Which is cheaper, Fly.io shared-cpu-1x · 256 MB or Koyeb Nano · 0.25 vCPU · 256 MB?

Fly.io shared-cpu-1x · 256 MB, at $1.94/mo against $2.68/mo, both excluding tax and read on 17 Sept 2026. Over a year that is $23.28 against $32.16, before anything either platform meters on top.

Which gives you more memory?

Both state 256 MB, so the question is what a gigabyte costs: $7.76/GB-mo at Fly.io and $10.70/GB-mo at Koyeb.

Does either one stop when the app is idle?

Fly.io shared-cpu-1x · 256 MB: always on. Koyeb Nano · 0.25 vCPU · 256 MB: always on.

What does the monthly price leave out?

Fly.io shared-cpu-1x · 256 MB: transfer none · metered per GB included and $0.02 per GB beyond it, builds not stated, disk none · volumes extra, members not charged. Koyeb Nano · 0.25 vCPU · 256 MB: transfer 1 TB included and $0.02 per GB beyond it, builds not stated, disk 2 GB, members not charged.

Fly.io shared-cpu-1x · 256 MB vs Koyeb Nano · 0.25 vCPU · 256 MB.

plan vs plan · prices as of 17 Sept 2026

The same 256 MB of memory at two platforms, so the size is identical and everything around it is not. Fly.io shared-cpu-1x · 256 MB takes 2 of 4 rounds against Koyeb Nano · 0.25 vCPU · 256 MB. It is also the cheaper of the two, at $1.94/mo against $2.68/mo.

Fly.iowins 2 rounds

shared-cpu-1x · 256 MB

$1.94/mo

$23.28 a year · $7.76/GB-mo

256 MB RAM · always on

Fly.io ↗

Koyeb

Nano · 0.25 vCPU · 256 MB

$2.68/mo

$32.16 a year · $10.70/GB-mo

256 MB RAM · always on

Koyeb ↗

Monthly price (lower wins)

$1.94/mo

$2.68/mo

Price per GB of RAM (lower wins)

$7.76/GB-mo

$10.70/GB-mo

Memory

256 MB

vCPU

1 shared

0.25 shared

Transfer included (more included is better)

none · metered per GB

1 TB

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 $0.02 per GB
Transfer includednone vs 1 TB
Build minutes includednot stated vs not stated
A year at this price$23.28 vs $32.16

Fly.io then Koyeb, 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 shared-cpu-1x · 256 MB or Koyeb Nano · 0.25 vCPU · 256 MB?: Fly.io shared-cpu-1x · 256 MB, at $1.94/mo against $2.68/mo, both excluding tax and read on 17 Sept 2026. Over a year that is $23.28 against $32.16, before anything either platform meters on top.
Which gives you more memory?: Both state 256 MB, so the question is what a gigabyte costs: $7.76/GB-mo at Fly.io and $10.70/GB-mo at Koyeb.
Does either one stop when the app is idle?: Fly.io shared-cpu-1x · 256 MB: always on. Koyeb Nano · 0.25 vCPU · 256 MB: always on.
What does the monthly price leave out?: Fly.io shared-cpu-1x · 256 MB: transfer none · metered per GB included and $0.02 per GB beyond it, builds not stated, disk none · volumes extra, members not charged. Koyeb Nano · 0.25 vCPU · 256 MB: transfer 1 TB included and $0.02 per GB beyond it, builds not stated, disk 2 GB, 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.