Fly.io vs AWS Lightsail
Pricing data as of 2026-06-09 · refreshed weekly
Fly.io (paas) and AWS Lightsail (vps) overlap on 15 stacks. The table below shows the cheapest fitting plan on each for a typical startup workload (~50,000 visits/month) — list prices, no promos.
Fly.iopaas
| shared-cpu-1x 512MB | $3.32/mo |
| shared-cpu-1x 1GB | $5.92/mo |
| shared-cpu-1x 2GB | $11.11/mo |
AWS Lightsailvps
| $5 bundle | $5/mo |
| $7 bundle | $7/mo |
| $12 bundle | $12/mo |
| $20 bundle | $20/mo |
Cheapest fitting plan per stack (startup traffic)
| Stack | Fly.io | AWS Lightsail | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | $3.32 (shared-cpu-1x 512MB) | $5 ($5 bundle) | Fly.io |
| Nuxt | $3.32 (shared-cpu-1x 512MB) | $5 ($5 bundle) | Fly.io |
| Astro | $3.32 (shared-cpu-1x 512MB) | $5 ($5 bundle) | Fly.io |
| SvelteKit | $3.32 (shared-cpu-1x 512MB) | $5 ($5 bundle) | Fly.io |
| Remix / React Router | $3.32 (shared-cpu-1x 512MB) | $5 ($5 bundle) | Fly.io |
| Node.js API | $3.32 (shared-cpu-1x 512MB) | $5 ($5 bundle) | Fly.io |
| Django | $5.92 (shared-cpu-1x 1GB) | $7 ($7 bundle) | Fly.io |
| FastAPI | $3.32 (shared-cpu-1x 512MB) | $5 ($5 bundle) | Fly.io |
| Laravel | $5.92 (shared-cpu-1x 1GB) | $7 ($7 bundle) | Fly.io |
| Ruby on Rails | $11.11 (shared-cpu-1x 2GB) | $12 ($12 bundle) | Fly.io |
| Spring Boot | $11.11 (shared-cpu-1x 2GB) | $12 ($12 bundle) | Fly.io |
| WordPress | $5.92 (shared-cpu-1x 1GB) | $7 ($7 bundle) | Fly.io |
| Ghost | $5.92 (shared-cpu-1x 1GB) | $7 ($7 bundle) | Fly.io |
| Strapi | $5.92 (shared-cpu-1x 1GB) | $7 ($7 bundle) | Fly.io |
| Static site | $3.32 (shared-cpu-1x 512MB) | $5 ($5 bundle) | Fly.io |