Fly.io
vs
Sesterce
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
- Wide selection of Nvidia, AMD, and Intel GPUs
- Provides both virtualized GPU instances and dedicated bare-metal clusters
- Specializes in infrastructure for AI/ML model training and inference
- Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Fly.io | Sesterce | 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
Sesterce offers 23 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 | Sesterce | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
34 configs
|
-- | $6.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Sesterce only |
|
B300
6 configs
|
-- | $4.95 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Sesterce only |
|
B200
10 configs
|
-- | $4.11 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Sesterce only |
|
H200
12 configs
|
-- | $2.48 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Sesterce only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
18 configs
|
-- | $1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Sesterce only |
|
RTX 5090
6 configs
|
-- | $0.71 /GPU/hr On-demand | Sesterce only |
|
A100
44 configs
|
-- | $1.52 /GPU/hr On-demand | Sesterce only |
|
RTX 4090
7 configs
|
-- | $0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand | Sesterce only |
|
L40S
19 configs
|
-- | $1.65 /GPU/hr On-demand | Sesterce only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
9 configs
|
-- | $0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Sesterce only |
Sesterce 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 | Sesterce |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | 18 | 43 |
| Example customers | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase | -- |
| Website | fly.io | www.sesterce.com |
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Our data for Fly.io was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Sesterce on Oct. 2, 2026.