Fly.io vs Cloudflare Pages

At a Glance

Fly.io

Cloudflare Pages

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Cloudflare Pages

Fly.io

Pros

Run any Docker container globally close to users with Anycast routing — true multi-region with just a fly.toml config file+163
Persistent volumes and long-running processes make it suitable for stateful apps that serverless platforms can't handle+148
Machines API lets you spin up ephemeral containers programmatically — great for running user-submitted code safely+127
The free allowance is enough to run two small apps indefinitely, which is great for hobby projects and side businesses+112

Cons

The CLI-first experience has a steep learning curve compared to Vercel or Railway — the mental model of machines and apps takes time to internalize

Hosting

Render vs Fly.io

Hosting

Railway vs Fly.io

Hosting

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Cloudflare Pages

Pros

The free tier is extremely generous — unlimited bandwidth and requests with no bandwidth billing at all+174
Cloudflare Workers integration means your edge functions run in 200+ locations globally with true sub-50ms latency+158
Static asset serving is consistently the fastest I've benchmarked — Cloudflare's network is built for performance at the edge+143
No cold starts for Workers functions because Cloudflare's V8 isolate model keeps them warm without dedicated containers+128

Cons

Debugging Workers is harder than debugging a normal Node.js server — the runtime limitations catch you off guard with crypto or Node.js APIs missing+147
Local development with Wrangler is improving but still has gaps between local behavior and production behavior that cause confusing bugs+123
Workers KV and Durable Objects are powerful but have a learning curve and the eventual consistency model of KV can surprise you+98
No built-in support for long-running processes — anything over a few seconds of CPU time needs to be handed off to a queue+84