Fly.io review

Fly.io places fourth on the strength of price and reach. Apps run in Fly Machines, fast-booting VMs billed by the second in 18 regions, and global routing sends each request to the nearest healthy instance. The smallest preset, shared-cpu-1x with 256MB of RAM, costs $2.19 a month, extra RAM is $6.00 per GB, and volumes are $0.15 per GB. Egress is $0.02 per GB in North America and Europe. Every app gets a shared IPv4 and unlimited Anycast IPv6, workloads sit on a private network by default, and invoices under $5 are waived, so a small bot can cost nothing. New accounts get $1 free with no credit card. The trade-offs are real: Managed Postgres starts at $38 a month, paid support starts at $29 a month, and the CLI-first model asks more of you than Render or Heroku. For developers who want VMs near users at low prices, it is hard to beat.

Who it is for

Developers who want low-cost VMs close to users in many regions and are comfortable with a CLI-first workflow.

Price

Pay as you go, billed by the second; shared-cpu-1x with 256MB RAM at $2.19 per month; $1 free to start.

shared-cpu-1x · 256MB $0.0030 $2.19
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 7, 2026.

Key features

• Fly Machines billed by the second while running, in 18 regions
• Global routing sends requests to the closest healthy instance
• Every workload on a private network by default
• Local NVMe volumes at $0.15 per GB per month
• Managed Postgres with high availability, backups and connection pooling

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Lowest verified paid entry price on this list at $2.19 a month
• Strength: Shared IPv4 and unlimited Anycast IPv6 included with every app
• Strength: Invoices under $5 are waived
• Weakness: Managed Postgres starts at $38 a month
• Weakness: Paid support plans start at $29 a month
• Weakness: More infrastructure concepts to learn than a classic PaaS

Key facts

• Smallest machine: shared-cpu-1x, 256MB, $2.19 per month
• Extra RAM: $6.00 per GB per month
• Egress: $0.02 per GB in North America and Europe
• Dedicated IPv4: $2.00 per month

Where it ranks

Fly.io is No. 3 in our Best App Hosting Platforms verdict and No. 6 in Best Discord Bot Hosting.