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Machines (Shared CPU) · $12.11/mo
Fly.io's $12.11/mo shared-CPU machine is moderately priced for 1.5GB RAM, but several cheaper alternatives offer comparable or better specs with lower renewal-price shock. However, Fly.io's per-second billing and regional flexibility may justify the premium if you need frequent scaling or multi-region deployments.
1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB NVMe at $2/mo intro price with unlimited traffic up to 1 Gbit/s beats Fly.io on raw cost.
Caveat: Intro pricing is a 1-year promotional rate; renewal pricing is 2-6x higher (likely $12-$15/mo), and additional IPv4 addresses cost $6/mo each.
2GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50GB NVMe SSD, unmetered bandwidth, and root SSH access at $2.09/mo intro is a strong value proposition.
Caveat: Renewal jumps to $9.99-$15.99/mo after intro term; requires 36-month contract for lowest price; free domain only year 1.
1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB Standard SSD at $3.5/mo with 99.999% SLA and no renewal-price trap (pricing is stable).
Caveat: Backups are a surcharge (10-60% of server price depending on frequency); data transfer overages can apply despite fair-use policy marketing.
512MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB SSD, 500GB transfer at $4/mo with transparent, stable pricing and 99.99% SLA.
Caveat: Half the RAM of Fly.io's plan; bandwidth overages billed at $0.01/GB; smaller footprint may not suit all workloads.
512MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB NVMe SSD, 512GB transfer at $3.5/mo with 100% network uptime SLA.
Caveat: Significantly less RAM than Fly.io; bandwidth overage rates vary by data center; Windows license not included.
Before you switch
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaleway | Virtual Instances · STARDUST1-S | $0.43/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD vCPU Servers · vCPU RAM - per GB | $1.58/mo | Price per GB RAM per hour (building block) | Visit |
| Namecheap | Shared Hosting · Stellar | $1.98/mo | 20 GB SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | Cloud VPS (Linux) · Cloud VPS XS | $2/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Bluehost | VPS Hosting · NVMe 2 | $2.09/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) | Shared Hosting · Starter | $2.99/mo | 15 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| InMotion Hosting | Shared Hosting · Core | $2.99/mo | 512 MB RAM, 100 GB SSD | Visit |
| Vultr | Cloud Compute · Regular 1vCPU/0.5GB | $3.5/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB NVMe 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 |
| HostGator | Shared Hosting · Hatchling | $3.75/mo | 10 GB 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 |
| Bluehost | Shared Hosting · Starter | $3.99/mo | 10 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Droplets · Basic 512MB | $4/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB SSD | Visit |
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