Which is cheaper, Fly.io performance-12x · 24 GB or Render 12c-24g · 12 vCPU · 24 GB?

Fly.io performance-12x · 24 GB, at $372/mo against $450/mo, both excluding tax and read on 17 Sept 2026. Over a year that is $4,464 against $5,400, before anything either platform meters on top.

Which gives you more memory?

Both state 24 GB, so the question is what a gigabyte costs: $15.50/GB-mo at Fly.io and $18.80/GB-mo at Render.

Does either one stop when the app is idle?

Fly.io performance-12x · 24 GB: always on. Render 12c-24g · 12 vCPU · 24 GB: always on.

What does the monthly price leave out?

Fly.io performance-12x · 24 GB: transfer none · metered per GB included and $0.02 per GB beyond it, builds not stated, disk none · volumes extra, members not charged. Render 12c-24g · 12 vCPU · 24 GB: transfer not stated included and $0.15 per GB beyond it, builds not stated, disk none · volumes extra, members not charged.

Fly.io performance-12x · 24 GB vs Render 12c-24g · 12 vCPU · 24 GB.

plan vs plan · prices as of 17 Sept 2026

The same 24 GB of memory at two platforms, so the size is identical and everything around it is not. Fly.io performance-12x · 24 GB takes 2 of 4 rounds against Render 12c-24g · 12 vCPU · 24 GB. It is also the cheaper of the two, at $372/mo against $450/mo.

Fly.iowins 2 rounds

performance-12x · 24 GB

$372/mo

$4,464 a year · $15.50/GB-mo

24 GB RAM · always on

Fly.io ↗

Render

12c-24g · 12 vCPU · 24 GB

$450/mo

$5,400 a year · $18.80/GB-mo

24 GB RAM · always on

Render ↗

Monthly price (lower wins)

$372/mo

$450/mo

Price per GB of RAM (lower wins)

$15.50/GB-mo

$18.80/GB-mo

Memory

24 GB

vCPU

Transfer included (more included is better)

none · metered per GB

not stated

Build minutes included (more included is better)

not stated

Stops when idle (staying on wins)

always on

Members covered (more members covered is better)

members not charged

What the invoice adds

A gigabyte of transfer$0.02 per GB vs $0.15 per GB
Transfer includednone vs not stated
Build minutes includednot stated vs not stated
A year at this price$4,464 vs $5,400

Fly.io then Render, at the published rates; a rate nobody publishes is not a rate of zero

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Fly.io performance-12x · 24 GB or Render 12c-24g · 12 vCPU · 24 GB?: Fly.io performance-12x · 24 GB, at $372/mo against $450/mo, both excluding tax and read on 17 Sept 2026. Over a year that is $4,464 against $5,400, before anything either platform meters on top.
Which gives you more memory?: Both state 24 GB, so the question is what a gigabyte costs: $15.50/GB-mo at Fly.io and $18.80/GB-mo at Render.
Does either one stop when the app is idle?: Fly.io performance-12x · 24 GB: always on. Render 12c-24g · 12 vCPU · 24 GB: always on.
What does the monthly price leave out?: Fly.io performance-12x · 24 GB: transfer none · metered per GB included and $0.02 per GB beyond it, builds not stated, disk none · volumes extra, members not charged. Render 12c-24g · 12 vCPU · 24 GB: transfer not stated included and $0.15 per GB beyond it, builds not stated, disk none · volumes extra, members not charged.

Every price is one month in the provider's own currency converted to dollars, read 17 Sept 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.