Which is cheaper, Amazon RDS or OCI Autonomous Database?

AWS is cheaper in 2 of 4 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 48.8%.

How do Amazon RDS and OCI Autonomous Database compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSOCI

Overall Winner

AWS

AWS Wins

OCI Wins

Ties

AWS wins 2 of 4 price comparisons, averaging 48.8% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.0720/hr to $3.80/hr across comparable tiers.

Choose AWS

Best for Database Instance workloads

Comparing Amazon RDS and OCI Autonomous Database across 4 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

Sort by:

Category	AWS Amazon RDS	OCI Autonomous Database	Diff	Cheapest
Database Instance - db.t3.small	$0.0720/hr db.t3.small ($52.56/mo)	$0.0807/hr B95703 ($58.91/mo)	+10.8%	AWS
Database Instance - db.m6idn.large	$0.2950/hr db.m6idn.large ($215.35/mo)	$0.3360/hr B95712 ($245.28/mo)	+12.2%	AWS
Database Instance - db.r6i.2xlarge	$1.5080/hr db.r6i.2xlarge ($1,100.84/mo)	$0.3864/hr B99595 ($282.07/mo)	+74.4%	OCI
Database Instance - db.x2iedn.xlarge	$3.8040/hr db.x2iedn.xlarge ($2,776.92/mo)	$0.0928/hr B99596 ($67.74/mo)	+97.6%	OCI