OCI Logging Cost Calculator
Price OCI Logging and Logging Analytics from daily volume, retention and the free 10 GB of monthly log storage.
Inputs
OCI Logging keeps logs from 30 days up to six months.
The first 10 GB of log storage each month is free.
One storage unit is 300 GB of logs held during the month.
Monthly Cost
$56.50
Log Volume Retained
1,200.0GB
Logging Storage Charge
$44.50
Logging Analytics Charge
$12.00
Logging Analytics Storage Units
1
Retained Volume in Bytes
1 TiB
Effective Cost per GB Retained
0.0471USD/GB
Annual Cost
$678.00
Step by step
Values used
Log volume per day = 40 GB/day; Retention = 30 days; Log storage price per GB-month = 0.0500 USD/GB-month; Free log storage allowance = 10 GB/month; Send a share to Logging Analytics = Yes; Share sent to Logging Analytics = 25 %; GB per Logging Analytics storage unit = 300 GB; Price per Logging Analytics storage unit = 12 USD/unit-month
OCI Logging Cost
retained GB = daily GB × retention days; Logging charges max(0, plain GB − 10) × per-GB price, and Logging Analytics charges ceil(analytics GB ÷ 300) storage units.
Monthly Cost
= 56.50
Log Volume Retained
= 1,200.0 GB
Logging Storage Charge
= 44.50
Logging Analytics Charge
= 12.00
Logging Analytics Storage Units
= 1
Retained Volume in Bytes
= 1,288,490,188,800
How it works
Logging bills the standing volume you keep, which is daily ingest multiplied by retention rather than the daily figure alone — 40 GB a day at 30 days is 1.2 TB on the meter. Logging Analytics prices differently again, in units of 300 GB, so its cost steps up in blocks and a partially filled unit is billed in full. Retention is the multiplier nobody notices: doubling it doubles the bill without changing a single log line, and routing everything through Logging Analytics rather than a chosen subset is the fastest way to overspend. Confirm the per-GB and per-storage-unit prices in the Oracle Cloud cost estimator for your region.
Formula
OCI Logging Cost
retained GB = daily GB × retention days; Logging charges max(0, plain GB − 10) × per-GB price, and Logging Analytics charges ceil(analytics GB ÷ 300) storage units.
- retained GB
- Standing volume implied by daily ingest and retention
- storage unit
- 300 GB of logs held during the month, the Logging Analytics billing unit
- free allowance
- First 10 GB of log storage each month, at no charge
Frequently Asked Questions
How is OCI Logging Cost calculated?
retained GB = daily GB × retention days; Logging charges max(0, plain GB − 10) × per-GB price, and Logging Analytics charges ceil(analytics GB ÷ 300) storage units. Logging bills the standing volume you keep, which is daily ingest multiplied by retention rather than the daily figure alone — 40 GB a day at 30 days is 1.2 TB on the meter. Logging Analytics prices differently again, in units of 300 GB, so its cost steps up in blocks and a partially filled unit is billed in full.
Why does OCI Logging Cost matter?
Retention is the multiplier nobody notices: doubling it doubles the bill without changing a single log line, and routing everything through Logging Analytics rather than a chosen subset is the fastest way to overspend. Confirm the per-GB and per-storage-unit prices in the Oracle Cloud cost estimator for your region.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 8 inputs: Log volume per day, Retention, Log storage price per GB-month, Free log storage allowance, Send a share to Logging Analytics, Share sent to Logging Analytics, GB per Logging Analytics storage unit, Price per Logging Analytics storage unit. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.