Atlas Cloud
vs
Fly.io
What's good about each
- Fully sovereign infrastructure hosted in Iceland
- Free ingress and egress traffic
- Tier 3 data center, ISO 27001 certified
- Self-service provisioning via UI, CLI, API, Terraform, and Ansible
- Excellent tooling and developer experience
- Fast deployments, scale to zero, little config needed
- Per-second billing, with a 40% discount for reserved compute blocks
- Anycast networking and global load balancing included at no extra cost
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Atlas Cloud | Fly.io | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $77.19 /mo 1 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB storage (a4) | $5.70 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (shared-cpu-1x) | 93% cheaper on Fly.io |
| Medium VM | $148.44 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM, 40 GiB storage (a5) | $42.79 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (shared-cpu-4x) | 71% cheaper on Fly.io |
| Large VM | $296.88 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GiB RAM, 160 GiB storage (a7) | $248.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (performance-8x) | 16% cheaper on Fly.io |
| Block storage | $11.55 /mo 100 GiB Block Storage | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | 23% cheaper on Atlas Cloud |
| Object storage | $101.34 /mo 1 TiB stored, S3-compatible | $20.50 /mo 1 TB (Tigris) | 80% cheaper on Fly.io |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $86.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (Starter) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $20.00 /mo 1 GB data (Upstash Fixed 1GB) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included with apps | |
| Egress allowance | Both ingress and egress are free. Unlimited free egress | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free Egress is always free | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (North America and Europe) | Free on Atlas Cloud |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Atlas Cloud | Fly.io |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Data centers only |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Atlas Cloud | Fly.io |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | 2017 |
| Headquarters | Iceland | USA |
| Locations | 1 | 18 |
| Example customers | -- | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase |
| Website | www.atlascloud.is | fly.io |
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Our data for Atlas Cloud was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Fly.io on Sept. 18, 2026.