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Best for: small always-on APIs close to users.

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$2.19/mo
Free plan or trial
Yes
Checked
Oct 18, 2026
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Overview

Best for

  • Small always-on APIs close to users
  • Small, always-on services close to users in many regions

What's good

  • No monthly platform fee; Machines are billed per second while running
  • Stopped Machines cost only their root disk, $0.15/GB a month
  • Egress is $0.02/GB in North America and Europe; shared IPv4 and IPv6 are free
  • No monthly platform fee; Machines are billed by the second while running
  • Stopped Machines cost only their disk ($0.15 per GB a month)
  • Data out is $0.02/GB in North America and Europe

Watch out for

  • Machine prices vary by region; $2.19 is for the lowest-priced regions
  • A card is needed after the trial, and egress from Africa and India is $0.12/GB
  • A card is required after the short trial
  • Data out from Africa and India is $0.12/GB, and GPU plans are being scaled back

Where we compare it

Fly.io pricing

Prices in US dollars from Fly.io's own site, checked Oct 18, 2026: docs.fly.io/about/pricing, fly.io/pricing, fly.io/blog/wrong-about-gpu

Free plan

Trial of up to 2 hours of Machine runtime or 7 days, whichever comes first; no card

  • Free trial

    Fly.io free trial

    Trial of up to 2 hours of Machine runtime or 7 days, whichever comes first; no card

    • No free tier or monthly free allowance for new organizations
    • Card needed after the trial to keep using billable resources
    • Old free allowances only for plans discontinued in October 2024
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FAQ

How much does Fly.io cost?

Pay as you go; the smallest Machine is $2.19/month in its cheapest regions (checked Oct 18, 2026 on Fly.io's own site).

Does Fly.io have a free plan?

Yes: Trial of up to 2 hours of Machine runtime or 7 days, whichever comes first; no card.

What are the best alternatives to Fly.io?

Other VPS and app hosting options we've checked: Vultr ($2.50/mo), Hostinger ($2.99/mo), UpCloud ($3.50/mo), DigitalOcean ($4/mo).

This page is built from the prices and facts we checked on each tool's own site. We haven't tested Fly.io hands-on.How we work