Fly.io
vs
TensorWave
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
- Offers AMD GPUs as an alternative to Nvidia-based platforms
- Full AMD Instinct™ lineup: MI300X, MI325X, MI355X, with MI455X announced
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm available on top of bare metal
- SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certified
- Raised a $350M Series B
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Fly.io | TensorWave | 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
TensorWave offers 4 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 | TensorWave | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.71 /GPU/hr Custom | TensorWave only |
|
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.95 /GPU/hr Custom | TensorWave only |
|
MI325X
1 config
|
-- | $2.25 /GPU/hr Custom | TensorWave only |
|
MI455X
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | TensorWave only |
TensorWave bills custom. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Fly.io | TensorWave |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2023 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 18 | 2 |
| Example customers | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase | -- |
| Website | fly.io | tensorwave.com |
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Our data for Fly.io was last updated on Aug. 24, 2026, and for TensorWave on Aug. 31, 2026.