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Autonomous Database (ATP/ADW) · $25.7/mo (1000 GB)
Oracle's Autonomous Database storage pricing is competitive at $0.0257/GB/month, but several alternatives offer better total-cost-of-ownership for smaller workloads or different database types. Google Cloud SQL and Heroku Essential tier are cheaper entry points, though with trade-offs in reliability and features. For larger storage needs, Oracle's per-GB model becomes expensive compared to fixed-tier managed databases.
Flat $5/mo for 1GB storage is 81% cheaper than Oracle's $25.70 for 1TB if you only need small capacity.
Caveat: 99.5% SLA (vs Oracle's 99.99%), no HA or fork/follow, and overage upgrades can force tier jumps; personal-account-only Eco tier restrictions apply.
At $0.118/GB/month, Google's per-GB rate undercuts Oracle by 78% and includes 99.99% SLA.
Caveat: Network egress billed separately and rises past 200 GiB/month free tier; sustained-use discounts require careful tracking; HA configuration doubles costs.
Entry-level Postgres at $6/mo is 77% cheaper than Oracle's minimum 1TB tier for dev/test workloads.
Caveat: Storage overage billed at $0.30/GB/month (higher than Oracle); 99.95% SLA; instances billed by the second so partial-month charges apply.
All-in-one tier (2GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB SSD) at $11/mo beats Oracle's storage-only pricing for development use.
Caveat: Development/prototyping only, no HA available; dedicated control plane is paid add-on; egress charged at EUR 0.01/GB after 75GB free.
Compute + 2GB RAM for $12.41/mo is 52% cheaper than Oracle's storage-only $25.70, with 99.99% SLA and separate storage billing.
Caveat: Storage and backup billed separately at ~$0.115/GB/month; no reserved-instance discount on Burstable tier; outbound bandwidth charged above 100GB/month.
Before you switch
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud | Cloud SQL · HDD storage | $0.12/mo | $0.118/GB/month | Visit |
| Heroku | Heroku Data for Redis · Mini | $3/mo | 25 MB RAM | Visit |
| Heroku | Heroku Postgres · Essential-0 | $5/mo | 1 GB | Visit |
| IONOS | Managed Databases (MariaDB/PostgreSQL) · DB RAM - per GB (low end) | $5.76/mo | Per GB RAM per hour, low end of published range | Visit |
| Render | Render Postgres · Basic-256mb | $6/mo | 256 MB RAM, 0 vCPU | Visit |
| Render | Render Key Value (Redis-compatible) · Starter | $10/mo | 256 MB RAM | Visit |
| Scaleway | Managed Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL · DB-DEV-S | $11/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB SSD | Visit |
| Microsoft Azure | Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server · Burstable B1ms | $12.41/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Vultr | Managed Databases · MySQL CC-Reg 1vCPU/1GB (0 rep) | $15/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Managed Databases · Valkey Basic 1GB | $15/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Managed Databases · 1GB Standard | $15/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 40 GB | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Managed Databases · Shared 1 GB - Standalone | $16/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB SSD | Visit |
| UpCloud | Managed MySQL · Single-node 1x2GB | $30/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB | Visit |
| UpCloud | Managed PostgreSQL · Single-node 1x2GB | $30/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB | Visit |
| IONOS | Managed Databases (MongoDB Business Edition) · MongoDB Business XS | $31.2/mo | Sample instance size from published price list | Visit |
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