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Machines (Shared CPU) · $3.32/mo (512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU)
Fly.io's $3.32/mo shared CPU plan is competitively priced but several providers offer better raw value for similar specs, particularly IONOS and Vultr at $2/mo and $2.50/mo respectively. However, Fly.io's per-second billing and lack of aggressive renewal-price traps make it more transparent than many cheaper alternatives that hide steep renewal costs.
Offers 1GB RAM (vs Fly's 512MB) and 10GB NVMe storage for $2/mo intro, with unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s and a 99.99% SLA.
Caveat: Intro price is a 3-month or 1-year promotional rate; renewal pricing is 2-6x higher after contract expires, so true long-term cost is substantially higher.
Matches Fly's 512MB RAM and 1 vCPU at $2.50/mo with 10GB disk and 500GB transfer, plus a 100% network uptime SLA.
Caveat: Bandwidth overage rates vary by data center location; Windows licensing not included if needed.
Slightly more expensive at $3.50/mo but includes 2 vCPU (vs Fly's 1), 20GB SSD, and 1000GB transfer, delivering better specs for marginal cost.
Caveat: Data transfer overage rates vary by AWS region ($0.09-$0.132/GB); Windows bundles cost 70-90% more.
Matches Fly's price at $3.50/mo but includes 1GB RAM (vs 512MB), 10GB SSD, and an industry-leading 99.999% SLA.
Caveat: Backup add-ons are priced as percentage surcharges (10-60% depending on frequency); data transfer overages can apply despite marketing free egress.
Matches Fly's 512MB RAM and 1 vCPU at $4/mo with 10GB SSD, 500GB transfer, and transparent 99.99% SLA with no region-based pricing variance.
Caveat: Bandwidth overages billed at $0.01/GB past the 500GB allowance; no per-second billing like Fly offers.
Before you switch
| InMotion Hosting | Shared Hosting · Core | $2.99/mo | 512 MB RAM, 100 GB SSD | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Virtual Servers · GP 0.5GB (Linux, IPv6) | $3.5/mo | 512 MB RAM, 2 vCPU, 20 GB SSD | Visit |
| UpCloud | Cloud Servers - Starter · STARTER-1xCPU-1GB | $3.5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB Standard SSD | Visit |
| Microsoft Azure | Virtual Machines · B1ls | $3.8/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Namecheap | VPS Hosting · Spark | $3.88/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20 GB SSD | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Droplets · Basic 512MB | $4/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB SSD | Visit |
| Kamatera | Cloud VMs · Type A base (Availability, 1 vCPU/1GB) | $4/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Alibaba Cloud | Simple Application Server · economy-e-2c-0.5g | $4.55/mo | 512 MB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB SSD | Visit |
| Liquid Web | VPS Hosting · Compute 1 | $5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 30 GB SSD | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Shared CPU Compute · Nanode 1 GB | $5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB SSD | Visit |
| Civo | Compute Instances · xSmall | $5.43/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Exoscale | Standard Instances · Micro | $5.75/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 200 GB SSD | Visit |
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