Fly.io shared-cpu-4x · 1 GB vs Koyeb eSmall · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB.

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The same 1 GB of memory at two platforms, so the size is identical and everything around it is not. Koyeb eSmall · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB takes 3 of 4 rounds against Fly.io shared-cpu-4x · 1 GB. It is also the cheaper of the two, at $5.36/mo against $7.78/mo.

Fly.io

shared-cpu-4x · 1 GB

$7.78/mo

$93.36 a year · $7.78/GB-mo

1 GB RAM · always on

Fly.io
Koyebwins 3 rounds

eSmall · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB

$5.36/mo

$64.32 a year · $5.36/GB-mo

1 GB RAM · always on

Koyeb

Monthly price (lower wins)

$7.78/mo

$5.36/mo

Price per GB of RAM (lower wins)

$7.78/GB-mo

$5.36/GB-mo

Memory

1 GB

1 GB

vCPU

4 shared

0.5 shared

Transfer included (more included is better)

none · metered per GB

1 TB

Build minutes included (more included is better)

not stated

not stated

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 includednone vs 1 TB
  • Build minutes includednot stated vs not stated
  • A year at this price$93.36 vs $64.32

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-4x · 1 GB or Koyeb eSmall · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB?
Koyeb eSmall · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB, at $5.36/mo against $7.78/mo, both excluding tax and read on 17 Sept 2026. Over a year that is $64.32 against $93.36, before anything either platform meters on top.
Which gives you more memory?
Both state 1 GB, so the question is what a gigabyte costs: $7.78/GB-mo at Fly.io and $5.36/GB-mo at Koyeb.
Does either one stop when the app is idle?
Fly.io shared-cpu-4x · 1 GB: always on. Koyeb eSmall · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB: always on.
What does the monthly price leave out?
Fly.io shared-cpu-4x · 1 GB: transfer none · metered per GB included and $0.02 per GB beyond it, builds not stated, disk none · volumes extra, members not charged. Koyeb eSmall · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB: transfer 1 TB included and $0.02 per GB beyond it, builds not stated, disk 8 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.

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