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Oracle Cloud has the best Compute/VM Always Free Tier around (2x 1G RAM/50G VMs), which is likely sufficient for a small matrix/synapse server, so realistically

Oracle Cloud has the best Compute/VM Always Free Tier around (2x 1G RAM/50G VMs), which is likely sufficient for a small matrix/synapse server, so realistically you could do it for zero. I don’t know how much network transfer is included in their free tier, however (I’ve looked but never seen it clearly stated anywhere).

bilal4hmed 6y ago
thank you so much for this, didnt know they had such a gracious free tier. The only thing I saw was "Outbound Data Transfer: 10 TB per month." but you are absolutely right, it isn't spelt out directly.
- indigodaddy 6y ago
  Ah ok I think I remember that and I wasn’t sure it that was linked to the LB service or the VMs. Perhaps/likely it’s either/both. In any case, wow 10TB is awesome. I think Google Cloud’s Free Tier transfer limit is 1G, which is one of the reasons I powered it down (the other being they started charging for external IP’s on the free tier compute instances).
- indigodaddy 6y ago
  Also they have Oracle Linux 8 as an OS option for free tier, so you’re covered if you prefer the EL ecosystem (eg given the current CentOS situation).
auggierose 6y ago
So, what, Google is bad now, and Oracle good? Funny world.
- tracerbulletx 6y ago
  Good until they capture enough market share to stop bribing people to switch.
- indigodaddy 6y ago
  I thought I was just talking about vm/compute, which is quite a lot different than using a mail service where you are essentially the product.
  - sm4rk0 6y ago
    Bad guys are bad guys whatever service they sell. I've created an Oracle Technology Network account (luckily, with my ex-company email) in order to download something from OTN and soon was swamped with spam from various companies they sold my address to, with no way to unsubscribe. Should I mention that I always untick the "send me marketing offers" checkbox?
urda 6y ago
Switching from Google Products to hosting parallel products in Oracle Cloud is basically the same as one step forwards, two steps back.
- indigodaddy 6y ago
  It’s not switching from Google to Oracle. It’s just a place to spin up your own vm/instance, and for very little. You are conflating services.

bilal4hmed 6y ago

thank you so much for this, didnt know they had such a gracious free tier. The only thing I saw was "Outbound Data Transfer: 10 TB per month." but you are absolutely right, it isn't spelt out directly.

indigodaddy 6y ago
Ah ok I think I remember that and I wasn’t sure it that was linked to the LB service or the VMs. Perhaps/likely it’s either/both. In any case, wow 10TB is awesome. I think Google Cloud’s Free Tier transfer limit is 1G, which is one of the reasons I powered it down (the other being they started charging for external IP’s on the free tier compute instances).
indigodaddy 6y ago
Also they have Oracle Linux 8 as an OS option for free tier, so you’re covered if you prefer the EL ecosystem (eg given the current CentOS situation).

auggierose 6y ago

So, what, Google is bad now, and Oracle good? Funny world.

tracerbulletx 6y ago
Good until they capture enough market share to stop bribing people to switch.
indigodaddy 6y ago
I thought I was just talking about vm/compute, which is quite a lot different than using a mail service where you are essentially the product.
- sm4rk0 6y ago
  Bad guys are bad guys whatever service they sell. I've created an Oracle Technology Network account (luckily, with my ex-company email) in order to download something from OTN and soon was swamped with spam from various companies they sold my address to, with no way to unsubscribe. Should I mention that I always untick the "send me marketing offers" checkbox?

urda 6y ago

Switching from Google Products to hosting parallel products in Oracle Cloud is basically the same as one step forwards, two steps back.

indigodaddy 6y ago
It’s not switching from Google to Oracle. It’s just a place to spin up your own vm/instance, and for very little. You are conflating services.