Which is cheaper, Google Compute Engine or OCI Compute?

OCI is cheaper in 13 of 13 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 50.6%.

How do Google Compute Engine and OCI Compute compare for general purpose workloads?

For general purpose workloads: GCP: $48.92/mo, OCI: $27.01/mo. OCI is cheaper.

Google Compute Engine vs OCI Compute: Pricing Comparison (2026)

Updated Apr 4, 2026GCPOCI

Overall Winner

OCI

GCP Wins

OCI Wins

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Pricing Analysis

Oracle Cloud wins 13 of 13 price comparisons, averaging 50.6% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.0370/hr to $3.11/hr across comparable tiers.

●Oracle Cloud leads in Compute Optimized (2/2 tiers, avg 63% difference)
●Oracle Cloud leads in General Purpose (10/10 tiers, avg 46% difference)

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Best for Accelerated Computing workloads

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Best for Compute Optimized workloads

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Best for General Purpose workloads

Side-by-Side Pricing

Comparing Google Compute Engine and OCI Compute across 13 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	GCP Google Compute Engine	OCI OCI Compute	Diff	Cheapest
Accelerated Computing - 24 vCPU, 170 GB RAM	$1.4790/hr a2-highgpu-2g ($1,079.64/mo)	$0.4560/hr VM.Standard.A1.Flex.24 ($332.88/mo)	+69.2%	OCI
Compute Optimized - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$0.2016/hr c3-standard-4 ($147.17/mo)	$0.0740/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.2 ($54.02/mo)	+63.3%	OCI
Compute Optimized - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM	$0.4032/hr c3-standard-8 ($294.35/mo)	$0.1480/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.4 ($108.04/mo)	+63.3%	OCI
General Purpose - 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	$0.0670/hr e2-standard-2 ($48.92/mo)	$0.0370/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.1 ($27.01/mo)	+44.8%	OCI
General Purpose - 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	$0.0971/hr n2-standard-2 ($70.90/mo)	$0.0460/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.1 ($33.58/mo)	+52.6%	OCI
General Purpose - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$0.1340/hr e2-standard-4 ($97.84/mo)	$0.0920/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.2 ($67.16/mo)	+31.4%	OCI
General Purpose - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM	$0.2680/hr e2-standard-8 ($195.67/mo)	$0.1840/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.4 ($134.32/mo)	+31.4%	OCI
General Purpose - 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM	$0.5361/hr e2-standard-16 ($391.35/mo)	$0.2960/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.8 ($216.08/mo)	+44.8%	OCI
General Purpose - 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM	$0.7769/hr n2-standard-16 ($567.17/mo)	$0.3680/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.8 ($268.64/mo)	+52.6%	OCI
General Purpose - 32 vCPU, 128 GB RAM	$1.0722/hr e2-standard-32 ($782.69/mo)	$0.5920/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.16 ($432.16/mo)	+44.8%	OCI
General Purpose - 32 vCPU, 128 GB RAM	$1.5539/hr n2-standard-32 ($1,134.34/mo)	$0.7360/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.16 ($537.28/mo)	+52.6%	OCI
General Purpose - 64 vCPU, 256 GB RAM	$3.1078/hr n2-standard-64 ($2,268.68/mo)	$1.1840/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.32 ($864.32/mo)	+61.9%	OCI
General Purpose - 64 vCPU, 256 GB RAM	$2.7037/hr n2d-standard-64 ($1,973.73/mo)	$1.4720/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.32 ($1,074.56/mo)	+45.6%	OCI

When to Choose OCI OCI Compute

✓Accelerated Computing - 24 vCPU, 170 GB RAM - saves $746.79/mo (69.2% cheaper)
✓Compute Optimized - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM - saves $93.15/mo (63.3% cheaper)
✓Compute Optimized - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM - saves $186.30/mo (63.3% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM - saves $21.90/mo (44.8% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM - saves $37.30/mo (52.6% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM - saves $30.66/mo (31.4% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM - saves $61.32/mo (31.4% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM - saves $175.27/mo (44.8% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM - saves $298.50/mo (52.6% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 32 vCPU, 128 GB RAM - saves $350.55/mo (44.8% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 32 vCPU, 128 GB RAM - saves $597.07/mo (52.6% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 64 vCPU, 256 GB RAM - saves $1,404.37/mo (61.9% cheaper)
✓General Purpose - 64 vCPU, 256 GB RAM - saves $899.14/mo (45.6% cheaper)