Oracle Cloud H100 Pricing Options
All available H100 instance types on Oracle Cloud, sorted by lowest hourly rate.
| Region | Instance | Type | Price/hr | GPUs | vCPUs | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| us-ashburn-1 | BM.GPU.H100.8 (8x H100) | On-Demand | $25.6800/hr Cheapest | 8× GPU | 112 vCPU | 2048 GB |
About Oracle Cloud H100 Cloud Pricing
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) offers GPU compute through their BM.GPU series, with aggressive pricing that often undercuts AWS and Azure. Oracle has invested heavily in AI infrastructure partnerships.
Why Choose Oracle Cloud for H100
- Aggressive pricing vs other hyperscalers
- Bare-metal GPU instances with no virtualization overhead
- RDMA cluster networking for distributed training
- Free tier and always-free instances for experimentation
Best suited for: Enterprise teams evaluating alternatives to AWS/Azure/GCP who want hyperscaler reliability at lower prices.
H100 Technical Overview
The H100 SXM5 variant with NVLink delivers up to 3.35 TB/s aggregate GPU-to-GPU bandwidth, making it the standard for large-scale distributed training. The PCIe variant trades interconnect bandwidth for broader server compatibility.
Pricing Analysis
Oracle Cloud's cheapest H100 option starts at $25.6800/hr, which is 604% above the market average of $3.6501/hr. Oracle Cloud currently offers on-demand pricing only for H100. This means no commitment required, but you won't access the deeper discounts available from reserved or spot pricing.
Note: Oracle's GPU pricing is often 20–40% below AWS for equivalent configurations. Their bare-metal instances provide full hardware access without virtualization overhead.
Market context: H100 is the most in-demand GPU in the cloud market as of 2026. Prices have stabilized after the 2024 shortage, but availability still varies significantly by provider and region.
Top Alternatives to Oracle Cloud for H100
Side-by-side cost comparison vs the cheapest Oracle Cloud H100 rate ($25.6800/hr).
| Provider | Price/hr | Type | vs Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vast.ai | $1.4900/hr | Spot | -94% cheaper vs Oracle Cloud |
| Corvex | $1.5900/hr | Reserved | -94% cheaper vs Oracle Cloud |
| DataCrunch | $1.6500/hr | Spot | -94% cheaper vs Oracle Cloud |
| CoreWeave | $1.7900/hr | Reserved | -93% cheaper vs Oracle Cloud |
| Shadeform | $1.7900/hr | On-Demand | -93% cheaper vs Oracle Cloud |
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