What's good about...

Fly.io logo Fly.io

  • Excellent tooling and developer experience
  • Fast deployments, scale to zero, little config needed
  • Wide range of instance configurations at competitive prices

Vultr logo Vultr

  • Good selection VPS configurations (GPU, dedicated, high memory)
  • Offers managed services (databases, Kubernetes, object storage)
  • Competitive pricing, generous egress
  • 30+ data center locations around the world

Price comparison

How do Fly.io's prices compare against Vultr?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Fly.io Fly.io
$10.70 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Shared-CPU-1x)
Vultr Vultr
$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Fly.io Fly.io
$42.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared-CPU-4x)
Vultr Vultr
$40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Fly.io Fly.io
$328.04 / mo 8 CPU, 32 GB RAM (Performance-8x)
Vultr Vultr
$160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Fly.io Fly.io
$15.00 / mo 100 GB
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Fly.io Fly.io
$21.00 / mo 1 TB
Vultr Vultr
$18.00 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Fly.io Fly.io
Included in plan
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 / mo

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Fly.io Fly.io
$33.90 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage
Vultr Vultr
$60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Fly.io Fly.io
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Vultr Vultr
$15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

Free egress allowance

Fly.io Fly.io
100 GB / mo
Vultr Vultr
2 TB / mo for most services

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Fly.io Fly.io
$20.00 $0.02 / GB (Public network North America)
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 $0.01 / GB

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Fly.io Fly.io
$1.25/hr
Vultr Vultr
$0.47/hr

Billing Options

Fly.io Fly.io
On-Demand
Vultr Vultr
On-DemandReserved (36mo)Reserved (24mo)

Available Models

Fly.io offers 3 GPU models, while Vultr offers 10.

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Company details

Website
Fly.io Fly.io
fly.io
Headquarters
Fly.io Fly.io
United States of America
Vultr Vultr
United States of America
Founded
Fly.io Fly.io
2017
Vultr Vultr
2014
Data Center Locations
Fly.io Fly.io
35
Vultr Vultr
32
Example Customers
Fly.io Fly.io
Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase, Glitch
Vultr Vultr
Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield

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Our data for Fly.io was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Vultr on March 20, 2026.