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Cycle vs. Fly.io

While Fly.io is ideal for spinning up small apps quickly, Cycle is the better fit once your applications needs to scale.
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Outgrowing Fly.io?

Cycle opens the door to owning your own infrastructure, deploying unlimited containers and VMs, and gaining more control over how and where your applications run, while keeping the ease of use you already expect. If you're hitting growing pains on Fly.io, or experiencing downtime, schedule a quick demo and our team will guide you on migrating to Cycle.
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Simplicity
(More opinionated)
Customizability
(More complex)

Simpler Economics at Scale

Predictable tiered pricing on seats and servers helps avoid usage spikes. Lower operational effort, fewer moving parts.

Own Where You Run

Fly runs only on its own regions. Cycle lets you run anywhere: on-prem, colo, or cloud, without rewriting applications.

Native Multi-Cloud

Fly’s “multi-cloud” means only its own network. Cycle connects any provider, colo, or edge site into a single platform.

Global Private Networking

Anycast on Fly works for public apps, not private backplanes. Cycle provides a managed overlay with flat L3 across datacenters and clouds.

Managed Persistent Storage

Volumes in Fly must be attached per app. Cycle provisions persistent volumes automatically across environments with fewer moving parts.

Expert Support Included

Fly relies on community and basic paid support. Cycle includes direct access to engineers in every tier for design, migration, and day-to-day operations.

Features

Cycle.io

Fly.io

Architecture and Deployment
Model
Hybrid SaaS & PaaS
SaaS & PaaS
Management
hybrid(Self + Fully-Managed)
cloud
Scope
On-prem / Colo / Cloud
Cloud
Pricing
Tiered(Seats & Servers)
Usage-based
Bring Your Own Infrastructure
Bare Metal
Multi‑Cloud
Edge Support
Upgrade Automation
automatic
Automatic
Core Infrastructure
Containers
VMs
Micro-VM
Functions
BETA
Service Mesh
(Discovery)
(Internal DNS)
Load Balancing
DNS
Networking
Automatic(managed overlay)
Automatic(Anycast edge mesh)
Storage
Automatic(managed volumes)
Manual(attach volumes per app)
DevOps & Automation
CI/CD
Integrations
External
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Stacks(JSON / YAML)
fly.toml
API
REST & Webhooks
REST
Monitoring
Operations & Governance
ACL / RBAC
Team roles
Multi‑Tenancy
Strong(Environments + Clusters + Namespaces)
Basic
Support Model
Included & Community
Paid & Community
Cycle on any infrastructure
Build on a platform that grows with you

Ready to Give Cycle a Go?

We're here to help. Get started with a one month proof-of-concept free of charge. For pre-revenue companies, our starter plan is the perfect fit, starting at $65/mo.

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See How Cycle Stacks Up

Deploy Anything, Anywhere

Use the stacks and frameworks you're already familiar with, and deploy without restriction to any combination of on-prem, cloud, and edge devices on a single unified platform.

Create a Private Cloud

Unify on-prem and cloud infrastructure into one secure, multi-region private cloud that you own. Easily deploy containers and VMs through a single pane of glass, underpinned by a global flat network tying it all together.

Scale Without Complexity

Cycle gives you the tools to scale with confidence. From automatic load balancing to built-in auto-scaling, the platform handles the complexity so you can grow.

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