Which is cheaper, Google Cloud Load Balancing or OCI Load Balancer?

OCI is cheaper in 3 of 3 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 40.7%.

How do Google Cloud Load Balancing and OCI Load Balancer compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Google Cloud Load Balancing vs OCI Load Balancer: Pricing Comparison (2026)

Updated Apr 4, 2026GCPOCI

Overall Winner

OCI

GCP Wins

OCI Wins

Ties

Pricing Analysis

Oracle Cloud wins 3 of 3 price comparisons, averaging 40.7% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.000100/hr to $0.0200/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for VmState workloads

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Best for RedHat workloads

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Best for SUSE12 workloads

Side-by-Side Pricing

Comparing Google Cloud Load Balancing and OCI Load Balancer across 3 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	GCP Google Cloud Load Balancing	OCI Load Balancer	Diff	Cheapest
VmState - VM state: suspended RAM	$0.0002/hr 0292-2DAA-87AE ($0.17/mo)	$0.0001/hr B93031 ($0.07/mo)	+57.1%	OCI
RedHat - Licensing Fee for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 on VM with up to 8 VCPU	$0.0144/hr 00FD-1480-5509 ($10.51/mo)	$0.0113/hr B93030 ($8.25/mo)	+21.5%	OCI
SUSE12 - Licensing Fee for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 on f1-micro	$0.0200/hr 07CF-8F4E-F367 ($14.60/mo)	$0.0113/hr B96485 ($8.25/mo)	+43.5%	OCI

When to Choose OCI Load Balancer

✓VmState - VM state: suspended RAM - saves $0.07/mo (57.1% cheaper)
✓RedHat - Licensing Fee for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 on VM with up to 8 VCPU - saves $2.26/mo (21.5% cheaper)
✓SUSE12 - Licensing Fee for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 on f1-micro - saves $6.35/mo (43.5% cheaper)