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Alex Spinov
Alex Spinov

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Fly.io Has Free App Hosting — Deploy Docker Apps Globally in Minutes

Deploy Apps Close to Your Users

Vercel is great for frontend. But what about your Python API, your Go service, your custom Docker container?

Fly.io Free Tier

  • 3 shared-cpu-1x VMs (256MB RAM each)
  • 3GB persistent storage
  • 160GB outbound bandwidth
  • Deploy to 30+ regions worldwide

Deploy Any Docker Container

fly launch    # Detect framework, create config
fly deploy    # Build and deploy globally
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Fly.io detects your framework (Rails, Django, Express, Go) and configures everything.

Multi-Region by Default

fly regions add ams sin    # Add Amsterdam and Singapore
fly scale count 3          # 3 instances across regions
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Your app runs close to users.

Built-in PostgreSQL

fly postgres create
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Managed PostgreSQL with automatic failover.

Fly.io vs Railway vs Render

Feature Fly.io (Free) Railway Render
Free VMs 3 None 1
Regions 30+ 1 4
Docker Full Yes Yes
PostgreSQL Built-in Built-in Built-in

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