Fly.io
vs
Netlify
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
- Specialized in Jamstack architectures: JS, APIs and Markup
- Extensive functionality such as forms, edge functions and analytics
- Pro plan bills per team, not per seat, with unlimited members
- Free plan includes 300 credits per month with a hard spend limit
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Fly.io | Netlify | 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 | -- Not listed | |
| 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 | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $69.44 /mo 25M invocations, 1 GB RAM (minimum), 150 ms duration · Compute billed at 10 credits / GB-hour | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | Covered by plan credits (~15 GB) | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (North America and Europe) | $133.33 /TB 20 credits / GB ($0.13 / GB) | 85% cheaper on Fly.io |
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.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Fly.io | Netlify |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Enterprise only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | SAQ-A |
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
| Fact | Fly.io | Netlify |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 18 | 16 |
| Example customers | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase | Twilio, Mattel, Google, Riot Games, Mailchimp |
| Website | fly.io | netlify.com |
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Our data for Fly.io was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Netlify on Sept. 18, 2026.