Which is cheaper, OCI Compute or Vultr Cloud Compute?

OCI is cheaper in 21 of 21 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 44.3%.

How do OCI Compute and Vultr Cloud Compute compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

OCI Compute vs Vultr Cloud Compute: Pricing Comparison (2026)

Updated Apr 4, 2026OCIVultr

Overall Winner

OCI

OCI Wins

Vultr Wins

Ties

Pricing Analysis

Oracle Cloud wins 21 of 21 price comparisons, averaging 44.3% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.0190/hr to $2.45/hr across comparable tiers.

●Oracle Cloud leads in Standard (16/16 tiers, avg 48% difference)
●Oracle Cloud leads in Optimized (5/5 tiers, avg 32% difference)

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Side-by-Side Pricing

Comparing OCI Compute and Vultr Cloud Compute across 21 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	OCI OCI Compute	Vultr Cloud Compute	Diff	Cheapest
Standard - AMD E4 - 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	$0.0370/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.1 ($27.01/mo)	$0.0822/hr voc-g-2c-8gb-50s-amd ($60.01/mo)	+55.0%	OCI
Standard - AMD E4 - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$0.0740/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.2 ($54.02/mo)	$0.1315/hr vhf-4c-16gb ($96.00/mo)	+43.7%	OCI
Standard - AMD E4 - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM	$0.1480/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.4 ($108.04/mo)	$0.2192/hr vc2-8c-32gb ($160.02/mo)	+32.5%	OCI
Standard - AMD E4 - 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM	$0.2960/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.8 ($216.08/mo)	$0.4384/hr vc2-16c-64gb ($320.03/mo)	+32.5%	OCI
Standard - AMD E4 - 32 vCPU, 128 GB RAM	$0.5920/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.16 ($432.16/mo)	$1.3151/hr voc-g-32c-128gb-640s-amd ($960.02/mo)	+55.0%	OCI
Standard - AMD E4 - 64 vCPU, 256 GB RAM	$1.1840/hr VM.Standard.E4.Flex.32 ($864.32/mo)	$1.9200/hr vx1-g-64c-256g ($1,401.60/mo)	+38.3%	OCI
Standard - AMD E5 - 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	$0.0460/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.1 ($33.58/mo)	$0.0589/hr vcg-a16-2c-8g-2vram ($43.00/mo)	+21.9%	OCI
Standard - AMD E5 - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$0.0920/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.2 ($67.16/mo)	$0.1644/hr voc-g-4c-16gb-80s-amd ($120.01/mo)	+44.0%	OCI
Standard - AMD E5 - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM	$0.1840/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.4 ($134.32/mo)	$0.2630/hr vhf-8c-32gb ($191.99/mo)	+30.0%	OCI
Standard - AMD E5 - 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM	$0.3680/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.8 ($268.64/mo)	$0.6575/hr voc-g-16c-64gb-320s-amd ($479.97/mo)	+44.0%	OCI
Standard - AMD E5 - 32 vCPU, 128 GB RAM	$0.7360/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.16 ($537.28/mo)	$0.9600/hr vx1-g-32c-128g ($700.80/mo)	+23.3%	OCI
Standard - AMD E5 - 64 vCPU, 256 GB RAM	$1.4720/hr VM.Standard.E5.Flex.32 ($1,074.56/mo)	$2.4460/hr vx1-g-64c-256g-3840s ($1,785.58/mo)	+39.8%	OCI
Standard - Arm A1 - 1 vCPU, 6 GB RAM	$0.0190/hr VM.Standard.A1.Flex.1 ($13.87/mo)	$0.1233/hr vcg-a100-1c-6g-4vram ($90.01/mo)	+84.6%	OCI
Standard - Arm A1 - 2 vCPU, 12 GB RAM	$0.0380/hr VM.Standard.A1.Flex.2 ($27.74/mo)	$0.3425/hr vcg-a100-2c-15g-10vram ($250.03/mo)	+88.9%	OCI
Standard - Arm A1 - 4 vCPU, 24 GB RAM	$0.0760/hr VM.Standard.A1.Flex.4 ($55.48/mo)	$0.2877/hr vcg-a40-4c-20g-8vram ($210.02/mo)	+73.6%	OCI
Standard - Arm A2 - 1 vCPU, 6 GB RAM	$0.0260/hr VM.Standard.A2.Flex.1 ($18.98/mo)	$0.0753/hr vcg-a40-1c-5g-2vram ($54.97/mo)	+65.5%	OCI
Optimized - X9 - 2 vCPU, 14 GB RAM	$0.0750/hr VM.Optimized3.Flex.1 ($54.75/mo)	$0.1096/hr voc-m-2c-16gb-100s-amd ($80.01/mo)	+31.6%	OCI
Optimized - X9 - 4 vCPU, 28 GB RAM	$0.1500/hr VM.Optimized3.Flex.2 ($109.50/mo)	$0.2192/hr voc-m-4c-32gb-200s-amd ($160.02/mo)	+31.6%	OCI
Optimized - X9 - 8 vCPU, 56 GB RAM	$0.3000/hr VM.Optimized3.Flex.4 ($219.00/mo)	$0.4384/hr voc-m-8c-64gb-400s-amd ($320.03/mo)	+31.6%	OCI
Optimized - X9 - 16 vCPU, 112 GB RAM	$0.6000/hr VM.Optimized3.Flex.8 ($438.00/mo)	$0.8767/hr voc-m-16c-128gb-800s-amd ($639.99/mo)	+31.6%	OCI
Optimized - X9 - 32 vCPU, 224 GB RAM	$1.2000/hr VM.Optimized3.Flex.16 ($876.00/mo)	$1.7534/hr voc-m-32c-256gb-1600s-amd ($1,279.98/mo)	+31.6%	OCI