Here's Oracle's marketing pitch for their free tier.[1]
"Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Free Tier includes a free time-limited promotional trial that allows you to explore a wide range of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure products, and a set of Always Free offers that never expire."
Their FAQ:[2]
"When you've reached the end of your 30-day trial or used all your Free Trial credits (whichever comes first), you’ll be notified and will have a grace period of 30 days, starting from the expiration date, to upgrade to paid. You will no longer be able to create new paid resources, but your account will remain active. Your resources will continue to exist for a few days, allowing you to upgrade your account and keep your resources before they're reclaimed by Oracle. If you do not upgrade to paid by the end of the grace period, your Free Trial service instances and data will be deleted."
Which is reasonable enough.
I can't find their terms of service or EULA. Most web sites have a "legal" or "terms" link at the bottom of pages, but Oracle does not. Google can find their web site terms of service.[3] But that's for the web site only, not their cloud services.
They differentiate between Free Tier and Always Free. The disclaimer that your instances will be deleted after 30 days seems to be worded specifically to not apply to the Always Free, isn't it?
"Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Free Tier includes a free time-limited promotional trial that allows you to explore a wide range of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure products, and a set of Always Free offers that never expire."
Their FAQ:[2]
"When you've reached the end of your 30-day trial or used all your Free Trial credits (whichever comes first), you’ll be notified and will have a grace period of 30 days, starting from the expiration date, to upgrade to paid. You will no longer be able to create new paid resources, but your account will remain active. Your resources will continue to exist for a few days, allowing you to upgrade your account and keep your resources before they're reclaimed by Oracle. If you do not upgrade to paid by the end of the grace period, your Free Trial service instances and data will be deleted."
Which is reasonable enough.
I can't find their terms of service or EULA. Most web sites have a "legal" or "terms" link at the bottom of pages, but Oracle does not. Google can find their web site terms of service.[3] But that's for the web site only, not their cloud services.
[1] https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/FreeTier/freetier...
[2] https://www.oracle.com/cloud/free/faq/
[3] https://www.oracle.com/legal/terms.html