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Head-to-head · Edge Hosting

Fly.io vs Cloudflare Pages

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 2 checks side by side
Higher score Fly.io #3 in Edge Hosting 9.0/10 7-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Fly.io
Cloudflare Pages #6 in Edge Hosting 8.6/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 4 features Visit Pages

Fly.io leads on 0 checks, Cloudflare Pages on 1, and 1 is even. Who comes out ahead on the 2 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreFly.io · 9.0/10
  • Free planonly Cloudflare Pages
  • Free trialonly Fly.io
  • Most featuresCloudflare Pages · 1 of 4

Fly.io scores higher on our rubric for edge hosting: 9.0 against 8.6 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #6.

Cloudflare Pages offers free plan; Fly.io doesn't.

Fly.io is the better fit for containerized apps across global regions. Cloudflare Pages is the better fit for free static and frontend hosting.

  • Fly.io fits best

    Containerized apps across global regions

  • Cloudflare Pages fits best

    Free static and frontend hosting

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Side by side

Feature Fly.io 9.0/10 Visit ↗ Cloudflare Pages 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.0 8.6
Ranking #3 in Edge Hosting #6 in Edge Hosting
Best for Containerized apps across global regions Free static and frontend hosting
Pricing model Paid Free plan + paid
Starting price $1.94/device/mo —
Free plan — ✓ (best)
Free trial 7 days —
Deployment Cloud, Browser extension Cloud
Platforms Web, Linux Web
Support Community, Docs, Email, Tickets Community, Docs
Built for Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Fly.io 0/4 · Cloudflare Pages 1/4
Container support Not checked yet Not checked yet
Persistent storage Not checked yet Not checked yet
Custom domains Not checked yet ✓ (best)
Edge database Not checked yet Not checked yet
Specs
Edge locations Not checked yet Not checked yet
Included bandwidth Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Lightweight Fly Machines support deployments across worldwide regions.
  • Rolling, canary, blue-green, and immediate rollout strategies.
  • Health checks, rollback, volumes, secrets, and private networking.
  • Free plan includes unlimited sites, requests, and bandwidth
  • GitHub and GitLab deployments with branch and pull request previews
  • Pages Functions, rollbacks, monorepos, and custom domains
Cons
  • Storage and network charges are separate from machine pricing.
  • No free plan; usage-based costs require workload monitoring.
  • Advanced support adds $29, $199, or $2500 monthly.
  • Free plan allows only 1 build at a time
  • Higher tiers raise build and domain limits rather than adding new plan names
  • Workers is recommended for new projects covering most Pages use cases
Our verdict

Fly.io is a developer-focused public cloud for deploying applications as lightweight virtual machines near users. It is designed for web applications, APIs, background processes, and other containerized workloads. Teams can deploy with fly…

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Cloudflare Pages is a serverless platform for developers, designers, and product teams building, testing, collaborating on, and deploying websites and full-stack applications. It connects to GitHub and GitLab for automatic deployments,…

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  1. Fly.ioEdge Hosting 9.07-day trial
  2. Cloudflare PagesEdge Hosting 8.6Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Fly.io — where it wins

    • Lightweight Fly Machines support deployments across worldwide regions.
    • Rolling, canary, blue-green, and immediate rollout strategies.
    • Health checks, rollback, volumes, secrets, and private networking.

    Where it doesn't

    • Storage and network charges are separate from machine pricing.
    • No free plan; usage-based costs require workload monitoring.
    • Advanced support adds $29, $199, or $2500 monthly.

  • Cloudflare Pages — where it wins

    • Free plan includes unlimited sites, requests, and bandwidth
    • GitHub and GitLab deployments with branch and pull request previews
    • Pages Functions, rollbacks, monorepos, and custom domains

    Where it doesn't

    • Free plan allows only 1 build at a time
    • Higher tiers raise build and domain limits rather than adding new plan names
    • Workers is recommended for new projects covering most Pages use cases
  • Fly.io9.0/10 · 7-day trial

    A flexible edge cloud for teams deploying containerized workloads across regions.

    Visit Fly.ioFull verdict →
  • Cloudflare Pages8.6/10 · Free plan

    A flexible free tier for Git-based static sites, previews, and edge-hosted functions.

    Visit PagesFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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