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AWS vs Fal.ai

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What's good about...

Amazon Web Services logo AWS

  • Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
  • Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
  • 30+ datacenter locations around the world

Fal.ai logo Fal.ai

  • Optimized for fast inference, especially for generative media
  • Cost-effective, pay-as-you-go pricing model
  • Offers both serverless GPU instances

Price comparison

How do AWS's prices compare against Fal.ai?

VM Small

Amazon Web Services AWS
$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)
Fal.ai Fal.ai
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VM Medium

Amazon Web Services AWS
$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)
Fal.ai Fal.ai
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VM Large

Amazon Web Services AWS
$248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge)
Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Block Storage

Amazon Web Services AWS
$8.00 / mo 100 GB
Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Object Storage

Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.63 / mo 1 TB
Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Load Balancer

Amazon Web Services AWS
$22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer
Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Managed PostgreSQL

Amazon Web Services AWS
$57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium)
Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Managed Redis®*

Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small)
Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Serverless 25M Executions

Amazon Web Services AWS
$36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Free egress allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
100 GB / mo
Fal.ai Fal.ai
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)
Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Fal.ai logo Fal.ai Pricing Details

Fal.ai uses a usage-based pricing model, ensuring you only pay for the compute you consume. It offers two main structures:

  • GPU Pricing: Billed per second for deploying custom applications on their GPU fleet.
  • Output-Based Pricing: For models hosted by Fal.ai, billing is based on the output generated, such as per image, per megapixel, or per second of video.

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Amazon Web Services AWS
Fal.ai Fal.ai
H100 $6.88 $4.50 B300 $17.80 $8.50 B200 $14.24 $6.25 H200 $7.91 $4.50

Billing Options

Amazon Web Services AWS
On-DemandReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)
Fal.ai Fal.ai
On-DemandCustom

Available Models

AWS offers 18 GPU models, while Fal.ai offers 5.

Amazon Web Services AWS
H100(6) A100(6) H200(1) RTX PRO 6000(6) L40S(24) B200(1) B300(1) V100(6) L4(30) T4(21)
View all 18 GPUs →
Fal.ai Fal.ai
H100(2) H200(2) RTX PRO 6000(2) B200(2) B300(2)

Heads up: Prices are estimates from published rates for common setups and vary by region and usage; verify with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that AWS and Fal.ai offer:

Service AWS Fal.ai
Analytics
App Testing
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Realtime Databases
Remote Config
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Amazon Web Services AWS
aws.amazon.com
Fal.ai Fal.ai
fal.ai
Headquarters
Amazon Web Services AWS
United States of America
Fal.ai Fal.ai
United States of America
Founded
Amazon Web Services AWS
2006
Fal.ai Fal.ai
2021
Data Center Locations
Amazon Web Services AWS
31
Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Example Customers
Amazon Web Services AWS
Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro
Fal.ai Fal.ai
PlayAI, Quora Poe, Genspark, Hedra

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for AWS was last updated on Aug. 26, 2026, and for Fal.ai on July 1, 2026.