What's good about...
Fal.ai
- Optimized for fast inference, especially for generative media
- Cost-effective, pay-as-you-go pricing model
- Offers both serverless GPU instances
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 Fal.ai's prices compare against Fly.io?
| Example configuration |
Fal.ai
|
Fly.io
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | -- | $10.70 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Shared-CPU-1x) |
| VM Medium | -- | $42.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared-CPU-4x) |
| VM Large | -- | $328.04 / mo 8 CPU, 32 GB RAM (Performance-8x) |
| Block Storage | -- | $15.00 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | -- | $21.00 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | -- | Included in plan |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $33.90 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage |
| Free egress allowance | -- | 100 GB / mo |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | -- | $20.00 $0.02 / GB (Public network North America) |
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 |
Fly.io GPUs
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L40S | 1x L40S | 48GB | -- | -- | $1.25 | Source |
| A10 | 1x A10 | 24GB | -- | -- | $1.50 | Source |
| A100 40G PCIe | 1x A100 | 40GB | -- | -- | $2.50 | Source |
| A100 80G SXM | 1x A100 | 80GB | -- | -- | $3.50 | 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.
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Our data for Fal.ai was last updated on June 12, 2025, and for Fly.io on Sept. 28, 2024.