What's good about...
Fly.io
- Excellent tooling and developer experience
- Fast deployments, scale to zero, little config needed
- Wide range of instance configurations at competitive prices
Heroku
- As easy as it gets if you just want to deploy a Git repo
- Fully-managed infra, minimal ops overhead
- Heroku Postgres is a one-click, battle-tested database
- Extensive add-on marketplace
Price comparison
How do Fly.io's prices compare against Heroku?
| Example configuration |
Fly.io
|
Heroku
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Fly.io offers GPUs in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | Total GPU Memory | vCPUs | RAM | Price per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A10 | 1x A10 | 24GB | -- | -- | $1.50 |
| L40S | 1x L40S | 48GB | -- | -- | $2.50 |
| A100 40G PCIe | 1x A100 | 40GB | -- | -- | $2.50 |
| A100 80G SXM | 1x A100 | 80GB | -- | -- | $3.50 |
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.
Which services do they offer?
Here are some of the managed services that Fly.io and Heroku offer:
| Service |
Fly.io
|
Heroku
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Load Balancer | -- | |
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Object Storage | -- | |
| Static Sites | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
|
Fly.io
|
Heroku
|
|
|---|---|---|
| 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
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | fly.io |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Data Center Locations | 35 |
| Example Customers | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase, Glitch |
|
Heroku
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | heroku.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Data Center Locations | 10 |
| Example Customers | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
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Our data for Fly.io was last updated on July 24, 2024, and for Heroku on July 26, 2024.