Hosting.com vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Hosting.com is strongest for developers wanting fast Turbo/NVMe shared hosting. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is strongest for enterprises running Oracle DB workloads. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting)	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Starting price	$2.99/mo	$0.01/mo
Best for	Developers wanting fast Turbo/NVMe shared hosting Small businesses needing cPanel VPS Agencies needing reseller hosting	Enterprises running Oracle DB workloads Cost-sensitive compute at scale ARM (Ampere) workloads Autonomous Database users
Stated uptime SLA	99.9%	99.95%
Storage	NVME	NVME
Regions	4	49
Managed Kubernetes	No	Yes
Support channels	Ticket, Live chat, Phone, Docs/Knowledge base	Ticket, Docs, Community forum, Phone (paid support tiers)
Compliance	Not published	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, FedRAMP
Hidden costs to watch for	Renewal rates are reported at 2-3x the introductory rate across shared hosting tiers Dedicated server and reseller pricing is not published; requires a sales call to obtain a quote Free domain and some promotional pricing require longer-term (12/24/36-month) prepay commitments	Block Volume performance (VPU) is billed separately from raw capacity and charged for the tier selected regardless of actual I/O used Autonomous Database storage billed separately from OCPU/ECPU compute Enhanced OKE clusters add a $0.10/hour control-plane fee (capped at $74.40/month) on top of worker node costs Archive Storage restores take hours and carry a 90-day minimum retention charge if deleted early Object Storage Infrequent Access tier carries a per-GB retrieval fee and minimum retention period
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18