An honest comparison — including when Fly.io is the better choice.
Hosting for the apps your AI coding agent builds. Your agent deploys full-stack apps with their databases, using the Telbase skills.
Pricing: Flat plans: Free, $5/mo, $19/mo, $79/mo
Best for: Developers building with AI coding tools who want zero infrastructure setup
Edge-first platform with global VM deployment
Pricing: Per-VM: machines billed by CPU and memory. Free allowances, then metered.
Best for: Teams that need multi-region edge compute with low-level infrastructure control
| Feature | Telbase | Fly.io |
|---|---|---|
| Deploy command | Ask your coding agent (Telbase skills) | fly deploy (Dockerfile + fly.toml required) |
| Database setup | Created with the app | Manual: fly postgres create, configure connection |
| Setup complexity | No Telbase configuration file — your agent reads the project | Requires Flyctl, Dockerfile, fly.toml config |
| Pricing model | Flat: $5/$19/$79 per month | Per-VM: CPU + memory metered |
| Multi-region | Single region | 30+ regions with edge proximity |
| Infrastructure control | Abstracted (no Telbase config) | Full control: VMs, volumes, networking |
| Persistent volumes | Not available | NVMe volumes attached to VMs |
Choose Fly.io if you need your application running in multiple geographic regions simultaneously, or if you want low-level control over VMs, volumes, and networking. Fly.io is also strong for real-time applications that benefit from edge proximity.