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Score Comparison

Overall

Pricing

Usability

Performance

Support

Reliability

Onboarding

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Mobile

Security

Integrations

Fly.ioNetlify

Signals Comparison

Reliability

Fly.io

Frequent reliability and uptime issues(9/10)
Postgres database outages and crashes(9/10)
Deployment failures and hangs(7/10)
Infrastructure changes break deployments(8/10)
Apps and databases deleted without warning(10/10)

Netlify

Sites paused when free tier limits exceeded(8/10)
Failed deployments still consume build minutes and credits(7/10)
Account blocking for sign-up method issues(6/10)

Pricing

Fly.io

Pricing surprises and unexpected charges(8/10)
Aggressive billing with no alerts(8/10)
Free tier confusion and removal(6/10)

Netlify

Infamous $104k billing incident - massive unexpected charges(10/10)
No spending caps - can incur unlimited charges(9/10)
Bandwidth overage is expensive - $55 per 100GB(8/10)
Per-member pricing adds up quickly for teams(6/10)
Credit-based pricing system is confusing(5/10)

Onboarding

Fly.io

Steep learning curve and complexity(6/10)

Netlify

No signals

Customization

Fly.io

Limited plug-and-play services(6/10)

Netlify

No signals

Support

Fly.io

Support tickets go weeks without response(6/10)

Netlify

Customer support unresponsive and condescending(7/10)

Performance

Fly.io

No signals

Netlify

Serverless function timeout of 10 seconds is too restrictive(7/10)
Deployment speed slower than Vercel and competitors(6/10)

Usability

Fly.io

No signals

Netlify

Complex menus and confusing configuration options(5/10)
Dark patterns make account cancellation difficult(6/10)

Security

Fly.io

No signals

Netlify

No built-in DDoS protection on lower tiers(8/10)

Integrations

Fly.io

No signals

Netlify

Backend deployment not supported - frontend only(5/10)

Pricing Comparison

Fly.io

Hobby (Legacy Free)

Free

Users: 1 user

Storage: 3GB

Limits: Community support only, No billing alerts, Free allowances don't cap bills

No longer available for new orgs, Credit card required, Automatic charges for overages

Launch

Popular

$0/mo

Users: Unlimited

Storage: Usage-based

Limits: No priority support, No SLA, Complex pricing to predict

IPv4 $2/month per app, Volumes $0.15/GB/month (provisioned size), All compute charged even for internal apps

Scale

$29/mo

Users: Per org

Storage: Usage-based

Limits: Usage costs can still spiral unexpectedly

All compute costs additional, IPv4 and storage costs same as Launch

Enterprise

$0/mo

Users: Custom

Storage: Custom

Limits: Must negotiate pricing, Long contract terms typical

Requires sales engagement, Likely minimum commitment

Netlify

Free

Users: 1 member

Storage: 10 GB

Limits: Hard limits that pause sites, No concurrent builds, Limited support, No team features, 10-second function timeout

Site pauses when limits exceeded - no warnings. All account projects affected. No DDoS protection.

Pro

Popular

$19/mo

Users: Per member

Storage: Included

Limits: 26-second max function timeout, No SSO, No audit logs, No uptime SLA

Per-member pricing adds up for teams. $55/100GB bandwidth overage. $7/500 build minutes overage. No spending caps available.

Enterprise

Free

Users: Unlimited

Storage: Custom

Limits: Requires sales negotiation, Minimum commitments likely, Complex procurement process

Must contact sales - no transparent pricing. Long-term commitments expected. Custom contracts required.

Feature Comparison

Feature	Fly.io	Netlify
Performance
Global edge deployment 35+ regions
Global CDN Edge caching worldwide
Auto-scaling
Deployment
Git-based Deployments GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
Deploy Previews Unique URL for every PR
Continuous Deployment Auto-deploy on push
Infrastructure
Firecracker micro-VMs
Pricing
Per-second billing
Billing alerts Not supported
Networking
Private networking WireGuard
Custom domains
Hosting
Custom Domains Free on all plans
Backend Hosting Frontend/static only
Databases
Managed Postgres Reliability issues reported
Security
Free SSL Certificates Auto-provisioned Let's Encrypt
SSO/SAML Enterprise only
Audit Logs Enterprise only
Features
GPU support For ML workloads
Built-in queues/workers Manual setup required
Form Handling 100 submissions free
Identity/Auth Netlify Identity service
Split Testing A/B test deployments
Backend
Serverless Functions 10-26 second timeout
Edge Functions 50ms timeout limit
Background Functions Pro plan and above
Database Hosting Not supported
Billing
Spending Caps Not available - major concern
Reliability
Uptime SLA 99.99% Enterprise only

Signals Comparison

Reliability

Fly.io

Frequent reliability and uptime issues(9/10)
Postgres database outages and crashes(9/10)
Deployment failures and hangs(7/10)
Infrastructure changes break deployments(8/10)
Apps and databases deleted without warning(10/10)

Netlify

Sites paused when free tier limits exceeded(8/10)
Failed deployments still consume build minutes and credits(7/10)
Account blocking for sign-up method issues(6/10)

Pricing

Fly.io

Pricing surprises and unexpected charges(8/10)
Aggressive billing with no alerts(8/10)
Free tier confusion and removal(6/10)

Netlify

Infamous $104k billing incident - massive unexpected charges(10/10)
No spending caps - can incur unlimited charges(9/10)
Bandwidth overage is expensive - $55 per 100GB(8/10)
Per-member pricing adds up quickly for teams(6/10)
Credit-based pricing system is confusing(5/10)

Onboarding

Fly.io

Steep learning curve and complexity(6/10)

Netlify

No signals

Customization

Fly.io

Limited plug-and-play services(6/10)

Netlify

No signals

Support

Fly.io

Support tickets go weeks without response(6/10)

Netlify

Customer support unresponsive and condescending(7/10)

Performance

Fly.io

No signals

Netlify

Serverless function timeout of 10 seconds is too restrictive(7/10)
Deployment speed slower than Vercel and competitors(6/10)

Usability

Fly.io

No signals

Netlify

Complex menus and confusing configuration options(5/10)
Dark patterns make account cancellation difficult(6/10)

Security

Fly.io

No signals

Netlify

No built-in DDoS protection on lower tiers(8/10)

Integrations

Fly.io

No signals

Netlify

Backend deployment not supported - frontend only(5/10)

Pricing Comparison

Fly.io

Hobby (Legacy Free)

Free

Users: 1 user

Storage: 3GB

Limits: Community support only, No billing alerts, Free allowances don't cap bills

No longer available for new orgs, Credit card required, Automatic charges for overages

Launch

Popular

$0/mo

Users: Unlimited

Storage: Usage-based

Limits: No priority support, No SLA, Complex pricing to predict

IPv4 $2/month per app, Volumes $0.15/GB/month (provisioned size), All compute charged even for internal apps

Scale

$29/mo

Users: Per org

Storage: Usage-based

Limits: Usage costs can still spiral unexpectedly

All compute costs additional, IPv4 and storage costs same as Launch

Enterprise

$0/mo

Users: Custom

Storage: Custom

Limits: Must negotiate pricing, Long contract terms typical

Requires sales engagement, Likely minimum commitment

Netlify

Free

Users: 1 member

Storage: 10 GB

Limits: Hard limits that pause sites, No concurrent builds, Limited support, No team features, 10-second function timeout

Site pauses when limits exceeded - no warnings. All account projects affected. No DDoS protection.

Pro

Popular

$19/mo

Users: Per member

Storage: Included

Limits: 26-second max function timeout, No SSO, No audit logs, No uptime SLA

Per-member pricing adds up for teams. $55/100GB bandwidth overage. $7/500 build minutes overage. No spending caps available.

Enterprise

Free

Users: Unlimited

Storage: Custom

Limits: Requires sales negotiation, Minimum commitments likely, Complex procurement process

Must contact sales - no transparent pricing. Long-term commitments expected. Custom contracts required.

Feature Comparison

Feature	Fly.io	Netlify
Performance
Global edge deployment 35+ regions
Global CDN Edge caching worldwide
Auto-scaling
Deployment
Git-based Deployments GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
Deploy Previews Unique URL for every PR
Continuous Deployment Auto-deploy on push
Infrastructure
Firecracker micro-VMs
Pricing
Per-second billing
Billing alerts Not supported
Networking
Private networking WireGuard
Custom domains
Hosting
Custom Domains Free on all plans
Backend Hosting Frontend/static only
Databases
Managed Postgres Reliability issues reported
Security
Free SSL Certificates Auto-provisioned Let's Encrypt
SSO/SAML Enterprise only
Audit Logs Enterprise only
Features
GPU support For ML workloads
Built-in queues/workers Manual setup required
Form Handling 100 submissions free
Identity/Auth Netlify Identity service
Split Testing A/B test deployments
Backend
Serverless Functions 10-26 second timeout
Edge Functions 50ms timeout limit
Background Functions Pro plan and above
Database Hosting Not supported
Billing
Spending Caps Not available - major concern
Reliability
Uptime SLA 99.99% Enterprise only