Fly.ioshared-cpu-2x · 2 shared vCPU · 512 MB
Micro-VMShared-CPU Machines
Fly.io shared-cpu-2x costs $3.89/mo for 2 vCPU, 512 MB of RAM and no disk, cheaper than 94% of the 32 micro-VMs we track, checked 16 Sept 2026.
Price
$3.89/mo
$0.0054/hour
$7.78 per GB RAM
Cheaper than 94% of tracked offers
Specs vs the whole index
- RAM
- 512 MB> 3% of offers
- vCPU
- 2 shared> 23% of offers
- Disk
- none included · volumes extra> 0% of offers
- Bandwidth
- Not published
Micro-VM billed per second while running; the monthly price is Fly's figure for a full month · priced at Ashburn, US (cheapest), up to 61% more in other regions · no disk included (Fly Volumes extra) · egress metered per GB
Value score
87/100
- RAM · 512 MB
- 0.5
- vCPU · 2
- 3.0
- Disk · none included
- 0.0
- Traffic · not published, median 0 GB
- 0.0
- 3.5 points ÷ $3.89
- 0.90 per $
1 point per GB of RAM, 1.5 per vCPU, 1 per 25 GB of disk up to 500 GB (SSD × 0.8, HDD × 0.4), and 0.3 per TB of traffic up to 20 TB.
The score ranks 0.90 points per dollar against the 32 tracked micro-VMs, whose median is 0.33. A higher score means more machine for the money. It is computed within this kind only, so it can't be compared with a VPS value score.
Regions · 18
Data provenance
Fly.io · Live web · per-region Machine preset tables on fly.io/docs/about/pricing
Fetched 16 Sept 2026
Prices exclude VAT. Always confirm on the provider's site.
Where this sits in the market
At $3.89/mo, shared-cpu-2x · 2 shared vCPU · 512 MB is cheaper than 94% of the 32 micro-VMs in our index. It delivers 512 MB of RAM at $7.78/GB. For reference, the VPS market median is $5.42/GB, but a VPS is a different product, so treat that as context rather than a verdict. Its value score of 87/100 ranks it #5 among micro-VMs, and it is the 3rd cheapest of Fly.io's 32 tracked sizes.