Moved some dev cloud workloads to OCI because it is about half the price of AWS, but says the support is among the worst they have experienced.
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A score out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews, so a handful of glowing reviews can’t beat a product many people like.
52% Positive12%36% Negative
Generous free tier for small servers, but free instances can be hard to get or vanish unannounced.
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Customer reviews (201)
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Oracle costs are noticeably lower than AWS but quality is poor in every aspect and there is little integration.
Four years on OCI paying about $1 a month for storage and a load balancer, using free services like DNS.
Upgraded to PAYG to skip the capacity wait and finds Oracle pricing clearer and cheaper than AWS, though the console is a bit clunky.
Calls the free compute the best offer available, used for over five years and paid exactly $0.
Two free servers split the resources, no issues for a few years, only about 8 cents a month for S3 overage.
Running 5 free VMs on Oracle for 4 years without a bill.
They used OCI for 1.5 years and call it wonderful and very cheap, though somewhat complicated.
As a large EU OCI user, finds the platform immature and quirky but cheaper than rivals for pure compute.
Has used OCI since 2019 and likes it, noting far fewer hidden fees than AWS.
An Amazon engineer uses Oracle's always-free 24GB VM for personal projects, running several small web services and a libsql DB container on one instance.
Upgraded the free tier and runs a WordPress blog on a little ARM server for about 16 to 55 cents a month.
Coming from AWS, found OCI cheaper but frustrating and time-consuming, which can end up costing more.
After five years on Azure and AWS, finds OCI fine for a cost-conscious company needing basic services.
Common questions about Oracle Cloud
What do customers say about Oracle Cloud?
Most customers run small servers on its generous free tier and report stable, trouble-free use, some for years. The main risk is that free instances can be hard to obtain, flagged idle or removed without warning. It suits hobby projects, not anything critical.
Is Oracle Cloud worth it?
Of the 120 reviews with a clear verdict, 53% are positive, 12% mixed and 36% negative. The praise mentioned most is reliable. The most common complaint is poor support.
What do people like about Oracle Cloud?
The praise reviewers mention most: reliable (51 reviews), good free plan (36 reviews) and great value (7 reviews). For example: Two x86 free-tier instances more than five years old run 24/7, plus an Ampere one added about six months ago.
What are the most common complaints about Oracle Cloud?
The complaints reviewers mention most: poor support (13 reviews), slow (5 reviews) and surprise bill (3 reviews). For example: Their account, even on PAYG, was closed with no warning and support was too convoluted to recover the servers.
What does the signal score of 75 mean?
It's how well reviewed Oracle Cloud is, out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews: a service needs plenty of them, compared with the most-reviewed services here, to reach the high 80s and 90s. It's worked out from reviews only, needs at least 5 of them, and updates as new ones come in.
What are the specs of Oracle Cloud?
Category: Cloud platform. Free plan: Yes.
Where do these Oracle Cloud reviews come from?
201 are quotes from Reddit, each linked to the original. Customer reviews are checked for spam before they appear. Every review, written here or quoted, is read as positive, mixed or negative.
