Fly.io
vs
Runpod
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
- GPUs from RTX 3070 to B300 in one catalog
- Serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- No ingress or egress fees
- SOC 2 Type II certified
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Fly.io | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.70 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (shared-cpu-1x) | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 87% cheaper on Fly.io |
| Medium VM | $42.79 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (shared-cpu-4x) | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 50% cheaper on Fly.io |
| Large VM | $248.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (performance-8x) | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 30% cheaper on Runpod |
| Block storage | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 33% cheaper on Runpod |
| 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 allowance | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited | |
| 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
Runpod offers 35 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 | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
15 configs
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
B300
5 configs
|
-- | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
B200
4 configs
|
-- | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
6 configs
|
-- | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
H200
6 configs
|
-- | $3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 5090
4 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
A100
11 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 4090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
MI300X
2 configs
|
-- | $2.39 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Runpod only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
Runpod 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 | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | 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
| Fact | Fly.io | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 18 | 33 |
| Example customers | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit |
| Website | fly.io | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for Fly.io was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Runpod on Oct. 1, 2026.