Fly.io

What it is for

Fly.io is a hosted Apps / Machines dashboard: you scan app rows with size badges, and the smallest always-on Machine is $2.19 / month. Use it when the job is a Machine plus persistent disk you bill by the second, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is Fly’s official Apps dashboard (Personal org, lubien-dev-machines, phoenix-tools, shared-cpu-1x@256MB badges, disk GB, machine counts) from the community Fresh Produce still — not a pricing card. The rows themselves are ops of Apps / Machines. Fly.io bills $2.19 compute + $0.15/GB volumes, not a chat seat.

Key features

• Apps list — every app in the org on one dashboard (cover; apps). One desk. Cover lubien-dev-machines, phoenix-tools, deleteme-lubien-1, fly-replay-blog, fly-replay-app, and fly-builder-late-glitter-6956 sit here.
• Machine size badges — shared-cpu-1x@256MB / @1024MB / shared-cpu-4x@4096MB on each row (cover; Machines). A size, not the app name. Cover dual-size lubien-dev-machines sits here.
• Machines / regions — the Machines nav plus per-row 1 machine / 2 machines counts (docs). A placement, not a badge. Region placement and the Machines sidebar sit here.
• Volumes attach — disk GB on the same rows (11GB, 1GB, 50GB) plus fly volumes attach (volumes; manage). A disk, not a size badge. Cover 11GB / 50GB sit here.
• Metrics / logs — per-app metrics and log tails from the app (metrics; live tail). Observability, not the Apps list. Live charts and fly logs sit here.

The Launch an App / Create Organization buttons on the cover are CTAs (not desks). Compute / volume tiles are the meter. Dedicated IPv4 $2 / month is the extra meter, not a desk we fold into Apps.

Who it's for

Best fit: app teams who will run a first always-on shared-cpu-1x 256 MB Machine at $2.19 / month (iad) plus a 1 GB volume at $0.15, then add a second volume in the same region because Fly does not replicate disks for you.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from fly.io/pricing plus docs.fly.io/about/pricing. Copy prints no monthly platform fee. Machine dollars below are Ashburn (iad); other regions use a published multiplier.

• Machines (started, iad) — shared-cpu-1x 256 MB $0.0030 / hour / $2.19 / month. shared-cpu-2x 512 MB $4.39. shared-cpu-4x 1 GB $8.78. performance-1x 2 GB $33.00. Extra RAM $6.00 / GB / month.
• Stopped Machine — $0.15 / GB / month of rootfs.
• Volumes — $0.15 / GB / month of provisioned capacity (billed hourly even when detached or attached to a stopped Machine).
• Snapshots — $0.08 / GB / month. First 10 GB free each month.
• Network — egress NA/EU $0.02 / GB; APAC / Oceania / South America $0.04 / GB; Africa / India $0.12 / GB. Dedicated IPv4 $2.00 / month. Shared IPv4 + Anycast IPv6 included.
• Managed Postgres — Basic $38 / month; Starter $72; Launch $282; Scale $962; Performance $1,922. Storage $0.28 / GB.
• Support — community $0. Standard $29 / month. Premium $199 / month. Enterprise from $2,500 / month. HIPAA package $99 / month.

Confirm checkout; taxes follow your location. Reserved compute (40% off, 1-year blocks) is on the same pricing page.

Limitations / costs

• There is no $0 always-on Machine. The smallest started box we fetched is $2.19 / month in iad. Sprites that sleep still accrue cold storage.
• Volumes keep billing when the Machine stops. A forgotten 3 GB volume is still $0.45 / month. One volume attaches to one Machine; Fly does not replicate between volumes.
• An Apps / Machines dashboard, not a Vercel Resources tab. For Vercel see Vercel. For Railway see Railway.

Alternatives

• Vercel — Next.js Resources when you want Hobby $0 / Pro $20, not Fly’s $2.19 Machine + $0.15/GB volume.
• Railway — usage-metered PaaS when you want Railway’s $5 / $20 min, not Fly’s Apps size badges.
• Render — web services + Postgres when you want Render’s $0 / $25 desk, not Fly’s lubien-dev-machines row.

Official tutorial

Official Fly.io channel video: The coolest Fly.io feature you're not using. (oEmbed author: Fly․io). First-party Fly Replay walkthrough; the Apps dashboard still is the cover. Replay on the video is a second desk, not generate-on-Apps.

Written path: fly.io/pricing plus the Apps dashboard cover and Machines overview.

Website

https://fly.io

Repository

https://github.com/superfly/flyctl

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official Fly.io Apps dashboard still (Personal org + app rows + shared-cpu-1x@256MB badges + disk GB + machine counts) from the community Fresh Produce still. Dollars checked on fly.io/pricing (smallest started Machine $2.19/mo iad; volumes $0.15/GB; snapshots $0.08/GB with 10 GB free; dedicated IPv4 $2/mo). Tutorial oEmbed author: Fly․io.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.