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Machines (Shared CPU) · $6.64/mo (1 GB RAM, 2 vCPU)
Fly.io's $6.64/mo shared-CPU plan is significantly more expensive than several comparable alternatives, particularly Scaleway at $0.43/mo and IONOS at $2/mo. While Fly.io offers per-second billing and a mature platform, the sticker price premium is substantial even accounting for hidden costs on cheaper competitors.
Dramatically cheaper at $0.43/mo with 1GB RAM and 1 vCPU; includes 75GB free monthly egress before overage charges kick in.
Caveat: Lower specs (1 vCPU vs Fly's 2 shared vCPUs); egress beyond 75GB billed at EUR 0.01/GB; SLA varies by product tier.
Only $2/mo for 1GB RAM and 1 vCPU with unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s and 99.99% SLA; includes 2TB free pooled egress.
Caveat: Advertised price is a 3-month or 1-year promotional rate; renewal pricing is 2-6x higher after contract expires; additional IPv4 addresses cost $6/mo each.
Intro price of $2.09/mo for 2GB RAM, 1 vCPU, and 50GB NVMe SSD with unmetered bandwidth and 99.99% SLA.
Caveat: Steep renewal increases to $9.99-$15.99/mo after intro term; lowest price requires 36-month upfront commitment; domain and privacy add-ons renew at full price after year one.
Closer match at $5/mo with 2GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 90GB NVMe, and unlimited traffic; 99.99% SLA and 2TB free egress.
Caveat: Intro pricing only; renewal pricing 2-6x higher; additional IPv4 addresses cost $6/mo; egress beyond 2TB tiered at $0.036/GB initially.
Stable $5/mo pricing for 1GB RAM, 1 shared vCPU, 25GB SSD, 1000GB transfer, and 99.99% SLA with no intro-rate trap.
Caveat: Shared CPU only; backups are a separate add-on at roughly 20-25% of instance price; egress overages billed at $0.005/GB after allowance exhausted.
Before you switch
| Vultr | Cloud Compute · Regular 1vCPU/0.5GB | $2.5/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB | Visit |
| 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 |
| IONOS | VPS Hosting (VPS+) · VPS S+ | $5/mo | 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 90 GB NVMe | 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 |
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