Cloud Cost Comparison
Complete Cloud Cost Comparison 2025: AWS vs Azure vs GCP vs OCI vs Alibaba
2025 Cloud Pricing Overview
Five providers compete with increasingly different strategies. OCI disrupts with dramatically lower compute and egress pricing. Here is the definitive 2025 comparison.
General Purpose VM — 8 vCPU / 32GB RAM
| Cloud | Instance | On-Demand/hr | 3yr RI/hr | Monthly 3yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | m7i.2xlarge | $0.4032 | $0.1693 | $124 |
| Azure | D8s v5 | $0.3840 | $0.1421 | $104 |
| GCP | n2-standard-8 | $0.3884 | $0.1747 | $128 |
| OCI | E4.Flex 4 OCPU | $0.1280 | $0.0858 | $63 |
| Alibaba | ecs.g7.2xlarge | $0.4400 | $0.1980 | $145 |
Object Storage — 100TB + 10TB Egress/Month
| Cloud | Storage | Egress | Total/Month |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | $2,300 | $899 | $3,199 |
| Azure | $1,800 | $869 | $2,669 |
| GCP | $2,000 | $799 | $2,799 |
| OCI | $2,550 | $0 (10TB free) | $2,550 |
| Alibaba | $2,000 | $780 | $2,780 |
2025 Winner by Category
- OCI: Compute, memory, database, egress — often 50-70% cheaper
- Azure: Windows/SQL Server (Hybrid Benefit), MySQL managed DB
- AWS: Service breadth, enterprise ecosystem quality
- GCP: Analytics BigQuery, AI/ML Vertex AI, serverless Cloud Run
- Alibaba: China region, APAC workloads
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