What is the cheapest of the instances with a gigabyte of memory right now?

eSmall · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB at Koyeb, $5.36/mo. Read on 17 Sept 2026.

Which platform shows up most in this ranking?

Fly.io holds 6 of the top 10 places here.

What does the price actually cover?

One month of the plan, in the provider's own currency converted to dollars, excluding tax. Outbound transfer, build minutes, persistent disks and extra members are metered on top wherever the provider says so, and none of those rates is folded into the figure on the row: each platform's page carries them under "What the invoice adds".

How is this ranked, and how current is it?

Prices are read every morning from 9 platforms' own public pages and keyless APIs, and this list recomputes with them. A plan whose provider was last read more than three days ago, or that the provider shows as unavailable, keeps its place but cannot be first. Last refresh: 17 Sept 2026.

Cheapest 1 GB app instance.

prices as of 17 Sept 2026 · re-ranked daily · 75 qualifying plans

A gigabyte is the size most real applications settle at: enough for a framework, a runtime and one request's worth of work at the same time. 75 instances clear it, from $5.36/mo. Below a gigabyte a process under load is killed rather than slowed, which is why this is the floor worth pricing separately from the cheap end of the market. Prices are what one month costs in each provider's own currency converted to dollars, excluding tax. Outbound transfer, build minutes, disks and members are metered on top wherever the provider says so, and the provider page carries those rates.

Today's pick is eSmall · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB at Koyeb, $5.36/mo, read 17 Sept 2026.

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Koyeb
eSmall · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB
0.5 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on · $5.36/GB-mo · Koyeb at $5.36/moEco container instance (no OS or root) · billed per second, Koyeb's own monthly figure · 8 GB local disk is ephemeral · 1 TB egress included
$5.36/mo
View at Koyeb ↗every price →
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Fly.io
shared-cpu-1x · 1 GB
1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on · $5.70/GB-mo · Fly.io at $5.70/moMicro-VM billed per second while running; the monthly price is Fly's own figure for a full month · priced at Ashburn, US (cheapest), up to 61% more in other regions · no disk included, Fly Volumes billed per GB · egress metered per GB
$5.70/mo
Fly.io ↗every price →
3
Fly.io
shared-cpu-2x · 1 GB
2 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on · $6.39/GB-mo · Fly.io at $6.39/moMicro-VM billed per second while running; the monthly price is Fly's own figure for a full month · priced at Ashburn, US (cheapest), up to 62% more in other regions · no disk included, Fly Volumes billed per GB · egress metered per GB
$6.39/mo
Fly.io ↗every price →
4
Fly.io
shared-cpu-4x · 1 GB
4 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on · $7.78/GB-mo · Fly.io at $7.78/moMicro-VM billed per second while running; the monthly price is Fly's own figure for a full month · priced at Ashburn, US (cheapest), up to 61% more in other regions · no disk included, Fly Volumes billed per GB · egress metered per GB
$7.78/mo
Fly.io ↗every price →
5
DigitalOcean App Platform
apps-s-1vcpu-1gb-fixed · 1 shared vCPU · 1 GB
1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on · $10.00/GB-mo · DigitalOcean App Platform at $10/moApp Platform container, billed by the hour with a one cent minimum · 100 GiB outbound transfer included, then metered · no disk included, a managed database is priced separately
$10/mo
DigitalOcean App Platform ↗every price →
6
Fly.io
shared-cpu-1x · 2 GB
1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · always on · $5.35/GB-mo · Fly.io at $10.70/moMicro-VM billed per second while running; the monthly price is Fly's own figure for a full month · priced at Ashburn, US (cheapest), up to 61% more in other regions · no disk included, Fly Volumes billed per GB · egress metered per GB
$10.70/mo
Fly.io ↗every price →
7
Koyeb
eMedium · 1 vCPU · 2 GB
1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · always on · $5.36/GB-mo · Koyeb at $10.71/moEco container instance (no OS or root) · billed per second, Koyeb's own monthly figure · 16 GB local disk is ephemeral · 1 TB egress included
$10.71/mo
Koyeb ↗every price →
8
Fly.io
shared-cpu-2x · 2 GB
2 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · always on · $5.70/GB-mo · Fly.io at $11.39/moMicro-VM billed per second while running; the monthly price is Fly's own figure for a full month · priced at Ashburn, US (cheapest), up to 62% more in other regions · no disk included, Fly Volumes billed per GB · egress metered per GB
$11.39/mo
Fly.io ↗every price →
9
Fly.io
shared-cpu-6x · 1.5 GB
6 vCPU · 1.5 GB RAM · always on · $7.77/GB-mo · Fly.io at $11.66/moMicro-VM billed per second while running; the monthly price is Fly's own figure for a full month · priced at Ashburn, US (cheapest), up to 62% more in other regions · no disk included, Fly Volumes billed per GB · egress metered per GB
$11.66/mo
Fly.io ↗every price →
10
DigitalOcean App Platform
apps-s-1vcpu-1gb · 1 shared vCPU · 1 GB
1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on · $12.00/GB-mo · DigitalOcean App Platform at $12/moApp Platform container, billed by the hour with a one cent minimum · 150 GiB outbound transfer included, then metered · no disk included, a managed database is priced separately
$12/mo
DigitalOcean App Platform ↗every price →

The number beside each plan is what one month costs. Transfer, build minutes, disks and members are metered on top wherever a platform says so, and the platform's own page carries those rates.

Frequently asked

What is the cheapest of the instances with a gigabyte of memory right now?: eSmall · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB at Koyeb, $5.36/mo. Read on 17 Sept 2026.
Which platform shows up most in this ranking?: Fly.io holds 6 of the top 10 places here.
What does the price actually cover?: One month of the plan, in the provider's own currency converted to dollars, excluding tax. Outbound transfer, build minutes, persistent disks and extra members are metered on top wherever the provider says so, and none of those rates is folded into the figure on the row: each platform's page carries them under "What the invoice adds".
How is this ranked, and how current is it?: Prices are read every morning from 9 platforms' own public pages and keyless APIs, and this list recomputes with them. A plan whose provider was last read more than three days ago, or that the provider shows as unavailable, keeps its place but cannot be first. Last refresh: 17 Sept 2026.