Fly.io vs GoDaddy

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

Feature	Fly.io	GoDaddy
Starting price	$0.01/mo	$5.99/mo
Best for	Full-stack apps needing global low latency Docker-native deploys Small teams wanting per-second billing Postgres close to compute	Small businesses Domain-first buyers wanting one vendor WordPress beginners Users who want phone support
Stated uptime SLA	No blanket platform SLA published; Enterprise support plans include custom SLAs	99.9% (industry-typical figure; not independently confirmed on a blocked GoDaddy SLA page)
Storage	SSD	NVME
Regions	35	3
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	No
Support channels	Community forum, Docs, Ticket (paid support plans), Enterprise Slack (Enterprise plan)	Phone, 24/7 chat, Ticket, Docs/Help center
Compliance	SOC 2	PCI DSS (for hosted ecommerce/WooCommerce), GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	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	Steep renewal-price jump after the first term (often 1.7x-2.5x the introductory rate) Long promotional terms (up to 36 months) are required to see the lowest advertised price; month-to-month billing is dramatically higher Free SSL certificate offer is often only for year one; premium DNS, backups, and site security are frequently upsold as add-ons at checkout cPanel/Plesk licensing and backup services can be bundled extras on VPS/dedicated rather than included Migration and domain privacy sometimes charged separately
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18