The Basics
Fly.io | Heroku | |
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Website | fly.io | heroku.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2017 | 2007 |
Data Center Locations | 35 | 10 |
Example Customers | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase, Glitch | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
Fly.io | |
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Website | fly.io |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2017 |
Data Center Locations | 35 |
Example Customers | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase, Glitch |
Heroku | |
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Website | heroku.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2007 |
Data Center Locations | 10 |
Example Customers | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
Cost Comparison
How do Fly.io's prices compare against Heroku?
Example configuration | Fly.io | Heroku |
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VM Small | $10.70 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Shared-CPU-1x) | $50.00 / mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X) |
VM Medium | $42.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared-CPU-4x) | $250.00 / mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M) |
VM Large | $328.04 / mo 8 CPU, 32 GB RAM (Performance-8x) | $500.00 / mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L) |
Block Storage | $15.00 / mo 100 GB | -- |
Object Storage | $21.00 / mo 1 TB | -- |
Load Balancer | Included in plan | Included in plan |
Managed PostgreSQL | $33.90 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | $50.00 / mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage |
Managed Redis®* | -- | $200.00 / mo 1 GB RAM |
Free egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | 2 TB / mo per app |
1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $20.00 | Not publicly listed |
Note: These 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?
Here are some of the managed services that Fly.io and Heroku offer:
Service | Fly.io | Heroku |
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Block Storage | -- | |
GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
Load Balancer | -- | |
Managed Containers | ||
Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
Managed PostgreSQL | ||
Managed Redis®* | -- | |
Object Storage | -- | |
Static Sites | -- | |
Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
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More comparisonsOur data for Fly.io was last updated on Feb. 29, 2024, and for Heroku on March 28, 2024.