Fly.io
vs
Zeabur
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
- Easy to use dashboard
- Automated SSL, deployments, and PR previews
- Framework detection, no need to write Dockerfiles
- Pre-built templates for databases, caches and more including automated backups
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Fly.io | Zeabur | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.70 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (shared-cpu-1x) | $10.80 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | 47% cheaper on Fly.io |
| Medium VM | $42.79 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (shared-cpu-4x) | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (team plan) | 50% cheaper on Fly.io |
| Large VM | $248.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (performance-8x) | $172.80 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (custom/enterprise plan) | 30% cheaper on Zeabur |
| Block storage | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | $20.00 /mo 100 GB | 25% cheaper 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 | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 10-100 GB, depends on plan | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (North America and Europe) | $100.00 /TB $0.1 / GB | 80% 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.
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 | Zeabur |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | Singapore |
| Locations | 18 | 5 |
| Example customers | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase | ChatHub, Bytebase, PodWise, Kanaries Data, Matter Labo |
| Website | fly.io | zeabur.com |
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Our data for Fly.io was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Zeabur on Sept. 18, 2026.