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Cloud · head to head · checked 5 August 2026

AWS vs Oracle Cloud

5 cloud instances from the two, side by side: what each plan includes, what it costs (on-demand hourly rate × 730 hours, no commitment discount), and where the price comes from.

AWS

from $30.37/mo

t3.medium · 3 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $15.19/vCPU (t3.medium)

Oracle Cloud

from $45.99/mo

E4.Flex (2 OCPU) · 2 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $11.50/vCPU (E4.Flex (2 OCPU))

Which is cheaper, AWS or Oracle Cloud?

AWS's cheapest listed plan is t3.medium at $30.37/mo; Oracle Cloud's is E4.Flex (2 OCPU) at $45.99/mo. The price shown is on-demand hourly rate × 730 hours, no commitment discount.

Which gives more for the money, AWS or Oracle Cloud?

On price per vCPU, Oracle Cloud does best with E4.Flex (2 OCPU) at $11.50/vCPU; AWS's best is t3.medium at $15.19/vCPU.

How many cloud instances does each offer here?

We list 3 for AWS and 2 for Oracle Cloud, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.

AWS

Everything from AWS

  • t3.mediumapprox

    vCPU
    2
    RAM
    4 GB
    Hourly
    $0.0416
    Note
    Burstable — sustained full-vCPU load consumes CPU credits. Since Feb 2024, AWS charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) per public IPv4 address, in-use or not — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
    Region
    us-east-1
    $30.37/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

  • t3.largeapprox

    vCPU
    2
    RAM
    8 GB
    Hourly
    $0.0832
    Note
    Burstable — sustained full-vCPU load consumes CPU credits. Since Feb 2024, AWS charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) per public IPv4 address, in-use or not — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
    Region
    us-east-1
    $60.74/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

  • t3.xlargeapprox

    vCPU
    4
    RAM
    16 GB
    Hourly
    $0.1664
    Note
    Burstable — sustained full-vCPU load consumes CPU credits. Since Feb 2024, AWS charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) per public IPv4 address, in-use or not — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
    Region
    us-east-1
    $121.47/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

Oracle Cloud

Everything from Oracle Cloud

AWS against the rest

Oracle Cloud against the rest

How this page is made: every figure above is computed from the plans listed, which were checked against each provider's own pricing page (linked per plan, with the date). Nothing here is ranked by who pays us. The highlighted plan is each provider's best on price per vCPU. Non-USD prices are converted at an approximate fixed rate for comparison only. See our methodology and how we make money.