Fly.io
vs
Lambda Labs
What's good about each
- 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
- Offers high-performance GPUs such as the Nvidia H100, H200, and GH200
- Easy to use dashboard and competitive prices
- Private cloud available (isolated, physical access)
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Fly.io | Lambda Labs | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.70 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (shared-cpu-1x) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $42.79 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (shared-cpu-4x) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $248.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (performance-8x) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | $20.00 /mo 100 GB @ $0.20/GB/mo | 25% cheaper on Fly.io |
| Object storage | $20.50 /mo 1 TB (Tigris) | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $86.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (Starter) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $20.00 /mo 1 GB data (Upstash Fixed 1GB) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | Included with apps | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (North America and Europe) | Free and unlimited |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Lambda Labs offers 8 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Fly.io. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Fly.io | Lambda Labs | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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-- | $3.29 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Lambda Labs only |
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-- | $6.69 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Lambda Labs only |
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-- | $1.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lambda Labs only |
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-- | $1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Lambda Labs only |
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-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Lambda Labs only |
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-- | $2.29 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Lambda Labs only |
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-- | $1.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lambda Labs only |
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-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Lambda Labs only |
Lambda Labs bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Fly.io | Lambda Labs |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | -- |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
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Our data for Fly.io was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Lambda Labs on Oct. 2, 2026.