What's good about...

Cloudways logo 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

Fly.io logo Fly.io

  • Excellent tooling and developer experience
  • Fast deployments, scale to zero, little config needed
  • Wide range of instance configurations at competitive prices

Price comparison

How do Cloudways's prices compare against Fly.io?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Cloudways Cloudways
$11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB)
Fly.io Fly.io
$10.70 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Shared-CPU-1x)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Cloudways Cloudways
$88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB)
Fly.io Fly.io
$42.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared-CPU-4x)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Cloudways Cloudways
$149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB)
Fly.io Fly.io
$328.04 / mo 8 CPU, 32 GB RAM (Performance-8x)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Cloudways Cloudways
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Fly.io Fly.io
$15.00 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Cloudways Cloudways
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Fly.io Fly.io
$21.00 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Cloudways Cloudways
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Fly.io Fly.io
Included in plan

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Cloudways Cloudways
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Fly.io Fly.io
$33.90 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Cloudways Cloudways
Included depending on plan
Fly.io Fly.io
--

Free egress allowance

Cloudways Cloudways
1-12 TB / mo
Fly.io Fly.io
100 GB / mo

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Cloudways Cloudways
$20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider)
Fly.io Fly.io
$20.00 $0.02 / GB (Public network North America)

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Cloudways Cloudways
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Fly.io Fly.io
$1.25/hr

Billing Options

Cloudways Cloudways
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Fly.io Fly.io
On-Demand

Available Models

Fly.io offers 3 GPU models.

Cloudways Cloudways
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Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Company details

Website
Cloudways Cloudways
www.cloudways.com
Fly.io Fly.io
fly.io
Headquarters
Cloudways Cloudways
United States of America
Fly.io Fly.io
United States of America
Founded
Cloudways Cloudways
2012
Fly.io Fly.io
2017
Data Center Locations
Cloudways Cloudways
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Fly.io Fly.io
35
Example Customers
Cloudways Cloudways
Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko
Fly.io Fly.io
Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase, Glitch

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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Fly.io on Feb. 12, 2026.