Is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Object Storage the best deal?

Always Free Tier · $0/mo (10 GB)

Best in class

Oracle's Always Free Tier Object Storage at $0/month for 10GB is genuinely hard to beat on price. However, the hidden costs you've identified—especially per-GB retrieval fees on Infrequent Access tier, Archive Storage's 90-day minimum retention penalty, and Block Volume VPU charges—mean total cost of ownership can spike quickly if you exceed free limits or use less-common access patterns. Verify your actual access patterns and retention needs before committing.

Before you switch

Object Storage Infrequent Access tier charges per-GB on retrieval; confirm your read patterns won't trigger surprise bills
Archive Storage has a 90-day minimum retention; early deletion incurs full 90-day charges
Block Volume performance (VPU) is billed separately and charged regardless of actual I/O usage
Autonomous Database storage is billed separately from compute; factor this in if you plan to scale
Enhanced OKE clusters add $0.10/hour control-plane fee (capped $74.40/month); verify if you need this feature
Confirm the 10GB limit is sufficient for your use case; overage pricing is not listed here

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