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Fly.io pricing. Free limits, real cost.
What Fly.io’s plans include, the limits its own docs state, and what a small project pays there each month. From Fly.io’s pricing pages, checked Oct 3, 2026.
The plans
The plans a small project chooses between. Larger and enterprise plans are left out.
| Plan | What you get | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| Pay as you goPaid | Machines from $2.19 a month (shared CPU, 256 MB), billed for the time they run. No free plan: new accounts get a trial of 2 hours of machine time or 7 daysSource · checked Oct 3, 2026 | — |
| Managed Postgres BasicPaid | $38 a month, plus $0.28 per GB storedSource · checked Oct 3, 2026 | — |
What a small project pays at Fly.io
The same example projects as the comparison, priced on each Fly.io plan for one developer.
Small web app
50 GB sent to visitors, 1,000,000 requests and 20 deploys a month. Compare every provider →
- Pay as you go$4.69 a monthMachine (shared CPU, 512 MB) running all month: $3.69. 50 GB sent out at $0.02: $1.00
API with scheduled jobs
5 GB sent to visitors, 300,000 requests and 5 deploys a month. Compare every provider →
- Pay as you go$3.79 a monthMachine (shared CPU, 512 MB) running all month: $3.69. 5 GB sent out at $0.02: $0.10. Scheduled jobs run inside the same server
A small database
500 MB of data. Compare every provider →
- Managed Postgres Basic$38.14 a monthBasic plan: $38.00. 500 MB stored at $0.28 per GB: $0.14
Price changes at Fly.io
None recorded since we began checking on Oct 3, 2026. We re-check every month.
List prices in US dollars, monthly billing, before tax. If Fly.io’s own page says something different, Fly.io’s page is right. This page has no affiliate links.
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