Alibaba Cloud vs Oracle Cloud
Across 2 common sizes offered by both, Alibaba Cloud is cheaper in 2 and Oracle Cloud in 0 (converted monthly prices, excluding new-customer deals).
| Size | Alibaba Cloud | Monthly | Oracle Cloud | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 vCPU / 1 GB | SAS 1 vCPU / 1 GB 4M | $4.50 | — | — |
| 1 vCPU / 2 GB | SAS 1 vCPU / 2 GB 6M | $9 | — | — |
| 2 vCPU / 2 GB | SAS 2 vCPU / 2 GB 10M | $15 | — | — |
| 2 vCPU / 4 GB | SAS 2 vCPU / 4 GB 15M | $19 | — | — |
| 2 vCPU / 8 GB | SAS 2 vCPU / 8 GB 20M | $35 | VM.Standard.E5.Flex 1 OCPU / 8 GB | $36.35 |
| 4 vCPU / 16 GB | SAS 4 vCPU / 16 GB 30M | $70 | VM.Standard.E5.Flex 2 OCPU / 16 GB | $70.57 |
| 8 vCPU / 32 GB | — | — | VM.Standard.E5.Flex 4 OCPU / 32 GB | $139.02 |
Regions
Alibaba Cloud
United States, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, United Kingdom
Parsed daily from the Alibaba Cloud international Simple Application Server pricing page (USD, Hong Kong and overseas regions).
Oracle Cloud
United States, Canada, Brazil, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, France, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, India, Australia
Daily from Oracle's official price list API; monthly price of common shapes derived from OCPU and memory unit prices × 744 h + 50 GB boot volume.
Regions both cover: United States, Germany, Singapore, Japan, United Kingdom
! Mainland China (aliyun.com) bundle prices are only shown on the logged-in checkout page, so they are not listed here.
! OCI has no fixed bundles; listed shapes are examples priced from official unit rates. A1 within Always Free can cost nothing.