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DigitalOcean vs Fly.io pricing

What each charges for the same traffic, and what happens when a post goes viral.

Verdict at 100,000 pageviews a month: DigitalOcean is cheaper: DigitalOcean comes to $4 and Fly.io to $7.60 a month at 100,000 pageviews with our default traffic profile. Viral day: DigitalOcean bills ≥ $4; Fly.io bills $13.98.
DigitalOcean vs Fly.io
DigitalOceanFly.io
TypeVPSPlatform (PaaS)
Free tierUnverifiedSource · Oct 16No free tier; trial up to 2h machine runtime or 7 daysSource · Oct 16
Free bandwidth—0 GBSource · Oct 16
Free requests—UnverifiedSource · Oct 16
Paid planBasic Droplet 512MiB/1vCPU/10GiBSource · Oct 16Pay As You GoSource · Oct 16
Price$4/monthSource · Oct 16$0/monthSource · Oct 16
Included500 GiB transferSource · Oct 16—
Bandwidth overageUnverifiedSource · Oct 16$0.02/GBSource · Oct 16
Requests overage——
Over the free limitNo free tierNo free tier

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Scenario
Traffic details2 MB pages · 20 requests · 10% dynamic · 30 deploys
Pages
Functions
Deploys
Always-on server

The always-on server is used for Railway, which bills a service that runs all month. Fly.io uses one small machine.

One month at your traffic. Totals use verified prices only; “≥” means some items are unverified and left out.

  1. DigitalOcean
    Basic Droplet 512MiB/1vCPU/10GiB
    $4/mo
    Cheapest verifiedKeeps billingNo free tier.
    How this is calculated
    Cost breakdown
    Droplet (flat monthly price)$4.00Source, Oct 16, 2026

    A flat-price server has fixed CPU and RAM; whether it can serve this much traffic depends on your app.

  2. Fly.io
    Pay As You Go
    $7.60/mo
    Keeps billingNo free tier.
    How this is calculated
    Cost breakdown
    Machine (shared-cpu-1x, 512 MB)
    one always-on machine
    		$3.69Source, Oct 16, 2026
    Egress (North America & Europe)
    195.31 GB over 0 included × $0.02
    		$3.91Source, Oct 16, 2026

    Egress is priced by region: $0.02/GB North America & Europe, $0.04/GB Asia-Pacific, $0.12/GB Africa & India. This total uses the first.

FAQ

Is DigitalOcean or Fly.io cheaper for 100,000 pageviews a month?

DigitalOcean is cheaper: DigitalOcean comes to $4 and Fly.io to $7.60 a month at 100,000 pageviews with our default traffic profile.

What happens to DigitalOcean and Fly.io on a viral day?

On a month with one day at 50× normal traffic: DigitalOcean bills ≥ $4; Fly.io bills $13.98.

Does DigitalOcean or Fly.io have a hard cap on the free tier?

DigitalOcean has no free tier. Fly.io has no free tier.

Full details: DigitalOcean pricing · Fly.io pricing