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Fly.io vs Render pricing
Fly.io vs Render at five traffic levels
| Host | Side project · 10k views | Static blog · 300k views | Startup · 200k views, 3 devs | Growing SaaS · 2M views | Went viral · 20M views |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Render | $8.50 | $44.25 | $73.25 | $478 | $6,035 |
| Fly.io | $3.99 | $9.69 | $9.69 | $63.69 | $815 |
Monthly USD, commercial project, 1.5 MB per page view. Cheapest per column in green; hover for the plan.
Your numbers
= 300 GB transfer · 4M CDN requests · 400k function calls · 3 CPU-hours / month
Click a row for the breakdown. Monthly list prices in USD, before tax and credits.
FAQ
Is Fly.io or Render cheaper?+
Fly.io is cheaper at every traffic level we priced. The calculator above prices your exact traffic; small teams with static sites and large teams with heavy server code often get opposite answers.
How does Fly.io charge?+
No plan fee and no free tier (only a short trial). Machines are billed per second while running: shared-cpu-1x with 512 MB is $3.69/month, a dedicated performance-1x $33. Egress $0.02/GB in North America and Europe, more in Asia and Africa. Shared CPUs have a small baseline, so we let them carry a quarter of a core.
How does Render charge?+
A workspace plan (Hobby $0 for one person, Pro $25 flat for a team) plus instances billed per second: Starter 0.5 CPU / 512 MB is $7/month. Static sites are free to host. Included bandwidth is small (5 GB Hobby, 25 GB Pro), then $0.15/GB. Free instances sleep after 15 minutes idle and aren’t meant for production.
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