Fly.io
Deploy your app closer to your users across 18 regions
Fly.io is a cloud computing platform designed for developers seeking to deploy web apps globally without having to manage complex infrastructure.
It offers a global network of data centers that allows developers to run their apps close to end users, reducing latency and improving performance.
Example customers include Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase.
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What's good about Fly.io
- 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
Fly.io pricing examples
Fly.io is purely usage-based: there are no plans, and each resource is metered separately on one monthly invoice.
Compute is a named CPU/RAM preset plus about $5 per 30 days per GB of extra RAM, billed by the second and priced per region. Stopped Machines cost $0.15 per GB of rootfs, and reserving a year of compute up front takes 40% off.
Volumes are $0.15 / GB / mo, and egress runs $0.02 to $0.12 / GB depending on the region. There is no free tier, only a trial of 2 machine-hours or 7 days.
Below are some example configurations and their estimated costs:
| Example configuration | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| VM Small | $5.70 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (shared-cpu-1x) |
| VM Medium | $42.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (shared-cpu-4x) |
| VM Large | $248.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (performance-8x) |
| Block Storage | $15.00 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | $20.50 / mo 1 TB (Tigris) |
| Load Balancer | Included with apps |
| Managed PostgreSQL | $86.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (Starter) |
| Managed Redis®* | $20.00 / mo 1 GB data (Upstash Fixed 1GB) |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $20.00 $0.02 / GB (North America and Europe) |
Heads up: Prices are estimates from published rates for common setups and vary by region and usage; verify with the provider before provisioning. You can find Fly.io's latest pricing here.
Which services does Fly.io offer
Here are some of the services that Fly.io offers:
Data center locations
Based on our records, Fly.io operates in the following locations:
| Country | Location | Slug |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Sydney | syd |
| Brazil | Sao Paulo | gru |
| Canada | Toronto | yyz |
| France | Paris | cdg |
| Germany | Frankfurt | fra |
| India | Mumbai | bom |
| Japan | Tokyo | nrt |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | ams |
| Singapore | Singapore | sin |
| South Africa | Johannesburg | jnb |
| Sweden | Stockholm | arn |
| UK | London | lhr |
| USA | Ashburn, Virginia | iad |
| USA | Chicago, Illinois | ord |
| USA | Dallas, Texas | dfw |
| USA | Los Angeles, California | lax |
| USA | San Jose, California | sjc |
| USA | Secaucus, New Jersey | ewr |
Alternatives to Fly.io
Compare Fly.io against other cloud providers:
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Render
Render offers more managed services under one platform. For example databases, caches, cron jobs, and background workers. However, the cost to run an equivalent app will be generally higher on Render.
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DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean's App Platform offers a similar managed experience to deploying container-based applications, and you get access to the rest of their managed services such as databases, caches, and object storage.
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Railway
Railway is a good alternative to Fly.io if you're looking for a similar developer experience and managed database offerings. However, they don't yet offer as many datacenter locations and instance configuration options.
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Supabase
Consider Supabase if you need a complete backend-as-a-service with PostgreSQL, authentication, and real-time features rather than infrastructure control.
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Scaleway
Scaleway's serverless containers might be a good alternative if you're looking for an EU-based provider. However, they don't offer nearly as many data center locations as Fly.io.
Our data for Fly.io was last updated on Aug. 24, 2026.