What's good about...
Cloudways
- Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
- Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
- Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups
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 Cloudways's prices compare against Fal.ai?
| Example configuration |
Cloudways
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Fal.ai
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|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | -- |
| VM Medium | $88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | -- |
| VM Large | $149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | -- |
| Managed Redis®* | Included depending on plan | -- |
| Free egress allowance | 1-12 TB / mo | -- |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | -- |
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.
Fal.ai GPUs
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A6000 | 1x A6000 | 48GB | -- | -- | $0.60 | Source |
| A100 | 1x A100 | 40GB | -- | -- | $0.99 | Source |
| H100 | 1x H100 | 80GB | -- | -- | $1.89 | Source |
| H200 | 1x H200 | 141GB | -- | -- | $2.10 | Source |
| B200 | 1x B200 | 184GB | -- | -- | On Request | Source |
Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.
Which services do they offer
Company details
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Cloudways
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Fal.ai
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|---|---|---|
| Website | www.cloudways.com | fal.ai |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2012 | 2021 |
| Data Center Locations | -- | -- |
| Example Customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | PlayAI, Quora Poe, Genspark, Hedra |
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Cloudways
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|---|---|
| Website | www.cloudways.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | -- |
| Example Customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on May 26, 2025, and for Fal.ai on June 12, 2025.