# OCI Autonomous Database Optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub Canonical: https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/oci-autonomous-database 2 documented OCI Autonomous Database cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it. [Cloud Efficiency Hub](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub) 2 documented OCI Autonomous Database cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it. ## 2 inefficiencies [All services](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub#browse-by-service) - OCI Autonomous Database CER-0552 ### [Underutilized OCI Autonomous Database ECPUs](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/underutilized-oci-autonomous-database-ecpus) OCI Autonomous AI Database (Serverless) bills every running hour for the base ECPU count set on the database, whatever the workload actually uses. Base ECPUs are often sized for a peak, a load test or a migration and left there, so... Databases - OCI Autonomous Database CER-0553 ### [Non-Production OCI Autonomous Databases Left Running 24/7](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/non-production-oci-autonomous-databases-left-running-24-7) Development, test, training and demo Autonomous AI Databases are often used only during working hours but left running around the clock. A running Autonomous AI Database bills its base ECPU count every hour whether or not any session is... Databases ## More OCI services - [OCI Compute Instances 5](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/oci-compute-instances) - [OCI Block Volume 4](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/oci-block-volume) - [OCI Object Storage 2](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/oci-object-storage) - [OCI Load Balancer 1](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/oci-load-balancer) - [OCI Base Database 1](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/oci-base-database) - [OCI Universal Credits 1](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/oci-universal-credits) --- Source: the public page above. Product screenshots and illustrative interfaces are examples, not live customer data.