Oracle Cloud Free Tier
Build, test, and deploy applications on Oracle Cloud—for free.
New Always Free services have been added, including Arm Ampere A1 Compute. For large-scale Arm development projects you can apply for OCI Arm Accelerator.
What's included with Oracle Cloud Free Tier? *
Always Free services
Services you can use for an unlimited time.
- Two Oracle Autonomous Databases with powerful tools like Oracle APEX and Oracle SQL Developer
- Two AMD Compute VMs
- Up to 4 instances of ARM Ampere A1 Compute with 3,000 OCPU hours and 18,000 GB hours per month
- Block, Object, and Archive Storage; Load Balancer and data egress; Monitoring and Notifications
Start with a US$300 cloud credit
You’ll have 30 days to use it—in addition to Always Free services.
- Access to a wide range of Oracle Cloud services for 30 days, including Databases, Analytics, Compute, and Container Engine for Kubernetes
- Up to eight instances across all available services
- Up to 5 TB of storage
How it works
Use your Always Free services as long as you want with no time constraints—subject only to the capacity limits noted. When your 30-day trial period for the expanded set of services ends, you can continue using Always Free services with no interruption.
Always Free and 30-day trial instances can be seamlessly upgraded to paid at any time. Existing Oracle Cloud customers have access to Always Free services automatically—no new sign-up required.
Infrastructure
2 AMD based Compute VMs with 1/8 OCPU** and 1 GB memory each
Arm-based Ampere A1 cores and 24 GB of memory usable as 1 VM or up to 4 VMs with 3,000 OCPU hours and 18,000 GB hours per month
2 Block Volumes Storage, 200 GB total
10 GB Object Storage – Standard
10 GB Object Storage – Infrequent Access
10 GB Archive Storage
Resource Manager: managed Terraform
5 OCI Bastions
Databases
Your choice of Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing, Autonomous Data Warehouse, Autonomous JSON Database, or APEX Application Development. Two databases total, each with 1 OCPU** and 20 GB storage.
NoSQL Database with 133 million reads per month, 133 million writes per month, 25 GB storage per table, up to 3 tables.
Observability and Management
Monitoring: 500 million ingestion datapoints, 1 billion retrieval datapoints
Application Performance Monitoring: 1000 tracing events and 10 Synthetic runs per hour
Logging: 10 GB per month
Notifications: 1 million sent through https per month, 1000 sent through email per month
Service Connector Hub: 2 service connectors
Additional services
Flexible Load Balancer: 1 instance, 10 Mbps
Flexible Network Load Balancer
Outbound Data Transfer: 10 TB per month
Virtual Cloud Networks (VCN): Maximum of 2 VCNs, includes IPv4 and IPv6 support
VCN Flow Logs: Up to 10 GB per month shared across OCI Logging services
Site-to-Site VPN: 50 IPSec connections
Content Management Starter Edition: 5000 assets per month
Certificates: 5 Private CA and 150 private TLS certificates
Email Delivery: 3,000 emails sent per day
What can I try with my 30-day, US$300 cloud credit?
Infrastructure
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Compute
4,500 hours, 500 GB of storage. High-performance VMs and bare metal servers.
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Storage
5 TB storage. Object and block storage to store and access data at scale.
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Containers
4,500 hours of compute for managed Kubernetes and 500 GB of storage for highly available Docker registry. Pay only for resources in your secure and isolated cloud partition.
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Functions
112 million invocations and 20 million gigabyte memory-seconds of execution time.
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Load Balancer
30 days of 4 Gbps Load Balancer. Automatically distribute traffic and deliver scalability and fault tolerance.
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FastConnect
1,400 hours. Connect your data center to the cloud with a private network.
Databases
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Autonomous Transaction Processing
3,338 hours, 2 TB of Oracle Exadata storage. Mission-critical transaction processing made effortless; the future of database in the cloud.
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Autonomous JSON Database
A JSON database built for developers, featuring document APIs and ACID transactions.
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Autonomous Data Warehouse
3,338 hours, 2 TB of Oracle Exadata storage. Get your data warehouse deployed in seconds. Fully managed, preconfigured, and optimized.
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NoSQL Database Cloud
5.3 billion reads, 5.3 billion writes, 450 GB storage. Dynamically provision your read, write, or storage units. Get up and running in minutes.
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MySQL HeatWave
5,000 hours, 550 GB of storage. The world's most popular open source database. 100% developed, managed, and supported by the MySQL team.
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Database
3,338 hours, 600 GB of storage. The most complete, integrated, and secure database for any deployment.
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Database Backup
5 TB of Oracle Database backups. A secure, scalable, on-demand storage solution for backing up your Oracle Database to the cloud.
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Data Safe
Unlimited cloud targets. One paid target. 1M audit records per target. Oracle Data Safe delivers essential security capabilities for your Oracle Cloud and on-premises databases to help reduce risk and improve security.
Application Development
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Java
1,700 hours, 400 GB of storage. Fully managed Oracle WebLogic server.
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Containers
4,500 hours of compute for managed Kubernetes and 500 GB of storage for highly available Docker registry. Pay only for resources in your secure and isolated cloud partition.
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Functions
112 million invocations and 20 million gigabyte memory-seconds of execution time.
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Digital Assistant
230,000 requests. Build a simple FAQ chatbot or a sophisticated digital assistant for ERP, HCM, CX, etc., and for popular conversational interfaces like Facebook Messenger or Amazon Alexa.
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Visual Builder
4,700 hours. Rapidly create and deploy engaging web and mobile apps directly from the browser using a visual browser-based development environment.
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WebLogic Server
1,000 hours and 400 GB of Oracle WebLogic Server running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
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Visual Builder Studio
4,700 hours of compute for CI/CD. Free 20 GB of storage for Git repositories, issue tracking, agile dashboard, and wikis.
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Email Delivery
3,100 emails sent each month for free before consuming free trial credits.
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Blockchain Platform
1,400 OCPU hours of Blockchain Platform Standard Edition (2 OCPUs/50 GB fixed). Easily create a blockchain instance, configure peer nodes and channels, explore samples and the low-code App Builder, and deploy and test smart contracts.
Analytics
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Analytics Cloud
4,700 hours. The most comprehensive analytics in the cloud.
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Data Science
4,700 hours. Build, train, deploy, and manage machine learning models. The platform makes data science collaborative, scalable, and powerful.
Content Management
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Content Management Cloud
5,000 assets, 100 GB of outbound data and 100 GB of storage. Cloud-based content hub to drive omnichannel content management.
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WebCenter Portal
1,100 hours, 700 GB of storage. Secure enterprise portals in the cloud.
Observability and Management
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Application Performance Monitoring
435 hours of 100,000 tracing events per hour, including 20 synthetic monitor executions per hour. A robust implementation of a distributed tracing system as a service. Provides monitoring and alerting, diagnostics, exploration, and analytics.
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Logging
6 TB storage. Logging is an intuitive, centralized platform for all types of logs.
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Logging Analytics
600 hours, 300 GB of storage. Logging Analytics is a machine learning-based cloud service for log data from on-premises and multicloud environments.
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Service Connector Hub
2 service connectors. Service Connector Hub helps cloud engineers manage and move data between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services and from OCI to third-party services.
Security
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Identity
18,750 consumer users. Add user authentication to your apps.
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Data Safe
Unlimited cloud targets. One paid target. 1M audit records per target. Oracle Data Safe delivers essential security capabilities for your Oracle Cloud and on-premises databases to help reduce risk and improve security.
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Certificates
Certificates is a managed TLS certificate service that allows the creation of up to 5 Certificate authorities (CA) and 150 private TLS certificates for easy deployment and renewal with integrated resources. TLS certificates are required for encrypted communication between computers.
Integration
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Integration
465 hours. Application integration with adapter connectivity and process automation.
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SOA
1,700 hours, 400 GB of storage. Build and deploy SOA-based applications.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is Oracle Cloud Free Tier?
Oracle Cloud Free Tier allows you to sign up for an Oracle Cloud account which provides a number of Always Free services and a Free Trial with US$300 of free credit to use on all eligible Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services for up to 30 days. The Always Free services are available for an unlimited period of time. The Free Trial services may be used until your US$300 of free credits are consumed or the 30 days has expired, whichever comes first.
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What are Always Free services?
Always Free services are part of Oracle Cloud Free Tier. Always Free services are available for an unlimited time. Some limitations apply. As new Always Free services become available, you will automatically be able to use those as well.
The following services are available as Always Free:
- AMD-based Compute
- Arm-based Ampere A1 Compute
- Block Volume
- Object Storage
- Archive Storage
- Flexible Load Balancer
- Flexible Network Load Balancer
- Site-to-Site VPN
- Autonomous Data Warehouse
- Autonomous Transaction Processing
- Autonomous JSON Database
- NoSQL Database (Phoenix Region only)
- APEX Application Development
- Resource Manager (Terraform)
- Monitoring
- Notifications
- Logging
- Application Performance Monitoring
- Service Connector Hub
- Vault
- Bastions
- Security Advisor
- Virtual Cloud Networks
- Site-to-Site VPN
- Content Management Starter Edition
- Email Delivery
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Is Oracle Cloud Free Tier available in all countries?
Oracle Cloud Free Tier is currently available in all regions where commercial Oracle Cloud Infrastructure service is available. See the data regions page for detailed service availability. *** If your first-choice data region isn’t available, please select an adjacent region. If you are unable to find the country or territory you require, please contact Oracle Sales or Cloud Support using the Chat link in the menu bar. The Oracle Sales team can help you sign up for Oracle Cloud Free Tier.
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Who is eligible for Oracle Cloud Free Tier?
One Oracle Cloud Free Trial or Always Free account is permitted per person. Please note:
- Creating or attempting to create multiple free accounts is prohibited.
- All contact and billing information provided must be accurate, valid, and used with consent for the duration of the account.
- Failure to comply with these requirements may result in the suspension or termination of your account.
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Why do I need to provide credit or debit card information when I sign up for Oracle Cloud Free Tier?
To provide free Oracle Cloud accounts to our valued customers, we need to ensure that you are who you say you are. We use your contact information and credit/debit card information for account setup and identity verification. Oracle may periodically check the validity of your card, resulting in a temporary “authorization” hold. These holds are removed by your bank, typically within three to five days, and do not result in actual charges to your account.
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What payment methods does Oracle accept?
We accept credit cards and debit cards that function like credit cards. We do not accept debit cards with a PIN or virtual, single-use, or prepaid cards.
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* Free Tier is currently available in all regions where commercial Oracle Cloud Infrastructure service is available. See the data regions page for detailed service availability. The US$300 free credit is available in select countries and valid for up to 30 days. Oracle Cloud credits are consumed at discounted rates during the 30-day promotional period. The capacity limits listed under each service are only estimates and reflect the maximum capacity you can get if you consume your entire credit on one service during the promotional period. The maximum capacity per service you get can be less if you consume multiple services. The list of services and capacity estimates are subject to change. Your credit balance is available to you in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console.
** 1 OCPU on x86 CPU Architecture (AMD and Intel) = 2 vCPUs; 1 OCPU on Arm CPU Architecture (Ampere) = 1 vCPU
*** Availability to Free Tier is subject to capacity limits.