Fly.io
vs
Vercel
Both offer object storage and static hosting. Fly.io charges less for egress and runs containers as long-lived VMs with disks near users, while Vercel serves frontends from a CDN with serverless functions built around Next.js.
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
- Built-in support for Next.js and other frontend frameworks
- API for issuing custom domains to your own customers
- Functions bill CPU time, not time spent waiting on I/O
- 20 compute regions, 120+ edge locations
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Fly.io | Vercel | 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) | $36.40 /mo 1 TB (Vercel Blob) | 44% cheaper on Fly.io |
| 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 | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $170.42 /mo 25M invocations, 2 GB RAM (minimum), 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB (Hobby) to 1 TB (Pro) | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (North America and Europe) | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB (Fast Data Transfer) | 87% cheaper on Fly.io |
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.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Fly.io | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | 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 | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 18 | 20 |
| Example customers | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase | Shopify, Notion, Stripe, Ramp, The Weather Company |
| Website | fly.io | vercel.com |
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Our data for Fly.io was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Vercel on Sept. 18, 2026.