OpenShift Pricing Compare

Red Hat OpenShift on OCI (BYOL) vs managed OpenShift on AWS (ROSA), Azure (ARO), Google Cloud (OSD) and IBM Cloud (ROKS). Indicative on‑demand list prices; verify with each provider.

1Common requirements

What the OpenShift cluster needs, independent of cloud. Sizes are physical cores (1 core = 1 OCI OCPU = 2 vCPU elsewhere). Storage performance is a per‑volume target that every cloud is sized to meet.

2Cloud‑specific choices

Region, shape per node role, and storage type + performance settings for each cloud. Defaults are the cheapest option that meets Step 1; anything that falls short is marked ⚠. Only regions where the OpenShift offering is available are listed.

Apply rate‑card discounts (flat % off list price, e.g. many OCI customers get 10–15%)

3Pricing

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Rate card: managed OpenShift fees (editable)

Assumptions and sources

OCI: BYOL. You pay OCI for compute + Block Volume only; OpenShift on OCI is BYOL only: the customer brings their existing Red Hat OpenShift subscription, and Oracle does not sell or bill one. OCI prices are identical in every region. Regions: all OC1 commercial regions (OCI regions documentation).
AWS ROSA: regions per AWS ROSA endpoints page. HCP isn't offered in us‑west‑1. HCP = hosted control plane at $0.25/cluster‑hr; Classic = masters on your EC2 + $0.03/cluster‑hr. Workers pay EC2 + ROSA fee per 4 vCPU.
Azure ARO: shapes per ARO support policy (masters must be ≥ 8 vCPU D/E‑series). Regions per Azure products‑by‑region; confirm with az provider show -n Microsoft.RedHatOpenShift. Workers pay VM + ARO fee. Bare metal isn't supported: if chosen, those nodes are priced on the VM shape you pick and flagged in red.
Google OSD: regions per OpenShift Dedicated service definition. Masters and infra on your GCE VMs; workers pay VM + OSD fee. Bare metal isn't supported: priced on the chosen VM shape and flagged in red.
IBM ROKS: VPC regions per IBM Cloud docs. Masters managed at no charge; infra and workers pay VM + OCP license. Bare metal on Classic.
Non‑US regional prices use approximate uplifts over the cheapest US region. Storage IOPS/throughput limits are per volume. Excludes egress, load balancers, snapshots, support and reserved/committed discounts.

Official pricing sources

Every default rate in this calculator comes from the providers' public list-price pages below (on-demand, USD, checked 28 Sep 2026). Use these links to cross-check, or confirm a specific configuration in each provider's own calculator.

Provider	OpenShift fee	Compute	Storage	Official calculator
OCI	BYOL: no fee (OpenShift on OCI docs)	OCI price list	OCI price list (Block Volume)	OCI cost estimator
AWS ROSA	ROSA pricing: $0.171 per 4 worker vCPU‑hr, HCP $0.25 per cluster‑hr	EC2 on‑demand	EBS pricing	AWS Pricing Calculator
Azure ARO	ARO pricing: $0.171 per 4 worker vCPU‑hr	Linux VM pricing · supported sizes	Managed Disks pricing	Azure Pricing Calculator
Google OSD	OpenShift Dedicated (Red Hat): $0.171 per 4 worker vCPU‑hr on demand	Compute Engine pricing	Disk pricing	Google Cloud Pricing Calculator
IBM ROKS	ROKS costs · OpenShift on IBM Cloud pricing	VPC pricing	VPC Block Storage pricing	IBM Cloud cost estimator