Is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Prior policy: first 10TB/month free the best deal?

Outbound Data Transfer · $0/mo (10000 GB transfer)

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Oracle's 10TB/month free outbound data transfer tier is genuinely competitive and difficult to beat on price alone. However, be aware that this is a legacy policy still referenced by some sources, and the real cost trap lies in OCI's hidden charges for Block Volume performance tiers, Autonomous Database storage, OKE control planes, and Object Storage retrieval fees, which can quickly exceed the savings from free egress.

Before you switch

Confirm the 10TB/month free egress policy is still active on your tenancy; some sources indicate this is legacy and may not apply to new accounts
Budget separately for Block Volume VPU charges, which are mandatory per tier regardless of actual I/O usage
Factor in Autonomous Database storage costs, which are billed independently of compute (OCPU/ECPU)
If using OKE, add $0.10/hour per cluster control plane (up to $74.40/month) on top of worker node costs
Object Storage Infrequent Access and Archive tiers carry per-GB retrieval fees and minimum retention penalties that can offset egress savings
Compare total cost of ownership across compute, storage, and I/O rather than egress alone, as OCI's hidden fees often exceed the free transfer allowance value

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