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Comparison

Fly.io vs Render

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

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Platform

Hosting model
Managed
Managed
Open source / license
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Open source / license
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Services
Block Storage
Block Storage
CDN
CDN
Compute
Compute
GPU Compute
GPU Compute
Key-Value Store
Key-Value Store
Managed Databases
Managed Databases
Object Storage
Object Storage
Workloads
APIs
APIs
Backend Services
Backend Services
Background Workers
Background Workers
Data Processing
Data Processing
Scheduled Jobs
Scheduled Jobs
Static Sites
Static Sites
Web Applications
Web Applications
Capabilities
Compute Autoscaling
Compute Autoscaling
Deployment Rollbacks
Deployment Rollbacks
Preview Environments
Preview Environments
Scale to Zero
Scale to Zero
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments

Development & Execution

Deployment & packaging
Docker / OCI
Docker / OCI
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Runtimes
.NET Runtime
.NET Runtime
Bun
Bun
Custom Runtime
Custom Runtime
Deno
Deno
JVM
JVM
Node.js
Node.js
Languages
C#
C#
Crystal
Crystal
Elixir
Elixir
Go
Go
Java
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript
Kotlin
Kotlin
PHP
PHP
Python
Python
Ruby
Ruby
Rust
Rust
TypeScript
TypeScript
Frameworks
Astro
Astro
Django
Django
Express.js
Express.js
Fastify
Fastify
Laravel
Laravel
Next.js
Next.js
Nuxt
Nuxt
Remix
Remix
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails
Spring Boot
Spring Boot
SvelteKit
SvelteKit

Pricing

Billing basis
Instance based Fly Machines
Plan based Render Workspace Plans
Software charge
$0.0028 / hour shared-cpu-1x
$0 / month + compute Hobby
Starting price
$0.0028 / hour shared-cpu-1x
$0 / month + compute Hobby
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 No card required

Infrastructure & Availability

Infrastructure provider
  • Own Network
  • Render-managed cloud infrastructure
Supported providers
  • Own Network
  • Render-managed cloud infrastructure
Placement control
  • Regional
  • Regional

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Access Control
Organization roles and scoped tokens Fly.io organizations and applications
Workspace roles Advanced roles on Scale and Enterprise
Single Sign-On
Required Google or GitHub organization sign-in Fly.io organizations
SAML 2.0 SSO and SCIM Scale and Enterprise
Encryption & secrets
Secrets Management
Encrypted application secrets Fly.io applications
Environment variables, environment groups and secret files
Encryption at Rest
LUKS-encrypted volumes and managed database storage Persistent Fly.io storage
Unknown
Encryption
Unknown
TLS 1.2+ in transit; encrypted disks, snapshots and Render Postgres data at rest
Network isolation & protection
Private Networking
Per-organization 6PN WireGuard network Applications are private unless explicitly exposed
Same-region private network and private services Environment boundaries require Pro or higher
Network Isolation
Firecracker microVMs with no shared guest kernel Fly Machines
Unknown
Assurances & programs
HIPAA
Eligible use Signed BAA and $99/month compliance package required; customer safeguards apply
HIPAA-enabled workspaces Scale/Enterprise; BAA required; supported resources and regions only
SOC Reports
SOC 2 Type II Fly.io managed platform
SOC 2 Type II