480/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.4 ($108.04/mo)	+72.7%	OCI
Accelerated Computing - 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM	$0.8670/hr g4ad.4xlarge ($632.91/mo)	$0.2960/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.8 ($216.08/mo)	+65.9%	OCI
Accelerated Computing - 32 vCPU, 128 GB RAM	$1.7340/hr g4ad.8xlarge ($1,265.82/mo)	$0.5920/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.16 ($432.16/mo)	+65.9%	OCI
Accelerated Computing - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$0.3785/hr g4ad.xlarge ($276.33/mo)	$0.0740/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.2 ($54.02/mo)	+80.5%	OCI
Accelerated Computing - 64 vCPU, 256 GB RAM	$4.3520/hr g4dn.16xlarge ($3,176.96/mo)	$1.4720/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.32 ($1,074.56/mo)	+66.2%	OCI
Accelerated Computing - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM	$0.7520/hr g4dn.2xlarge ($548.96/mo)	$0.1840/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.4 ($134.32/mo)	+75.5%	OCI
Accelerated Computing - 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM	$1.2040/hr g4dn.4xlarge ($878.92/mo)	$0.3680/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.8 ($268.64/mo)	+69.4%	OCI
Accelerated Computing - 32 vCPU, 128 GB RAM	$2.1760/hr g4dn.8xlarge ($1,588.48/mo)	$0.7360/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.16 ($537.28/mo)	+66.2%	OCI
Accelerated Computing - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$0.5260/hr g4dn.xlarge ($383.98/mo)	$0.0920/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.2 ($67.16/mo)	+82.5%	OCI
Accelerated Computing - 8 vCPU, 64 GB RAM	$2.2421/hr g6e.2xlarge ($1,636.72/mo)	$0.3000/hr VM.Optimized3.Flex.4 ($219.00/mo)	+86.6%	OCI
Accelerated Computing - 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	$0.2020/hr g6f.large ($147.46/mo)	$0.0370/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.1 ($27.01/mo)	+81.7%	OCI
Accelerated Computing - 128 vCPU, 512 GB RAM	$21.5000/hr trn1.32xlarge ($15,695.00/mo)	$2.3680/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.64 ($1,728.64/mo)	+89.0%	OCI
Accelerated Computing - 128 vCPU, 512 GB RAM	$24.7800/hr trn1n.32xlarge ($18,089.40/mo)	$2.9440/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.64 ($2,149.12/mo)	+88.1%	OCI
General Purpose - 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	$0.1819/hr im4gn.large ($132.79/mo)	$0.0460/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.1 ($33.58/mo)	+74.7%	OCI
General Purpose - 8 vCPU, 48 GB RAM	$1.1526/hr is4gen.2xlarge ($841.40/mo)	$0.1520/hr VM.Standard.A1.Flex.8 ($110.96/mo)	+86.8%	OCI
General Purpose - 16 vCPU, 96 GB RAM	$2.3052/hr is4gen.4xlarge ($1,682.80/mo)	$0.3040/hr VM.Standard.A1.Flex.16 ($221.92/mo)	+86.8%	OCI
General Purpose - 2 vCPU, 12 GB RAM	$0.2882/hr is4gen.large ($210.35/mo)	$0.0380/hr VM.Standard.A1.Flex.2 ($27.74/mo)	+86.8%	OCI
General Purpose - 1 vCPU, 6 GB RAM	$0.1441/hr is4gen.medium ($105.18/mo)	$0.0190/hr VM.Standard.A1.Flex.1 ($13.87/mo)	+86.8%	OCI
General Purpose - 4 vCPU, 24 GB RAM	$0.5763/hr is4gen.xlarge ($420.70/mo)	$0.0760/hr VM.Standard.A1.Flex.4 ($55.48/mo)	+86.8%	OCI
General Purpose - 2 vCPU, 17.1 GB RAM	$0.2450/hr m2.xlarge ($178.85/mo)	$0.0750/hr VM.Optimized3.Flex.1 ($54.75/mo)	+69.4%	OCI

When to Choose OCI OCI Compute

✓Accelerated Computing - 16 vCPU, 122 GB RAM - saves $394.20/mo (47.4% cheaper)
✓Accelerated Computing - 32 vCPU, 244 GB RAM - saves $788.40/mo (47.4% cheaper)
✓Accelerated Computing - 4 vCPU, 30.5 GB RAM - saves $438.00/mo (80% cheaper)
✓Accelerated Computing - 64 vCPU, 256 GB RAM - saves $1,667.32/mo (65.9% cheaper)
✓Accelerated Computing - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM - saves $287.04/mo (72.7% cheaper)
✓Accelerated Computing - 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM - saves $416.83/mo (65.9% cheaper)
✓Accelerated Computing - 32 vCPU, 128 GB RAM - saves $833.66/mo (65.9% cheaper)
✓Accelerated Computing - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM - saves $222.28/mo (80.5% cheaper)
✓Accelerated Computing - 64 vCPU, 256 GB RAM - saves $2,102.40/mo (66.2% cheaper)
✓Accelerated Computing - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM - saves $414.64/mo (75.5% cheaper)
✓Accelerated Computing - 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM - saves $610.28/mo (69.4% cheaper)
✓Accelerated Computing - 32 vCPU, 128 GB RAM - saves $1,051.20/mo (66.2% cheaper)
✓Accelerated Computing - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM - saves $316.82/mo (82.5% cheaper)
✓Accelerated Computing - 8 vCPU, 64 GB RAM - saves $1,417.73/mo (86.6% cheaper)
✓Accelerated Computing - 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM - saves $120.45/mo (81.7% cheaper)
✓Accelerated Computing - 128 vCPU, 512 GB RAM - saves $13,966.36/mo (89% cheaper)
✓Accelerated Computing - 128 vCPU, 512 GB RAM - saves $15,940.28/mo (88.1% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM - saves $99.21/mo (74.7% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 8 vCPU, 48 GB RAM - saves $730.44/mo (86.8% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 16 vCPU, 96 GB RAM - saves $1,460.88/mo (86.8% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 2 vCPU, 12 GB RAM - saves $182.65/mo (86.8% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 1 vCPU, 6 GB RAM - saves $91.32/mo (86.8% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 4 vCPU, 24 GB RAM - saves $365.22/mo (86.8% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 2 vCPU, 17.1 GB RAM - saves $124.10/mo (69.4% cheaper)