Fly.io Hidden Costs 2026
What they don't show you on the pricing page
Fly.io costs $29 to $2.5K per month as of June 2026, with 5 plans available. Plans: Support: Standard at $29/month, Support: Premium at $199/month, Support: Enterprise at $2500/month, and Compliance Made Easy at $99/month. Enterprise pricing is available on request. Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.
Use the interactive pricing calculator to estimate your exact cost based on team size and requirements.
- Free tier: No free tier available
Fly.io offers 5 pricing tiers: Pay-as-You-Go Infrastructure, Support: Standard, Support: Premium, Support: Enterprise, Compliance Made Easy. Paid plans include Support: Standard at $29/user/month, Support: Premium at $199/user/month, Compliance Made Easy at $99/user/month. The Support: Standard plan is single developers, small teams, personal projects, and startups needing basic support.
Fly.io true cost runs 70% above the listed $29-$2500/month price as of June 2026. For a 25-person team, expect ~$644,895 in year-one costs vs the $379,350 base license. Key hidden costs: dedicated ipv4 address: $2/month per app — required for many production deployments but easy to overlook, persistent volume storage billed even when machines are stopped: $0.15/gb/month on provisioned capacity, volume snapshots billed separately starting january 2026 — backup strategies relying on auto-snapshots now incur charges. Verified from 5 sources by CostBench.
Example: True Cost for 25 Users
| License (25 × $1264.5 × 12) | $379,350/yr |
| Implementation (one-time) | +$15,000–$50,000 |
| Premium Support (20%) | +$75,870/yr |
| Training (25 × $500) | +$12,500 |
| Admin (part-time) | +$15,000–$25,000/yr |
| Estimated Year 1 Total | ~$644,895 |