Fly.io
vs
Replicate
Fly.io runs containers, Postgres, Redis and VPS as small VMs near users on six continents, while Replicate runs a catalog of pre-built models on A100 to H200 GPUs through an API billed per second.
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
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Fly.io | Replicate | 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 | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (North America and Europe) | -- Not listed |
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
Replicate offers 5 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 | Replicate | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
4 configs
|
-- | $5.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | Replicate only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
-- | $5.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | Replicate only |
|
A100
4 configs
|
-- | $5.04 /GPU/hr On-demand | Replicate only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $3.51 /GPU/hr On-demand | Replicate only |
|
T4
1 config
|
-- | $0.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | Replicate only |
Replicate 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.
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 | Replicate |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 18 | -- |
| Example customers | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase | BuzzFeed, Labelbox, PhotoAI, Character.ai, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro |
| Website | fly.io | replicate.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Fly.io was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Replicate on Oct. 1, 2026.