Liquid Web vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Liquid Web is strongest for agencies. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is strongest for enterprises running Oracle DB workloads. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Liquid Web	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Starting price	$5/mo	$0.01/mo
Best for	Agencies E-commerce/WooCommerce High-traffic WordPress Businesses wanting fully-managed support	Enterprises running Oracle DB workloads Cost-sensitive compute at scale ARM (Ampere) workloads Autonomous Database users
Stated uptime SLA	100% (Liquid Web's published network/power/infrastructure uptime guarantee)	99.95%
Storage	SSD	NVME
Regions	3	49
Managed Kubernetes	No	Yes
Support channels	24/7/365 phone, Live chat, Ticket, Docs/Knowledge Base	Ticket, Docs, Community forum, Phone (paid support tiers)
Compliance	PCI DSS, HIPAA (available), SOC 2	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, FedRAMP
Hidden costs to watch for	Advertised prices are frequently promotional (e.g. 50% off for the first 2 months, or 10-15% off for 1-2 year prepay terms); renewal pricing is meaningfully higher than the teaser rate Bandwidth overages and additional storage are billed as add-ons beyond plan allowances Managed WordPress/Nexcess plans are billed upfront annually to get the advertised per-month rate ("2 months free" annual billing) in many cases Windows OS licensing adds a surcharge over equivalent Linux dedicated/cloud dedicated configurations	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