Canopy Wave
vs
Fly.io
What's good about each
- Iceland data centers running on hydro and geothermal power
- 2-8 TB of local NVMe included per node
- GPU rental and open-model inference on one account
- 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 | Canopy Wave | Fly.io | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $5.70 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (shared-cpu-1x) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $42.79 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (shared-cpu-4x) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $248.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (performance-8x) | |
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Shared Storage) | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | 53% cheaper on Canopy Wave |
| Object storage | $40.00 /mo 1 TB | $20.50 /mo 1 TB (Tigris) | 49% 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 | -- Not listed | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (North America and Europe) |
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.
GPUs
Canopy Wave offers 5 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Fly.io.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Canopy Wave | Fly.io |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Data centers only |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | 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 | Canopy Wave | Fly.io |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 | 2017 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 2 | 18 |
| Example customers | UC San Diego, Pax Historia, Foundry BioSciences | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase |
| Website | canopywave.com | fly.io |
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Our data for Canopy Wave was last updated on Oct. 13, 2026, and for Fly.io on Sept. 18, 2026.