Fly.io vs Lambda Labs

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

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

Lambda Labs

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

How do Fly.io's prices compare against Lambda Labs?

Example configuration	Fly.io	Lambda Labs
VM Small	$10.70 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Shared-CPU-1x)	--
VM Medium	$42.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared-CPU-4x)	--
VM Large	$328.04 / mo 8 CPU, 32 GB RAM (Performance-8x)	--
Block Storage	$15.00 / mo 100 GB	$20.00 / mo 100 GB @ $0.20/GB/mo
Object Storage	$21.00 / mo 1 TB	--
Load Balancer	Included in plan	--
Managed PostgreSQL	$33.90 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage	--
Free egress allowance	100 GB / mo	--
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$20.00 $0.02 / GB (Public network North America)	Free and unlimited

Fly.io offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
L40S	1x L40S	48GB	--	--	$1.25	Source
A10	1x A10	24GB	--	--	$1.50	Source
A100 40G PCIe	1x A100	40GB	--	--	$2.50	Source
A100 80G SXM	1x A100	80GB	--	--	$3.50	Source

Lambda Labs offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
1x RTX6000	1x RTX 6000	24GB	14	46GB	$0.50	Launch
1x A10	1x A10G	24GB	30	200GB	$0.75	Launch
1x A6000	1x A6000	48GB	14	100GB	$0.80	Launch
1x A100 SXM	1x A100	40GB	30	200GB	$1.29	Launch
2x A6000	2x A6000	96GB	28	200GB	$1.60	Launch
1x H100 PCIe	1x H100	80GB	26	200GB	$2.49	Launch
2x A100	2x A100	80GB	60	400GB	$2.58	Launch
Nvidia GH200	1x GH200	96GB	64	432GB	$3.19	Source
4x A6000	4x A6000	192GB	56	400GB	$3.20	Launch
8x V100	8x V100	128GB	92	448GB	$4.40	Launch
4x A100	4x A100	160GB	120	800GB	$5.16	Launch
8x A100	8x A100	320GB	124	1800GB	$10.32	Launch
8x H100 SXM	8x H100	640GB	208	1800GB	$23.92	Launch
Nvidia H200 SXM	8x H200	1128GB	224	--	On Request	Source
B200	8x B200	1440GB	224	--	On Request	Source

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 managed services that Fly.io and Lambda Labs offer:

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

Company details

	Fly.io	Lambda Labs
Website	fly.io	lambdalabs.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2017	2012
Data Center Locations	35	15
Example Customers	Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase, Glitch	Microsoft, Airbus, Covariant, Comma.ai, Samsung, Pika

	Fly.io
Website	fly.io
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2017
Data Center Locations	35
Example Customers	Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase, Glitch

	Lambda Labs
Website	lambdalabs.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2012
Data Center Locations	15
Example Customers	Microsoft, Airbus, Covariant, Comma.ai, Samsung, Pika