Skip to content
DeployBillGet price alerts
vs

Fly.io vs Hetzner Cloud pricing

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

Verdict at 100,000 pageviews a month: Fly.io comes to $7.60 and Hetzner Cloud to unverified a month at 100,000 pageviews with our default traffic profile. At least one total leaves out unverified prices, so we don't call a winner. Viral day: Fly.io bills $13.98; Hetzner Cloud's prices are unverified.
Fly.io vs Hetzner Cloud
Fly.ioHetzner Cloud
TypePlatform (PaaS)VPS
Free tierNo free tier; trial up to 2h machine runtime or 7 daysSource · Oct 16UnverifiedSource · Oct 16
Free bandwidth0 GBSource · Oct 16—
Free requestsUnverifiedSource · Oct 16—
Paid planPay As You GoSource · Oct 16UnverifiedSource · Oct 16
Price$0/monthSource · Oct 16UnverifiedSource · Oct 16
Included——
Bandwidth overage$0.02/GBSource · Oct 16UnverifiedSource · Oct 16
Requests overage——
Over the free limitNo free tierNo free tier

Try your own traffic

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. Fly.io
    Pay As You Go
    $7.60/mo
    Cheapest verifiedKeeps 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.

  2. Hetzner Cloud
    Prices not verified yet
    Unverified
    No free tier.

FAQ

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

Fly.io comes to $7.60 and Hetzner Cloud to unverified a month at 100,000 pageviews with our default traffic profile. At least one total leaves out unverified prices, so we don't call a winner.

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

On a month with one day at 50× normal traffic: Fly.io bills $13.98; Hetzner Cloud's prices are unverified.

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

Fly.io has no free tier. Hetzner Cloud has no free tier.

Full details: Fly.io pricing · Hetzner Cloud pricing