Uptime Kuma worked for over a year on a free VM, then requests started timing out and they moved providers.
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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.
What customers love, and what they don’tWhat customers noticed
Customer reviews (201)
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The free instance works, but it was shut down once for being idle and getting it back took a while.
Their x86 Oracle Cloud VMs run a reverse proxy and a TURN server without issues, though they struggled for months to ever get the ARM instances.
Same always-free instance for two years, but says you must keep RAM use above 90% to avoid reclaim, with an email warning a week before deletion.
Free tier was deleted, so they made a new one on pay-as-you-go and keep the bill at pennies.
Two idle free AMD instances were shut down after a week's notice, while the ARM instance with low activity was left alone.
Got the idle-reclaim email after two trouble-free years because their lightweight nginx site does not hit Oracle's CPU thresholds.
Keeps nothing critical on Oracle's free tier, noting it took real effort to obtain the two ARM instances.
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.
