Fly.io vs Surge: Features, Pricing and Fit

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Detail Fly.io Surge
Overview Fly.io provides a platform for deploying applications and agents on hardware-isolated Linux virtual machines. It supports hosting web applications, running APIs, and managing various agent-based workloads. The platform offers managed databases like Postgres and persistent storage options. Users can deploy code built with popular frameworks, gaining control over their compute and data locations across 18 global regions. It aims to provide dedicated, secure computing environments for diverse development needs. Every deployment includes free custom domain support, free SSL on surge.sh subdomains, pushState support for single-page apps, and custom 404 pages. Surge integrates with existing build toolchains, including Grunt, Gulp, npm scripts, Git hooks, Jekyll, and other static site generators, and works with CI services like Travis CI and CircleCI. Teams can add collaborators through the CLI, and custom domains can be connected at no cost via a CNAME record.
Listed features
  • Provides dedicated Firecracker microVMs for each computer
  • Bills compute by the second and storage separately
  • Offers managed Postgres with high availability, automated backups, and connection pooling
  • Allows users to start projects from pre-configured templates
  • Ensures hardware isolation and controlled egress
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Best suited to
  • Teams building with agents.
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Pricing model Pay-as-you-go Subscription, Freemium
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Platforms iOS, Android, MacOS, Browser, Windows, watchOS, Chrome Extension, WordPress, Shopify MacOS, Browser, Windows
Fly.io
Fly.io

Deploy your apps on hardware-isolated virtual machines.

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Surge
Surge

Deploy static sites from the CLI in seconds

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