Fly.io
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Fly.io, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Fly.io's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| shared-cpu-1x · 256MB Machine | $2.19 a month | 256MB RAM · shared CPU · stopped root filesystem $0.15/GB/month · Billed by the second while a Machine runs; storage and egress priced separately. |
| Standard Support | $29 a month | 36-hour first response · technical architecture support · Per month. |
| Managed Postgres Basic | $38 a month | shared-2x · 1GB RAM · high availability · automated backups · connection pooling · Per month; database storage billed separately at $0.28/GB. |
| HIPAA compliance package | $99 a month | BAA pre-signed · $99/mo; available on any paid plan. |
| Premium Support | $199 a month | 24-hour response · 1-hour urgent response · dedicated Slack channel · quarterly architecture sessions · Per month. |
| Enterprise Support | $2,500 a month | 4-hour 24x7 response · 15-minute emergency response · dedicated Slack channel · 99.9% uptime SLA · Starting at $2,500 / mo. |
The facts
Each one read from Fly.io's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Agent environments
- Sprites are persistent Linux computers for agents with filesystem checkpoints and restore.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Compute
- Fly Machines are lightweight, fast-booting virtual machines for running containerized applications and other code.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Credential security
- Connectors keep raw credentials in Fly.io’s control plane and inject them into outbound requests so they do not enter Sprites.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Deployment integrations
- Fly.io lists GitHub and GitLab deployment, Prometheus metrics, log shipping, and configurable health checks as infrastructure integrations.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Encryption and compliance
- Fly.io says network traffic is encrypted with WireGuard, apps get TLS with Let’s Encrypt, and the platform is SOC 2 Type 2 certified with hardware in ISO 27001 datacenters.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Global network
- Machines use a global private network, and Fly.io says it automatically routes requests to machines closest to users.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Sprites Connectors support GitHub and Slack through OAuth, OpenRouter using a supplied key, and custom HTTP APIs and S3-compatible object stores.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Managed database
- Managed Postgres plans include high availability, automated backups, and connection pooling.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Product
- Fly.io describes itself as a developer-focused public cloud that is easy to deploy on and designed to grow with applications.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Security isolation
- Fly.io says its tenants do not share kernels and that containers run inside lightweight virtual machines under memory-safe hypervisors.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- Community support is available to all customers, while paid support plans provide technical support with stated response times and features.checked 3 Oct 2026
Money
- Trial exclusions
- Dedicated IPv4 addresses and performance-optimized vCPUs are excluded from the free trial.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Trial limits
- The free trial ends after 2 total VM hours or 7 days, whichever comes first, and includes up to 10 machines, 20GB of volume storage, 2 vCPUs per machine, and 4GB memory per machine.checked 3 Oct 2026
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