Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server vs OCI Database with PostgreSQL

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server has no complete price above 63.1K users.
OCI Database with PostgreSQL has no complete price above 251.2K users.
OCI Database with PostgreSQL becomes cheaper than Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server above 17.5K users.

Cost from 1k to 1M users

Region

OCI Database with PostgreSQL becomes cheaper than Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server above 17.5K users

At three scales

The cheapest qualifying plan of each, for the same workload. Every line links to its source.

1K users

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server costs $127 less a month; OCI Database with PostgreSQL costs 8.9× as much.

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

$16.09

Flexible Server · Burstable B1MS (1 vCore, 2 GiB)

Flexible Server plan
Azure Retail Prices API · 05116300-a5d3-5c8f-a80e-bc6bf8109556
This price comes from the official Azure Retail Prices API, SKU 05116300-a5d3-5c8f-a80e-bc6bf8109556.
How it became this figure: no base fee
$0.00
Compute: Burstable B1MS (1 vCore, 2 GiB)
Azure Retail Prices API · 699ee3c7-5e59-5284-a84a-52ec1ffaa320
This price comes from the official Azure Retail Prices API, SKU 699ee3c7-5e59-5284-a84a-52ec1ffaa320.
How it became this figure: $0.017/h × 730
$12.41
Storage1.95
Azure Retail Prices API · 05116300-a5d3-5c8f-a80e-bc6bf8109556
This price comes from the official Azure Retail Prices API, SKU 05116300-a5d3-5c8f-a80e-bc6bf8109556.
How it became this figure: $0.115/GB-month; smallest disk 32 GiB
$3.68
Egress1.91
Azure Retail Prices API · 9995d93a-7d35-4d3f-9c69-7a7fea447ef4
This price comes from the official Azure Retail Prices API, SKU 9995d93a-7d35-4d3f-9c69-7a7fea447ef4.
How it became this figure: first 100 GB/month free, then tiered internet egress
$0.00

OCI Database with PostgreSQL

$143

Database with PostgreSQL · 2 OCPU (4 vCPU, 32 GB)

Database with PostgreSQL plan
Oracle Cloud price list API · B99060
This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU B99060.
How it became this figure: no base fee
$0.00
Compute: 2 OCPU (4 vCPU, 32 GB)
Oracle Cloud price list API · B99060
This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU B99060.
How it became this figure: $0.098/OCPU-h × 2 OCPU × 730; 1 OCPU = 2 vCPU
$143.08
Storage1.95
Oracle Cloud price list API · B99062
This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU B99062.
How it became this figure: $0.072/GB-month Database Optimized Storage
$0.14
Backup storage1.95
Oracle Cloud price list API · B91628
This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU B91628.
How it became this figure: backups bill at Object Storage rates; first 10 GB/month free
$0.00
Egress1.91
Oracle Cloud price list API · B88327
This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU B88327.
How it became this figure: first 10240 GB/month free, then $0.0085/GB
$0.00

10K users

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server costs $41.77 less a month; OCI Database with PostgreSQL costs 1.4× as much.

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

$103

Flexible Server · Burstable B2ms (2 vCore, 8 GiB)

Flexible Server plan
Azure Retail Prices API · 05116300-a5d3-5c8f-a80e-bc6bf8109556
This price comes from the official Azure Retail Prices API, SKU 05116300-a5d3-5c8f-a80e-bc6bf8109556.
How it became this figure: no base fee
$0.00
Compute: Burstable B2ms (2 vCore, 8 GiB)
Azure Retail Prices API · 4ee1aa81-d37a-5b90-8b9e-c35f47fe66ac
This price comes from the official Azure Retail Prices API, SKU 4ee1aa81-d37a-5b90-8b9e-c35f47fe66ac.
How it became this figure: $0.136/h × 730
$99.28
Storage20
Azure Retail Prices API · 05116300-a5d3-5c8f-a80e-bc6bf8109556
This price comes from the official Azure Retail Prices API, SKU 05116300-a5d3-5c8f-a80e-bc6bf8109556.
How it became this figure: $0.115/GB-month; smallest disk 32 GiB
$3.68
Egress19
Azure Retail Prices API · 9995d93a-7d35-4d3f-9c69-7a7fea447ef4
This price comes from the official Azure Retail Prices API, SKU 9995d93a-7d35-4d3f-9c69-7a7fea447ef4.
How it became this figure: first 100 GB/month free, then tiered internet egress
$0.00

OCI Database with PostgreSQL

$145

Database with PostgreSQL · 2 OCPU (4 vCPU, 32 GB)

Database with PostgreSQL plan
Oracle Cloud price list API · B99060
This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU B99060.
How it became this figure: no base fee
$0.00
Compute: 2 OCPU (4 vCPU, 32 GB)
Oracle Cloud price list API · B99060
This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU B99060.
How it became this figure: $0.098/OCPU-h × 2 OCPU × 730; 1 OCPU = 2 vCPU
$143.08
Storage20
Oracle Cloud price list API · B99062
This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU B99062.
How it became this figure: $0.072/GB-month Database Optimized Storage
$1.41
Backup storage20
Oracle Cloud price list API · B91628
This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU B91628.
How it became this figure: backups bill at Object Storage rates; first 10 GB/month free
$0.24
Egress19
Oracle Cloud price list API · B88327
This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU B88327.
How it became this figure: first 10240 GB/month free, then $0.0085/GB
$0.00

100K users

Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server

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OCI Database with PostgreSQL

$305

Database with PostgreSQL · 4 OCPU (8 vCPU, 64 GB)

Database with PostgreSQL plan
Oracle Cloud price list API · B99060
This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU B99060.
How it became this figure: no base fee
$0.00
Compute: 4 OCPU (8 vCPU, 64 GB)
Oracle Cloud price list API · B99060
This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU B99060.
How it became this figure: $0.098/OCPU-h × 4 OCPU × 730; 1 OCPU = 2 vCPU
$286.16
Storage195
Oracle Cloud price list API · B99062
This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU B99062.
How it became this figure: $0.072/GB-month Database Optimized Storage
$14.06
Backup storage195
Oracle Cloud price list API · B91628
This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU B91628.
How it became this figure: backups bill at Object Storage rates; first 10 GB/month free
$4.73
Egress191
Oracle Cloud price list API · B88327
This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU B88327.
How it became this figure: first 10240 GB/month free, then $0.0085/GB
$0.00

Features

Features of each offering
Feature	Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server	OCI Database with PostgreSQL
Automatic backups	Yes · every plan Azure Retail Prices API · 6ba9ca07-608a-58f0-9bf7-549e2a888f5f This price comes from the official Azure Retail Prices API, SKU `6ba9ca07-608a-58f0-9bf7-549e2a888f5f`. How it became this figure: backup storage up to 100% of provisioned storage is free; $0.095/GB-month beyond	Yes · every plan Oracle Cloud price list API · B91628 This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU `B91628`. How it became this figure: automated backups
Point in time recovery	Yes · every plan Azure Retail Prices API · 6ba9ca07-608a-58f0-9bf7-549e2a888f5f This price comes from the official Azure Retail Prices API, SKU `6ba9ca07-608a-58f0-9bf7-549e2a888f5f`. How it became this figure: backup storage up to 100% of provisioned storage is free; $0.095/GB-month beyond	Not listed
High availability	Add-on · General Purpose D-series 2 vCore (2 vCore, 8 GiB) zone-redundant HA $259.88 / mo on Flexible Server Azure Retail Prices API · 71f7052a-b259-5928-b57b-d6fbbc1c8cd1 This price comes from the official Azure Retail Prices API, SKU `71f7052a-b259-5928-b57b-d6fbbc1c8cd1`. How it became this figure: $0.178/h × 2 × 730; primary plus standby	Add-on · 2 OCPU (4 vCPU, 32 GB), 2 nodes $286.16 / mo on Database with PostgreSQL Oracle Cloud price list API · B99060 This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU `B99060`. How it became this figure: $0.098/OCPU-h × 2 OCPU × 2 nodes × 730; 1 OCPU = 2 vCPU; storage is shared across nodes
Read replicas	Not listed	Add-on · 2 OCPU (4 vCPU, 32 GB), 2 nodes $286.16 / mo on Database with PostgreSQL Oracle Cloud price list API · B99060 This price comes from the official Oracle Cloud price list API, SKU `B99060`. How it became this figure: $0.098/OCPU-h × 2 OCPU × 2 nodes × 730; 1 OCPU = 2 vCPU; storage is shared across nodes
Connection pooling	Not listed	Not listed
Branching	Not listed	Not listed
Private networking	Not listed	Not listed

“Not listed” means the published pricing does not name the feature; it may exist outside the pricing page.

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