Fly.io vs Render.
Prices checked
Fly.io is cheaper on 2 of the 3 shapes both sell, the widest gap 2 GB of memory at $13.39/mo against $25/mo, checked .
Where to start
Fly.ioall 6 prices It gives you a machine of your own, started and stopped in a second.
Starts at
$2.19/mo
shared-cpu-1x · 256 MB
Renderall 17 prices It takes your code or an image and runs a container of it for you.
Starts at
$7/mo
0.5c-512mb · 0.5 vCPU · 512 MB
Side by side
| Fact | Fly.io | Render |
|---|---|---|
| Kind of platform | Micro-VM | App platform |
| Prices published | 6 | 17 |
| Entry price | $2.19/mo | $7/mo |
| Cheaper of the two | 2 of 3 | 0 of 3 |
| Free tier | none listed | Free web service, sleeps when idle |
| Transfer per GB | 2¢ per GB | $0.15 per GB |
| One build minute | not published | 0.5¢ per minute |
| One extra member | not published | not published |
| A GB of disk a month | $0.15 per GB a month | $0.25 per GB a month |
Every shape both sell
3 shapes, sizes first, smallest first. Monthly prices.
| Shape | Fly.io | Render |
|---|---|---|
| 512 MB of memory | $3.69shared-cpu-1xalways on | freeFree web servicesleeps when idle |
| 2 GB of memory | $13.39shared-cpu-2xalways on | $251c-2galways on |
| 4 GB of memory | $66performance-2xalways on | $852c-4galways on |
How we count
Fly.io is cheaper on 2 of the 3 shapes both sell, Render on 0, and 1 are level or have a free tier on one side. Fly.io gives you a machine of your own, started and stopped in a second; Render takes your code or an image and runs a container of it for you. The two catalogues overlap without matching.
A shape is a runtime with the same stated memory at both, smallest first, or a subscription at the same step of both ladders. A seat and a gigabyte are never put in the same row.
Where one side of a row costs nothing, neither is marked as the cheaper: free is a limit rather than a price. What each platform meters on top is listed beside the prices and never folded into them, and a rate that is not published is not a rate of zero.
Frequently asked
- Is Fly.io cheaper than Render?
- On the 3 shapes both sell, Fly.io is cheaper on 2, Render on 0, and 1 are level or have a free tier on one side. Prices exclude tax and were read on 1 Nov 2026.
- What is the difference between Fly.io and Render?
- Fly.io: You get a machine rather than a container: it boots in about a second, it stops when you stop it, and it costs nothing while it is stopped. That makes the monthly figure a ceiling rather than a bill, and it is the number this index carries, because a machine you leave running is what a month of hosting costs. Render: You push a repository or an image and the platform builds it, runs it and keeps it running. There is no operating system to look after and no root, which is the point: the container is replaced rather than repaired. What you size is memory and a share of a processor.
- Does Fly.io or Render stop your app when nothing calls it?
- Fly.io: it lists no free tier. Render: its free tier sleeps when idle.
- What does each one charge on top of the plan price?
- Fly.io: transfer 2¢ per GB, builds not published, members not published. Render: transfer $0.15 per GB, builds 0.5¢ per minute, members not published. A rate that is not published is not a rate of zero, and none of these is folded into the monthly figures above.
- How current are these prices?
- Both catalogues are read every 3 days. Fly.io was last read 1 Nov 2026 and Render 1 Nov 2026; the whole index was refreshed 1 Nov 2026. Prices exclude tax, and a tier that costs nothing is listed here and is the cheaper of two nowhere.
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