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Managed Postgres · $72/mo (2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU)
Fly.io's Starter plan is premium-priced for its specs (2GB/2vCPU shared at $72/mo). Several providers offer comparable or better hardware at 80-90% lower cost, though most sacrifice HA, backups, or CPU cores. The real trade-off is reliability and feature maturity versus raw price.
Identical RAM and vCPU count at 1/6 the price, includes 10GB SSD storage, and covers basic backups.
Caveat: No HA (single-node only), marked development/prototyping tier, no SLA guarantee, and egress charges kick in after 75GB/month.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaleway | Managed Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL · DB-DEV-S | $11/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB SSD | Visit |
| Microsoft Azure | Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server · Burstable B1ms | $12.41/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Vultr | Managed Databases · MySQL CC-Reg 1vCPU/1GB (0 rep) |
2GB RAM at 1/6 the price with 99.99% SLA, burstable CPU model suitable for variable workloads.
Caveat: Only 1 vCPU (vs Fly's 2), CPU is burstable not guaranteed, storage and backups billed separately at ~$0.115/GB/mo, and outbound bandwidth charged above 100GB/month.
Matches Fly's 2GB RAM and includes 25GB disk, 24h backups, and industry-leading 99.999% SLA.
Caveat: Single-node only (no HA), 1 vCPU vs Fly's 2, and backup add-ons (Day/Week/Month/Year) add 10-60% surcharge; data transfer overages possible despite 'fair use' policy.
Larger tier (4GB RAM, 64GB disk, 120 max connections) with 99.5% SLA and full HA/fork/follow features.
Caveat: Still 30% more expensive than Fly, Essential tier has reliability cliff (99.5% vs Standard's higher SLA), and add-on overages can force unplanned upgrades.
Lower entry point at 1GB RAM with 99.95% SLA and included persistent disk.
Caveat: Only 0.5 vCPU (shared/fractional), storage overage at $0.30/GB/month, bandwidth overage ~$0.15/GB, and instances billed per-second so partial-month charges apply.
Before you switch
| $15/mo |
| 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB |
| Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Managed Databases · Valkey Basic 1GB | $15/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Managed Databases · 1GB Standard | $15/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 40 GB | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Managed Databases · Shared 1 GB - Standalone | $16/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB SSD | Visit |
| Render | Render Postgres · Basic-1gb | $19/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| UpCloud | Managed MySQL · Single-node 1x2GB | $30/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB | Visit |
| UpCloud | Managed PostgreSQL · Single-node 1x2GB | $30/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB | Visit |
| Render | Render Key Value (Redis-compatible) · Standard | $32/mo | 1 GB RAM | Visit |
| Heroku | Heroku Postgres · Standard-0 | $50/mo | 4 GB RAM, 64 GB | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MongoDB · Production DB2-2 | $54.09/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - Valkey (Redis-compatible) · Essential DB1-4 | $55.77/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Analytics - Managed Dashboards (Grafana) · Essential DB1-4 | $55.77/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Managed Database - MySQL · Essential DB1-4 | $64.24/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
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