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Migrate off Fly.io — worth it, in months
Your Fly.io bill at real usage vs the best alternative, with your migration hours priced in. Sometimes the math says stay — it decides, not a blog post.
Prices verified 2026-07-15 against official pricing pages · fit weights are our estimates (see methodology) · share the URL to share your configuration
Your situation
Usage drives both bills; effort drives the breakeven.
Migration verdict
Probably stay — payback over a year out
Saving $9.08/mo against ~$700.00 of migration effort takes 78 months to break even.
You today
- No free tier for new accounts since Oct 2024 — legacy blog posts still claim otherwise
- More ops surface than Railway/Render: you manage machines, regions and volumes yourself
Best alternative
Fits the free tier at your usage.
- Workers runtime ≠ Node: some npm packages and all long-running processes don't fit
- Next.js support is workable but second-class vs Vercel — expect adapter friction
The math, line by line
Bills computed by the same engine and verified data as the hosting platform selector; switching-cost inputs are yours to set — we only default them.
At a glance
| Tool | Free tier | Paid entry | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel | 100GB fast data transfer, 1M invocations, 1 seat | Pro $20/mo | 2026-07-15 |
| Cloudflare (Workers + Pages) | 100K Worker requests/day (~3M/mo), unlimited static requests and bandwidth | Workers Standard $5/mo | 2026-07-15 |
| Netlify | 300 credits/month ≈ 15GB bandwidth equivalent | Pro $20/mo | 2026-07-15 |
| Railway | No free tier | Hobby $5/mo | 2026-07-15 |
| Render | 512MB / 0.1 CPU, 100GB bandwidth | Starter $7/mo | 2026-07-15 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel | Vercel pricing page | 2026-07-15 |
| Cloudflare (Workers + Pages) | Cloudflare Workers pricing docs | 2026-07-15 |
| Netlify | Netlify pricing page | 2026-07-15 |
| Railway | Railway pricing docs | 2026-07-15 |
| Render | Render pricing (via 2026 third-party verification; official page JS-blocked to our monitor) | 2026-07-15 |
| 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.