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Fly Kubernetes (FKS) · $75/mo
Fly.io FKS at $75/mo is competitively priced for a managed Kubernetes control plane, sitting between Linode's $60/mo HA option and Azure/Google Cloud/Oracle at $73-74/mo. However, real value depends heavily on your node count, region, egress patterns, and whether you need HA—Fly.io's per-region pricing premiums and egress charges can add up quickly, while Linode and Azure offer clearer, more predictable total-cost paths for small to mid-scale clusters.
Flat $60/mo for HA control plane is $15 cheaper than Fly.io and includes multi-master redundancy out of the box, with transparent per-GB egress billing ($0.005/GB compute) and no region-based pricing premiums.
Caveat: Backups and managed databases are separate paid add-ons; standard control plane is free but single-point-of-failure.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
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| IONOS | Managed Kubernetes · K8s RAM - per GB | $1.94/mo | Worker node RAM, control plane free | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Kubernetes · NVIDIA H100 GPU node | $3.39/mo | 80 GB GPU RAM, 240 GiB Droplet RAM, 20 vCPUs (billed hourly, shown as monthly-equivalent placeholder) | Visit |
| Kamatera | Managed Kubernetes · Worker node = Type A Cloud VM (min) | $4/mo |
Nearly identical control-plane cost ($73/mo) with 99.95% SLA and 100 GB/month free egress tier, plus strong sustained-use discounts on node VMs that can offset the control-plane fee over time.
Caveat: Windows Server VMs carry license surcharges; Premium SSD IOPS billed separately; early-deletion penalties on cool/archive storage tiers.
Flat $73/mo cluster fee with 200 GiB/month free egress and strong sustained-use/committed-use discounts that can significantly reduce node costs over 1-3 year commitments.
Caveat: Custom machine types carry 5% premium; Nearline/Coldline storage has 30-90 day minimums and per-GB retrieval fees; easy to miss discount mechanisms.
Capped at $74.40/mo for enhanced OKE with financially-backed 99.95% SLA, virtual nodes, and workload identity; only $0.60 cheaper but includes advanced features Fly.io does not advertise.
Caveat: Block Volume performance (VPU) billed separately from capacity; Archive Storage has 90-day minimum retention; Autonomous Database storage separate from compute.
Before you switch
| No separate K8s pricing published. Worker nodes are billed at standard Cloud VM rates by CPU type; this row mirrors the Type A minimum (1 vCPU/1GB) as the cheapest possible worker node. No control-plane fee found -- likely bundled or unspecified. |
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| OVHcloud | Managed Rancher Service · OVHcloud Edition | $5.55/mo | Per vCPU/hour across all schedulable worker node vCPUs in downstream clusters. 20 vCPU minimum billed. | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) · HA Control Plane | $60/mo | Flat $60/mo add-on for a highly-available, multi-master control plane; worker nodes billed separately | Visit |
| Microsoft Azure | Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) · Standard tier | $73/mo | SLA-backed control plane: 99.95% with availability zones, 99.9% without. Up to 5,000 nodes/cluster, API server autoscaling. Recommended for all production workloads. | Visit |
| Google Cloud | Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) · Cluster management fee | $73/mo | Flat fee per cluster regardless of mode/size/topology, billed per second | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) · Enhanced Cluster | $74.4/mo | $0.10/hour per cluster, capped at $74.40/month; financially-backed uptime SLA; advanced features (virtual nodes, workload identity). Worker nodes billed separately. | Visit |
| Scaleway | Kubernetes Kapsule · Dedicated Control Plane 4GB | $80/mo | Dedicated control plane, 4 GB RAM | Visit |
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