https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/FreeTier/freetier_topic-Always_Free_Resources.htm
Instead of hosting at home, I’ve decided to go to the cloud and I LOVE the package you get with Oracle. You get enough computer hours for 2 amd based and 4 ARM based compute instances with generous network allocations.
Perfect for those of us who are just playing around with stuff and don’t have a spare PC/Device :)
Hope this post helps someone have some fun!
Nice try Oracle Marketing Intern.
You should also know that Oracle will fuck you as soon as it’s convenient for them and they’ll even expect you to like it!
We had some of their products at work a decade ago, after this experience I just don’t touch their products at all period even if they were offering me money.
They make Microsoft look nice in comparison!
Tried opening an account today, when I entered a completely valid Amex it gave me an error and to contact customer service which I did through a form, no confirmation was sent to my email. Tried yet again with a valid visa same result. Seems they really have no interest on free service
Official vague answer ( 2 days after) and marked as solved
Subject: Oracle Cloud Payment UpdateIncident: 231023-???Status: SolvedResponse By Email (Customer Service Agent) (25-Oct-2023??? PDT)Hello,
Unfortunately, we are unable to resolve this or process the transaction. This is all the information we can provide.
Regards,Customer Service Agent
IMHO, there is no such thing as “the cloud.” All your doing is using other people’s computers. The history of the Internet is littered with the corpses of once “free” and low-cost services.
IMHO, self-hosting means running my own services, storing and processing my own data, on my own LAN and servers. It’s about minimizing my reliance on third-party service providers to avoid the vagaries and price shell games they play, while restricting access to my PII and staying in control of my data. I don’t do it because it’s easier or cheaper, because it’s usually not. I do it because I believe I’m better off for it.
Perfect for those of us who are just playing around with stuff and don’t have a spare PC/Device :)
right and you shouldn’t run critical stuff on other peoples hardware unless you are down pat with security, DR and HA concepts but this post was really aimed at people who just want something free to play around with and learn with
I don’t believe Oracle for anything.