Operating model
A panel, not a CLI and a config file
No fly.toml, no machine lifecycle to reason about. Connect a repo, set variables, deploy — and read logs and health in one place.
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DebutDeploy vs Fly.io
Managed deployment instead of infrastructure homework.
Fly.io gives you machines, a global network and a CLI to orchestrate them. DebutDeploy gives you a control panel that runs the service for you — one region, fixed pricing, and no fly.toml to maintain.
Verified 24 July 2026 · source fly.io/docs/about/pricing · USD, ex-VAT · computed always-on
One production workload · 2 vCPU / 4 GB always-on + managed Postgres + ~100 GB traffic
DebutDeploy$57
Fly.io~$105 *
You save / mo
~$48
Over 12 months
~$576
Fly.io figure computed from published performance-2x machine rates running continuously, plus a managed Postgres equivalent and 100 GB egress at $0.02/GB. Marked indicative (*).
The short version
Price
Around half, computed always-on
For a service that runs continuously, the fixed box is cheaper than metered machines plus volumes plus egress.
Databases
Managed, not self-operated
Postgres here is a managed service with nightly backups, rather than a Postgres app you are responsible for running.
Machines versus a managed box
Plans are matched on CPU and memory, not on marketing tier names. Where a provider has no exact match, the nearest plan that meets the workload is used and the difference is stated.
Configuration
panel-driven, no config file
Fly.io: fly.toml + flyctl
Postgres
managed with nightly backups
Fly.io: you operate the cluster
Egress
20 TB included
Fly.io: $0.02/GB
Regions
Germany and Finland
Fly.io: global edge regions
What you keep
- Dockerfile-based deploys, exactly as you build them today
- Deploy from Git on push instead of running a CLI command
- Persistent volumes for services that need disk
- Private networking between your own services (beta)
- Health checks with automatic rollback on failure
- Logs and resource metrics without adding an external vendor
Where Fly.io is still ahead
Stated plainly, because you will find out anyway during a trial.
- Global anycast deployment across many regions — we run two EU regions only
- Per-second billing and scale-to-zero for spiky or idle workloads
- Low-level machine control, GPU options and edge placement
- Multi-region Postgres read replicas for latency-sensitive reads
Moving from Fly.io
Review
We list your services, databases, variables, volumes, domains and workers on Fly.io and flag anything that needs a decision.
Reproduce
Equivalent DebutDeploy services are configured and built, and the output is compared against your current deployment.
Validate
Application behaviour, database connectivity and performance are tested while Fly.io keeps serving live traffic.
Switch
DNS moves only once you sign off, with the Fly.io service kept warm as a rollback route.
Fly.io migration questions
Almost always, yes. We build the same image; what changes is that the platform manages placement, TLS, health and restarts rather than you describing them in fly.toml.
More operational detail is on the full FAQ page.
Hand the machine management back.
Deploy the same image here and see whether a managed EU box covers what your Fly machines are doing today.
Keep your existing service online while you evaluate DebutDeploy.