Fly.io vs Hetzner

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

Feature	Fly.io	Hetzner
Starting price	$0.01/mo	$0.6/mo
Best for	Full-stack apps needing global low latency Docker-native deploys Small teams wanting per-second billing Postgres close to compute	Budget-conscious developers EU-based workloads Self-hosters High-performance dedicated servers
Stated uptime SLA	No blanket platform SLA published; Enterprise support plans include custom SLAs	99.9%
Storage	SSD	NVME
Regions	35	6
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	No
Support channels	Community forum, Docs, Ticket (paid support plans), Enterprise Slack (Enterprise plan)	Ticket, Docs, Community forum
Compliance	SOC 2	GDPR, ISO 27001
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	Setup fees on dedicated servers (e.g. AX42/AX102 setup fee raised from 39 EUR to 79 EUR in 2026; AX162-R/S setup fee raised from 79 EUR to 159 EUR) Traffic overage billed per GB beyond included pool (20 TB EU, as little as 0.5-1 TB in USA/Singapore regions for some lines) CPX and CCX cloud lines saw very large price increases in the 15 June 2026 adjustment (CCX +2.1x to +2.73x, CPX +2.4x to +2.75x monthly in EU); CX and CAX rose a smaller ~1.3x-1.4x Load Balancer and Volume prices separately increased ~36-39% in an April 2026 adjustment VAT excluded from all listed prices
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18