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Fly.io vs lizard
Plans read from both vendors' own pricing pages, with the same seats and billing applied to each. lizard is a verified alternative to Fly.io: it does the same main job for a similar customer.
Fly.io offers a platform to deploy apps, agents, and databases on hardware-isolated virtual machines that launch instantly and run only when needed. It supports persistent, stateful environments called Sprites for running arbitrary code safely with fast startup and per-second billing.
- Starting price
- From $29.00/mo
- Price clarity
- Price clarity grade C, 67 out of 100 67 of 100
- Category
- Hosting & domains
- Platforms
- Not confirmed
- Good fit for
- Developers and teams needing scalable, hardware-isolated compute environments with persistent state and fast startup times.. Users requiring secure execution of arbitrary or untrusted code with persistent environments and per-second billing.
- Limitations
- Volumes bill on provisioned capacity, not usage, which may affect cost predictability.
Lizard is an AI-native deployment platform designed specifically for coding agents, enabling deployment from Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor. It provides managed Postgres, Redis, S3 storage, and agent-readable logs, with per-second billing based on actual resource usage rather than reserved capacity.
- Starting price
- From $19.00/mo
- Price clarity
- Price clarity grade C, 67 out of 100 67 of 100
- Category
- Developer tools
- Platforms
- Not confirmed
- Good fit for
- Developers and coding agents who want to deploy and manage apps and databases with AI-native workflows and per-second billing.
- Limitations
- Does not currently support HIPAA workloads and SOC 2 compliance is coming soon but not yet available.
What each one costs your team
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Published plan prices for your team size and usage. Results update as you type. Taxes, currency conversion and unlisted add-ons are excluded, and anything the source did not state is called out rather than guessed.
Cheapest fit for 1 person, all 2 tools
$48.00/month
$576.00 a year on these plans.
| Tool / plan | Monthly | Per year | What this assumes |
|---|---|---|---|
StandardCheapest fit Flat subscription | $29.00 | $348.00 | Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider. |
Premium Flat subscription | $199.00 | $2,388.00 | Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider. |
ProCheapest fit Flat subscription | $19.00 | $228.00 | Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider. |
Fly.io
Best fit
Developers and teams needing scalable, hardware-isolated compute environments with persistent state and fast startup times.; Users requiring secure execution of arbitrary or untrusted code with persistent environments and per-second billing.
Trade-offs
Volumes bill on provisioned capacity, not usage, which may affect cost predictability.
Integrations / export
Not confirmed
lizard
Best fit
Developers and coding agents who want to deploy and manage apps and databases with AI-native workflows and per-second billing.
Trade-offs
Does not currently support HIPAA workloads and SOC 2 compliance is coming soon but not yet available.
Integrations / export
Not confirmed
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