DigitalOcean vs Fly.io

DigitalOcean is strongest for developers. Fly.io is strongest for full-stack apps needing global low latency. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	DigitalOcean	Fly.io
Starting price	$3.39/mo	$0.01/mo
Best for	Developers Startups Kubernetes	Full-stack apps needing global low latency Docker-native deploys Small teams wanting per-second billing Postgres close to compute
Stated uptime SLA	99.99%	No blanket platform SLA published; Enterprise support plans include custom SLAs
Storage	SSD	SSD
Regions	15	35
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	Yes
Support channels	Ticket, Community forum, Docs	Community forum, Docs, Ticket (paid support plans), Enterprise Slack (Enterprise plan)
Compliance	SOC 2, GDPR	SOC 2
Hidden costs to watch for	Bandwidth overages billed at $0.01/GB past pooled allowance	Machine prices vary by region -- the reference/base rates in this dataset are for the Amsterdam (ams) region; several regions carry a price premium Extra RAM beyond a preset's base allocation is billed separately (~$5 per 30 days per additional GB, prorated per-second) Stopped Machines still incur a rootfs storage charge of $0.15/GB per month Volume snapshots are billed at $0.08/GB per month above the first 10GB free per month Dedicated (non-shared) egress IPs are billed hourly (~$0.005/hr, ~$3.60/mo) in addition to the free shared IPv4 Cross-region private networking traffic is billed per GB and varies sharply by region group (Africa/India up to $0.12/GB egress) Wildcard/extra SSL certificates beyond the first 10 free per org are billed monthly
Last reviewed	2026-07-01	2026-07-18