DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-2gb vs Fly.io shared-cpu-2x
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The same 2 GB of memory at two platforms, so the size is identical and everything around it is not. Fly.io shared-cpu-2x takes 2 of 4 rounds against DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-2gb. It is also the cheaper of the two, at $13.39/mo against $25/mo.
DigitalOcean App Platformapps-s-1vcpu-2gb · 1 shared vCPU · 2 GB
2 GB RAM · always on
$25/mo$300 a year · $12.50/GB RAM
Monthly price (lower wins)
$25/mo
$13.39/mo
Price per GB of RAM (lower wins)
$12.50/GB RAM
$6.70/GB RAM
Memory
2 GB
2 GB
vCPU
1 shared
2 shared
Transfer included (more included is better)
200 GB
none · metered per GB
Build minutes included (more included is better)
not published
not published
Stops when idle (staying on wins)
always on
always on
Members covered (more members covered is better)
members not charged
members not charged
What the invoice adds
- A gigabyte of transfer$0.02 per GB vs $0.02 per GB
- Transfer included200 GB vs none
- Build minutes includednot published vs not published
- A year at this price$300 vs $160.68
DigitalOcean App Platform, then Fly.io, at the published rates; a rate nobody publishes is not a rate of zero.
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What moved this week
- $66/mo $62/mo
- $6.70/mo $5.70/mo
- $2.19/mo $1.94/mo
- $33/mo $31/mo
- $3.69/mo $3.19/mo
- $13.39/mo $11.39/mo
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-2gb or Fly.io shared-cpu-2x?
- Fly.io shared-cpu-2x, at $13.39/mo against $25/mo, both excluding tax and read on 1 Nov 2026. Over a year that is $160.68 against $300, before anything either platform meters on top.
- Which gives you more memory?
- Both state 2 GB, so the question is what a gigabyte costs: $12.50/GB RAM at DigitalOcean App Platform and $6.70/GB RAM at Fly.io.
- Does either one stop when the app is idle?
- DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-2gb: always on. Fly.io shared-cpu-2x: always on.
- What does the monthly price leave out?
- DigitalOcean App Platform apps-s-1vcpu-2gb: transfer 200 GB included and $0.02 per GB beyond it, builds not published, disk none, volumes extra, members not charged. Fly.io shared-cpu-2x: transfer none included and $0.02 per GB beyond it, builds not published, disk none, volumes extra, members not charged.
Every price is one month in the provider's own currency converted to dollars, read 1 Nov 2026 from each provider's own page, excluding tax. Transfer, build minutes, disks and members are metered on top wherever a platform says so, and none of those rates is folded into the figures above. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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