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
Paperspace
- Competitive GPU prices
- Managed platform, from notebooks to container-based clusters
- Free ingress and egress
Price comparison
How do Fly.io's prices compare against Paperspace?
VM Small
Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Fly.io
Paperspace
VM Medium
Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Fly.io
Paperspace
VM Large
Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Fly.io
Paperspace
Block Storage
Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Fly.io
Paperspace
Object Storage
Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Fly.io
Paperspace
Load Balancer
Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Fly.io
Paperspace
Managed PostgreSQL
Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Fly.io
Paperspace
Free egress allowance
Fly.io
Paperspace
1 TB of egress beyond allowance
Fly.io
Paperspace
GPU Fleet Overview
Starting Price
Fly.io
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Billing Options
Fly.io
On-Demand
Paperspace
On-Demand
Available Models
Fly.io offers 3 GPU models, while Paperspace offers 12.
A100Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Fly.io and Paperspace offer:
Company details
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|---|---|---|
| Website | fly.io | paperspace.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America | United States of America |
| Founded | 2017 | 2014 |
| Data Center Locations | 35 | 3 |
| Example Customers | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase, Glitch | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando |
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Our data for Fly.io was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Paperspace on Feb. 12, 2026.