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Comparison

Fly.io vs Gigalixir

Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.

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Platform

Hosting model
Managed
Managed
Open source / license
—
Open source / license
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Services
Compute
Compute
GPU Compute
GPU Compute
Managed Databases
Managed Databases
Object Storage
Object Storage
Workloads
APIs
APIs
Backend Services
Backend Services
Background Workers
Background Workers
Real-Time Applications
Real-Time Applications
Web Applications
Web Applications
Capabilities
Compute Autoscaling
Compute Autoscaling
Deployment Rollbacks
Deployment Rollbacks
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Scale to Zero
Scale to Zero
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments

Development & Execution

Deployment & packaging
Docker / OCI
Docker / OCI
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Runtimes
.NET Runtime
.NET Runtime
Custom Runtime
Custom Runtime
Deno
Deno
JVM
JVM
Node.js
Node.js
Python Runtime
Python Runtime
Languages
C#
C#
Clojure
Clojure
Crystal
Crystal
Elixir
Elixir
Go
Go
Java
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript
PHP
PHP
Python
Python
Ruby
Ruby
Rust
Rust
TypeScript
TypeScript
Frameworks
Django
Django
Express.js
Express.js
FastAPI
FastAPI
Fastify
Fastify
Laravel
Laravel
Next.js
Next.js
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails
Spring Boot
Spring Boot
SvelteKit
SvelteKit

Pricing

Billing basis
Instance based Fly Machines
Plan based Gigalixir account tiers
Software charge
$0.0028 / hour shared-cpu-1x
From $10 per 200 MB-replica / month Standard
Starting price
$0.0028 / hour shared-cpu-1x
From $10 per 200 MB-replica / month Standard
Free entry / commitment
Started Machines are billed per second for provisioned compute and memory stopped Machines retain separately billed root file systems.
Recurring free allowances Credit card required

Infrastructure & Availability

Infrastructure provider
  • Own Network
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Google Cloud Platform
Supported providers
  • Own Network
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Google Cloud Platform
Placement control
  • Regional
  • Customer-Selected
  • Regional

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Access Control
Organization roles and scoped tokens Fly.io organizations and applications
Application isolation and role-based access controls Gigalixir-managed application infrastructure
Single Sign-On
Required Google or GitHub organization sign-in Fly.io organizations
Unknown
Deployment Credentials
Unknown
Regenerable API keys and SSH-key authentication Platform API and remote application access
Encryption & secrets
Encryption at Rest
LUKS-encrypted volumes and managed database storage Persistent Fly.io storage
Encrypted application configuration and Standard PostgreSQL data and backups Database encryption applies to Standard databases
Secrets Management
Encrypted application secrets Fly.io applications
Unknown
Encryption in Transit
Unknown
Automatic TLS certificates for application endpoints; internal service/component traffic uses TLS Erlang distribution is not encrypted by default; PostgreSQL TLS enforcement may require configuration
Network isolation & protection
Network Isolation
Firecracker microVMs with no shared guest kernel Fly Machines
Unknown
Private Networking
Per-organization 6PN WireGuard network Applications are private unless explicitly exposed
Unknown
Assurances & programs
HIPAA
Eligible use Signed BAA and $99/month compliance package required; customer safeguards apply
Unknown
SOC Reports
SOC 2 Type II Fly.io managed platform
Unknown