Is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Block Volume the best deal?

Always Free Tier · $0/mo (200 GB)

Best in class

Oracle's Always Free Tier Block Volume offering is genuinely free with no monthly charge, making it unbeatable on price alone. However, the hidden VPU performance charges, separate Autonomous Database billing, and OKE control-plane fees mean total cost of ownership can grow quickly depending on workload; verify your actual I/O and service mix before committing.

Before you switch

Block Volume performance (VPU) is billed separately even on the free tier - confirm your I/O tier needs and budget for that cost
Autonomous Database storage is metered independently of compute; factor in database growth costs
OKE clusters add $0.10/hour control-plane fees ($74.40/month cap) on top of worker node costs if you use Kubernetes
Archive Storage has a 90-day minimum retention penalty if you delete early; use Object Storage standard tier for frequently accessed data
Object Storage Infrequent Access tier charges per-GB retrieval fees and enforces minimum retention - only use for truly cold archives

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