Comparison

Fly.io vs Vercel

Overview

Run your apps close to your users

Fly.io is a developer-focused platform for deploying full-stack apps and databases globally with fast cold starts, Anycast networking, and a generous free tier.

Vercel

Develop. Preview. Ship.

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Vercel is a frontend cloud platform for deploying and hosting web applications with instant global deployments, automatic preview URLs for every PR, and Edge Network delivery.

Features

—Global app deployment (35+ regions)
—Anycast networking
—Persistent volumes
—Managed Postgres
—Private networking
—Fast deploys
—Autoscaling
—Edge caching

—Git-connected deployments
—Preview URLs per branch/PR
—Edge Network CDN
—Serverless functions
—Edge functions and middleware
—Web analytics
—Speed insights
—v0 AI (component generation)

Pricing

Fly.io

usage basedFree plan available

Plan	Price	Notes
Hobby	$5/mo	Includes $5 usage credit; free resources included.
Pay-as-you-go	Contact sales	Usage-based: VMs from $0.0001/sec, storage $0.15/GB/mo.

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Vercel

usage basedFree plan availableVercel offers a permanent Hobby tier and free trial access to Pro. Pro adds a base fee plus usage-based infrastructure charges.

Plan	Price	Notes
Hobby	Free	Free forever for personal projects.
Pro	$20/mo	$20/month plus additional usage; includes $20 usage credit.
Enterprise	Contact sales	Custom enterprise pricing with advanced controls and support.

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