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Free alternatives to Fly.io

Fly.io has no free plan. 10 of the 54 other web hosts in this directory are free or have a free plan.

Fly.io is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $2.19 per month for the smallest Machine, pay as you go. All of them pair the free plan with paid ones.

10 tools · Listings checked up to Nov 12, 2026 · Where the facts come from

How each one differs from Fly.io

  1. Render

    Cloud hosting for web services, databases and workers

    What is free: Hobby workspace: $0 a month, up to 25 services, 5 GB of bandwidth, and free instance types for web services, Postgres and Key Value (limitations apply).

    • Render starts at $25 per month plus compute (Pro workspace). Fly.io starts at $2.19 per month for the smallest Machine, pay as you go.
    • Render has a free plan. Fly.io does not, though it has a free trial.
    • Render also covers workflow automation.
    • Fly.io also covers AI agents.
    Render vs Fly.ioRender pricing and details

  2. DigitalOcean

    Cloud servers, app hosting and managed databases for developers

    What is free: App Platform: 3 apps made only of static sites, with 1GiB of data transfer per app.

    • DigitalOcean starts at $4 per month (Droplet), billed per second. Fly.io starts at $2.19 per month for the smallest Machine, pay as you go.
    • DigitalOcean has a free plan. Fly.io does not, though it has a free trial.
    • Fly.io also covers AI agents.
    DigitalOcean vs Fly.ioDigitalOcean pricing and details

  3. Northflank

    Container platform for services, jobs, databases and GPUs

    What is free: Sandbox: free, no card needed, with 2 services, 2 jobs and 1 database, up to $20 a month of resources on Northflank Cloud, and 1 bring-your-own-cloud cluster up to 12 vCPU and 48 GB.

    • Northflank starts at $12 per month for 0.5 vCPU and 1 GB, billed by the second. Fly.io starts at $2.19 per month for the smallest Machine, pay as you go.
    • Northflank has a free plan. Fly.io does not, though it has a free trial.
    • Fly.io also covers databases and AI agents.
    Northflank vs Fly.ioNorthflank pricing and details

  4. Cloudflare Pages

    Git-based hosting for static sites and full-stack apps

    What is free: Unlimited static requests and bandwidth, 500 builds a month, 20,000 files per site, 100 projects, and Functions requests counted against 100,000 a day.

    • Cloudflare Pages starts at $5 per month (Workers Paid, for Pages Functions usage). Fly.io starts at $2.19 per month for the smallest Machine, pay as you go.
    • Cloudflare Pages has a free plan. Fly.io does not, though it has a free trial.
    • Cloudflare Pages also covers page speed.
    • Fly.io also covers databases and AI agents.
    Cloudflare Pages vs Fly.ioCloudflare Pages pricing and details

  5. Netlify

    Git-based hosting for sites and web apps, priced by monthly credits

    What is free: 300 credits a month as a hard limit, one member, custom domains with SSL, functions, database, blob storage and unlimited deploy previews. Sites pause when credits run out.

    • Netlify starts at $9 per month for 1 member. Fly.io starts at $2.19 per month for the smallest Machine, pay as you go.
    • Netlify has a free plan. Fly.io does not, though it has a free trial.
    • Netlify also covers forms.
    • Fly.io also covers databases.
    Netlify pricing and details

  6. Vercel

    Git-based hosting for front-end and full-stack web apps

    What is free: Hobby plan: $0 a month, with automatic CI/CD, a global CDN, a web application firewall and DDoS mitigation. Limited to non-commercial, personal use.

    • Vercel starts at $20 per month for 1 deploying seat (Pro). Fly.io starts at $2.19 per month for the smallest Machine, pay as you go.
    • Vercel has a free plan. Fly.io does not, though it has a free trial.
    • Vercel also covers web analytics and page speed.
    • Fly.io also covers databases and AI agents.
    Vercel pricing and details

  7. Ploi

    Server and site management panel for PHP and Laravel apps

    What is free: 1 server, 1 site and 5 deployments per month.

    • Ploi starts at $10 per month (Basic, up to 5 servers). Fly.io starts at $2.19 per month for the smallest Machine, pay as you go.
    • Ploi has a free plan. Fly.io does not, though it has a free trial.
    • Fly.io also covers databases and AI agents.
    Ploi pricing and details

  8. Firebase Hosting

    Google's CDN hosting for static and single-page web apps

    What is free: Spark plan: 10 GB of storage and 360 MB of data transfer a day, with custom domain, global CDN and SSL included, and no payment method needed.

    • Firebase Hosting starts at $0.026 per GB stored beyond 10 GB (Blaze, pay as you go). Fly.io starts at $2.19 per month for the smallest Machine, pay as you go.
    • Firebase Hosting has a free plan. Fly.io does not, though it has a free trial.
    • Firebase Hosting also covers page speed.
    • Fly.io also covers databases and AI agents.
    Firebase Hosting pricing and details

  9. Pantheon

    Managed WordPress, Drupal and Next.js hosting for teams

    What is free: Silver workspace: $0 with two sandbox sites; a site plan is needed before going live or connecting a domain.

    • Pantheon starts at $42 per month, billed annually ($55 billed monthly), for one live site. Fly.io starts at $2.19 per month for the smallest Machine, pay as you go.
    • Pantheon has a free plan. Fly.io does not, though it has a free trial.
    • Pantheon also covers managed WordPress and page speed.
    • Fly.io also covers databases and AI agents.
    Pantheon pricing and details

  10. GridPane

    WordPress server control panel with a free core plan

    What is free: Core plan: free forever, up to 25 websites on your own Vultr server or a managed PeakFreq server, with server page caching, Redis object caching, a 7G firewall, SSL certificates and cloning.

    • GridPane starts at $19 per month and up (PeakFreq). Fly.io starts at $2.19 per month for the smallest Machine, pay as you go.
    • GridPane has a free plan. Fly.io does not, though it has a free trial.
    • GridPane also covers managed WordPress and page speed.
    • Fly.io also covers databases and AI agents.
    GridPane pricing and details

Common questions

Is there a free alternative to Fly.io?

Yes. Render, DigitalOcean, Northflank, Cloudflare Pages, Netlify, Vercel, Ploi, Firebase Hosting and 2 more are free or have a free plan.

Does Fly.io have a free plan?

Fly.io has no free plan. Fly.io is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $2.19 per month for the smallest Machine, pay as you go.

When was this checked?

Each listing shows its own date. On this page they run from Oct 18, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026. Vendors change prices and plans without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.

This page is built from the listings. A tool is here because its listing says so, and the order is how close each is to Fly.io: the alternatives its listing names first, then the tools that share the most features with it.