Fly.io
vs
TensorDock
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
- Marketplace model with competitive pricing
- Pay-per-second billing with no minimum commitments
- No waitlists or quotas for GPU access
- Global coverage across 100+ locations
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Fly.io | TensorDock | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.70 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (shared-cpu-1x) | $10.80 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 20 GB storage | 47% cheaper on Fly.io |
| Medium VM | $42.79 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (shared-cpu-4x) | $20.88 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 20 GB storage | 2x more expensive on Fly.io |
| Large VM | $248.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (performance-8x) | $41.04 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 20 GB storage | 6x more expensive on Fly.io |
| Block storage | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | $0.01 /mo 100 GB | 1,500x more expensive on Fly.io |
| 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
TensorDock offers 9 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 | TensorDock | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config
|
-- | $2.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
|
A100
2 configs
|
-- | $1.61 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
|
RTX 4090
1 config
|
-- | $0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
|
RTX 3090
1 config
|
-- | $0.31 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
1 config
|
-- | $0.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
|
RTX A6000
1 config
|
-- | $0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
|
V100
1 config
|
-- | $0.28 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
|
L40
1 config
|
-- | $1.06 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
|
A4000
1 config
|
-- | $0.21 /GPU/hr On-demand | TensorDock only |
TensorDock bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Fly.io | TensorDock |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2021 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 18 | -- |
| Example customers | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase | Florida State University, Creavite, airgpu, ELBO |
| Website | fly.io | www.tensordock.com |
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Our data for Fly.io was last updated on Aug. 24, 2026, and for TensorDock on Sept. 8, 2026.