Fly.io places container Machines in chosen regions. It fits a small service whose operator wants control over location and process layout.
As of 2026-10, new organizations have no ongoing free tier; the trial ends at two Machine hours or seven days, whichever comes first. A shared-cpu-1x 256 MB Machine starts at $2.19 per 30 days when always on in the lowest-price iad/ewr regions, billed by the second. North American and European egress costs $0.02/GB; volumes cost $0.15/GB-month.
Rates vary by region and Machine size. Stopped Machines may still incur rootfs or volume charges. The demo shows runtime for that low-price Machine only, excluding storage and transfer.
When to use
Choose Fly.io for direct regional container placement; compare Cloud Run for managed scale-to-zero and Railway for higher-level app and database deployment.