Oracle Cloud Infrastructure vs OVHcloud

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is strongest for enterprises running Oracle DB workloads. OVHcloud is strongest for european data residency. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure	OVHcloud
Starting price	$0.01/mo	$0.01/mo
Best for	Enterprises running Oracle DB workloads Cost-sensitive compute at scale ARM (Ampere) workloads Autonomous Database users	European data residency Cost-conscious scale-outs Managed databases Kubernetes AI/GPU workloads
Stated uptime SLA	99.95%	99.99% (Public Cloud instances, region dependent)
Storage	NVME	NVME
Regions	49	33
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	Yes
Support channels	Ticket, Docs, Community forum, Phone (paid support tiers)	Ticket, Docs, Community forum, Phone (paid plans)
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, FedRAMP	GDPR, ISO 27001, SecNumCloud (France), HDS (health data hosting, France)
Hidden costs to watch for	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	IPv4 addresses billed separately per instance/Local Zone Windows license surcharge of $0.039/vCore/hour on top of base instance price APAC region (India, Singapore, Australia) outbound traffic loses free-egress status after 2026-06-01/2026-12-31 depending on product Object Storage Infrequent Access / Cold Archive / Active Archive have data-retrieval fees and minimum storage durations (30-180 days) with early-deletion penalties
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18