Comment by pwdisswordfish0
4 years ago
In addition to there being no self-service, the kinds of people who want this aren't going to be using Fly.io in the first place. Look at the prices. DigitalOcean's $5 droplet would cost over $50/month on Fly.
4 years ago
In addition to there being no self-service, the kinds of people who want this aren't going to be using Fly.io in the first place. Look at the prices. DigitalOcean's $5 droplet would cost over $50/month on Fly.
That's not true. Our CPU VMs are similar to DO's CPU optimized droplets. The cheaper droplets are all shared CPU.
No, what I wrote is true based on the info listed on fly.io. Either those prices and specs are incorrect, or your comment is narrowly focusing on the CPU axis (which still doesn't make for a good comparison, considering the options Fly gives are $2.67 or $8) and calling it sufficient. DigitalOcean's cheapest droplet comes with 1GB RAM, whereas to match that with Fly, that's $35 minimum. You don't get to ignore that. Add in the costs listed under Fly's "Network prices" and we're nowhere close to $5.
If for some convoluted reason this is wrong, then you guys really need to reconsider how you're presenting your prices and to lay out exactly what those convoluted reasons are, because Fly's pricing page certainly tells people that trying to match DigitalOcean's $5 plan is going to cost 10x on Fly.