What's good about...
Fly.io
- Excellent tooling and developer experience
- Fast deployments, scale to zero, little config needed
- Wide range of instance configurations at competitive prices
UpCloud
- Wide range of VPS options at competitive prices
- Good selection of managed services, from databases to object storage to Kubernetes
- Offers a 100% SLA with 50x compensation for service outages
- Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
How do Fly.io's prices compare against UpCloud?
| Example configuration |
Fly.io
|
UpCloud
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $10.70 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Shared-CPU-1x) | $3.11 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) |
| VM Medium | $42.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared-CPU-4x) | $53.96 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General) |
| VM Large | $328.04 / mo 8 CPU, 32 GB RAM (Performance-8x) | $166.03 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU) |
| Block Storage | $15.00 / mo 100 GB | $22.83 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | $21.00 / mo 1 TB | $20.75 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | Included in plan | $10.38 / mo |
| Managed PostgreSQL | $33.90 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | $62.26 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | $51.88 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM |
| Free egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | -- |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $20.00 $0.02 / GB (Public network North America) | Free and unlimited 1-24 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth |
Fly.io offers GPUs in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L40S | 1x L40S | 48GB | -- | -- | $1.25 | Source |
| A10 | 1x A10 | 24GB | -- | -- | $1.50 | Source |
| A100 40G PCIe | 1x A100 | 40GB | -- | -- | $2.50 | Source |
| A100 80G SXM | 1x A100 | 80GB | -- | -- | $3.50 | Source |
Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Fly.io and UpCloud offer:
| Service |
Fly.io
|
UpCloud
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Load Balancer | ||
| Managed Containers | -- | |
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Managed MySQL | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Object Storage | ||
| Static Sites | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
|
Fly.io
|
UpCloud
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | fly.io | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2017 | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 35 | 13 |
| Example Customers | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase, Glitch | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
|
Fly.io
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | fly.io |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Data Center Locations | 35 |
| Example Customers | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase, Glitch |
|
UpCloud
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 13 |
| Example Customers | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
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Our data for Fly.io was last updated on Sept. 28, 2024, and for UpCloud on Jan. 10, 2025.