Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

Oracle's public cloud. Operates two Saudi regions: Jeddah (me-jeddah-1, GA July 2020) and Riyadh (me-riyadh-1, live October 2024, hosted at center3).

Residency & compliance

Residency & compliance
Item	Value	Source
Data stays in-country	Yes
Data centre locations	Jeddah (me-jeddah-1, GA 20 Jul 2020); Riyadh (me-riyadh-1, live Oct 2024, hosted by center3)

Licences and compliance
Item	Value	Source
Cloud licence / regulator	CST Class C (Oracle blog states OCI was the first major provider in KSA to achieve it; requires Tier III+ hosting DC)
Approved for government workloads	Yes
Certifications	CST cloud class C

Fees
Item	Value	Source
Virtual server from (monthly)	USD 19.35	24 Oct 2026
Object storage per GB / month	USD 0.03	24 Oct 2026
Data transfer out per GB	USD 0.05	23 Oct 2026
Free tier / credits	Always Free resources + free trial credits (OCI Free Tier)	23 Oct 2026

Not published: Billing in local currency

Not published: CDN, DDoS protection

Not published: Uptime SLA, Arabic support, 24/7 support

Developers
Item	Value	Source
API / CLI	Yes