---
last_verified: 2025-09-11
source: https://www.oracle.com/cloud/price-list/
description: OCI Networking pricing for estimation purposes.
currency: USD
---

# ── Load Balancing ─────────────────────────────────────────────────

load_balancer:
  base_instance_per_hour: 0.10
  bandwidth_per_mbps_hour: 0.0084
  monthly_base: 73.00
  notes: "Flexible shape, bandwidth billed separately"

network_load_balancer:
  per_hour: "Free"
  notes: "Layer 4, no per-hour charge, data processing fees apply"

# ── FastConnect ────────────────────────────────────────────────────

fastconnect:
  port_per_hour:
    1gbps: 0.30
    2gbps: 0.50
    5gbps: 1.26
    10gbps: 2.52
    40gbps: 5.04
    100gbps: 6.30
    400gbps: 12.60
  monthly_730h:
    1gbps: 219.00
    10gbps: 1839.60
    100gbps: 4599.00
  data_transfer: "Free (ingress and egress)"
  notes: "Private dedicated connectivity. No data transfer charges."

# ── VPN Connect ────────────────────────────────────────────────────

vpn_connect:
  notes: "No additional charge for IPSec VPN tunnels. Included with DRG."

# ── DNS ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

dns:
  queries_included_per_month: 1000000
  additional: "Free for most use cases"
  notes: "1M queries/month included at no cost"

# ── WAF ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

waf:
  notes: "Pricing based on requests processed. See OCI price list for current rates."

# ── Data Transfer Summary ──────────────────────────────────────────

data_transfer:
  ingress: "Free (all sources)"
  egress_internet:
    first_10tb_month: "Free"
    per_gb_beyond: 0.0085
  inter_region:
    per_gb: 0.0085
  fastconnect: "Free (both directions)"
  key_advantage: |
    OCI is dramatically cheaper than hyperscalers for data transfer:
    - AWS charges $0.09/GB egress (OCI: $0.0085 after 10TB free)
    - Azure charges $0.087/GB egress
    - GCP charges $0.12/GB egress
    - OCI FastConnect egress is FREE (AWS DirectConnect charges per GB)