The Basics

Fly.io
Website fly.io
Headquarters United States of America πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Founded 2017
Data Center Locations 35
Example Customers Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase, Glitch
Hetzner
Website hetzner.com
Headquarters Germany πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ
Founded 1997
Data Center Locations 5
Example Customers Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc

Cost Comparison

How do Fly.io's prices compare against Hetzner?

Example configuration Fly.io Hetzner
VM Small $10.70 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Shared-CPU-1x) $4.86 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (CX11)
VM Medium $42.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared-CPU-4x) $17.43 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CPX31)
VM Large $328.04 / mo 8 CPU, 32 GB RAM (Performance-8x) $62.18 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (CCX33)
Block Storage $15.00 / mo 100 GB $5.64 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage $21.00 / mo 1 TB --
Load Balancer Included in plan $6.91 / mo LB11
Managed PostgreSQL $33.90 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage --
Free egress allowance 100 GB / mo 20-60 TB / mo per instance
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $20.00 $1.09

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 Hetzner offer:

Service Fly.io Hetzner
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers --
Load Balancer
Managed Containers --
Managed Kubernetes --
Managed PostgreSQL --
Object Storage --
Static Sites --
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

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Our data for Fly.io was last updated on Feb. 29, 2024, and for Hetzner on Feb. 29, 2024.