Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architecture
The Problem: Cloud Costs That Grow Faster Than Revenue
AWS, Azure, and GCP are powerful. They are also expensive at scale. Egress fees, per-request pricing, and opaque billing structures make it difficult to predict costs as workloads grow. For startups and scale-ups operating on tight margins, this creates a structural problem.
OCI offers a fundamentally different pricing model: predictable, transparent, and significantly lower for compute and egress. The Always Free tier includes resources that AWS charges for. Arm Ampere A1 instances deliver better price-performance than equivalent x86 options on competing clouds.
What OCI Architecture Covers
OCI Architecture Design
VCN design, compartment strategy, IAM policies, and service selection aligned to your workload requirements. Built for reliability and cost efficiency.
Always Free Tier Optimization
Maximizing OCI Always Free resources for development environments, auxiliary services, and low-traffic workloads. Legitimate production use cases that cost nothing.
Arm Ampere A1 Workloads
Containerized workloads on OCI Arm instances. Up to 4 OCPUs and 24 GB RAM in the Always Free tier. Significant cost savings for microservices and API workloads.
AWS + OCI Multicloud Patterns
Architectural patterns for running workloads across AWS and OCI. Oracle Database@AWS for organizations that need Oracle databases with AWS application infrastructure.
Migration Planning
Assessment of existing AWS or Azure workloads for OCI migration feasibility. Cost modeling, risk analysis, and phased migration planning.
Engagement Model
OCI engagements start with a workload assessment — identifying which components are good candidates for OCI based on cost, performance, and operational requirements.
For organizations already on AWS, the goal is not to replace AWS entirely. It is to identify the workloads where OCI delivers better economics and build a multicloud architecture that captures those savings.
Ready to Reduce Your Cloud Bill with OCI?
OCI is not a replacement for AWS. It is a strategic complement that can reduce your infrastructure costs by 30-60% for the right workloads.
Schedule a Discovery Call →30 minutes. We will identify which of your workloads are good candidates for OCI and model the potential savings.