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Fly.io vs Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify) — for your app, not in general
Fly.io or Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify)? Set your usage, budget and constraints; the verdict, monthly cost and risks update live from verified pricing.
Prices verified 2026-07-15 against official pricing pages · fit weights are our estimates (see methodology) · share the URL to share your configuration
As of Jul 2026, with 50GB bandwidth/month, 2 millions requests / month, 1 GB server ram needed, a $50 budget for this slot, Fly.io ranks first for these inputs at 80% fit and a StackSays-estimated $9.08/month (Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify): 78% fit, $4.99/month). Fit weights are our estimates; prices trace to official pages. Change any input below and the verdict recomputes.
Your situation
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Toss-up — your priorities decide, not the tools
Machines close to users, per-second billing — great control, no more free lunch
vs Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify): fit 80% against 78%, est $9.08 against $4.99 per month — genuinely close; read both risk lists below
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The decision, in plain words
For a solo builder at 50GB bandwidth/month and a $50.00/mo budget for the hosting platform slot, Fly.io leads at 80% fit and $9.08/mo. The two rules doing the work: budget fit (~$9.08/mo is 18% of your $50/mo budget); ecosystem maturity (established — our estimate from ecosystem age, docs and hiring pool).
Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify) is a genuine coin-flip here (78% fit, $4.99/mo, $4.09 cheaper) — read both risk lists and pick the failure mode you prefer.
Honest weak spot of the pick: no free tier — paying from day one.
Generated from the calculation above — every number traces to the sourced data; nothing here is written by an AI making things up.
Why Fly.io scores 80%
How the $9.08/mo estimate is calculated
What could change this verdict
Cost risk
Official prices verified 2026-07-15; calculation is deterministic code over those prices.
At a glance
| Tool | Free tier | Paid entry | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fly.io | No free tier | Pay-as-you-go — shared-cpu-1x 256MB ≈ $2.02/mo → ~$8.08/GB-mo RAM equivalent (machine sizes are granular); NA egress $0.02/GB. Free allowances ended for new accounts Oct 2024 | 2026-07-15 |
| Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify) | No free tier | CX22 VPS $4.99/mo | 2026-07-15 |
Data sources
| Tool | Source | Verified |
|---|---|---|
| Fly.io | Fly.io pricing docs | 2026-07-15 |
| Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify) | Hetzner Cloud (pricing via 2026 trackers; EUR list price) | 2026-07-15 |
A monitor re-checks these pages for changes; when a vendor moves a price, the date updates and every verdict recomputes.