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Apps 4.8/10

Pay-as-you-go Fly Machine VMs: shared-cpu-1x 256MB from ~$2.02/mo; +~$5 per 30 days per extra GB RAM; scale-to-zero when idle

Fly.io scores 4.8/10 for free value in Apps. The main constraint: Paid — ~$2.02/mo + usage. Pay-as-you-go Fly Machine VMs: shared-cpu-1x 256MB from ~$2.02/mo; +~$5 per 30 days per extra GB RAM; scale-to-zero when idle.

Category Apps Kind Paid plan

Free value score

4.8 / 10
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Overall 4.8/10
value = 4.8/100
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Runtime value 1/10
value = 0.01 ×
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Always-on fit 9/10
value = 9/100
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Deploy friction 8/10
value = 8/100
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Key metrics

~$2.02/mo
256MB
+$5/GB

What you get

Paid — ~$2.02/mo + usage. Pay-as-you-go Fly Machine VMs: shared-cpu-1x 256MB from ~$2.02/mo; +~$5 per 30 days per extra GB RAM; scale-to-zero when idle

~1 micro-VM per ~$2/mo if always-on, near-$0 if idle

Gotchas

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Sources

paid value app-platforms
Open service Source ← All Apps

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