Is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's AMD Micro Compute the best deal?

Always Free Tier · $0/mo (1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU)

Best in class

Oracle's Always Free Tier is genuinely free with no time limit, making it unbeatable on headline price. However, the plan has significant hidden-cost traps: Block Volume performance charges, separate Autonomous Database storage billing, OKE control-plane fees, and Object Storage retrieval penalties can quickly erode the free value. No comparable free-tier alternative was found, but you should carefully model your actual workload against these add-on charges before committing.

Before you switch

Block Volume VPU charges apply even if you don't perform I/O - verify your storage tier choice upfront
Autonomous Database storage is billed separately from compute; free tier compute does not include free storage
OKE clusters add $0.10/hour control-plane fee ($74.40/month cap) on top of worker nodes - factor this into any Kubernetes plans
Object Storage Infrequent Access tier has per-GB retrieval fees and minimum 30-day retention; early deletion incurs charges
Archive Storage restores take hours and carry a 90-day minimum retention penalty if you delete early
Confirm your actual monthly OCPU-hours and GB-hours usage against the 1500 OCPU-hours + 9000 GB-hours pooled allowance to avoid overage charges

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