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
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
Fly.io
VM Medium
Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
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Fly.io
VM Large
Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
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Fly.io
Block Storage
Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Cloudways
Fly.io
Object Storage
Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Cloudways
Fly.io
Load Balancer
Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Cloudways
Fly.io
Managed PostgreSQL
Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Cloudways
Fly.io
Managed Redis®*
Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
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Fly.io
Free egress allowance
Cloudways
Fly.io
1 TB of egress beyond allowance
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Fly.io
A100Heads 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
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Company details
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| Website | www.cloudways.com | fly.io |
| Headquarters | United States of America | United States of America |
| Founded | 2012 | 2017 |
| Data Center Locations | -- | 35 |
| Example Customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | 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.