Fly Machines
Business Profile
Core Value Proposition
Fly Machines provides lightweight, fast-booting microVMs on Fly.io with global private networking, instant deployment, and per-second billing to run any code close to users.
Target Customer
{"Software developers","Engineering teams","Startups","DevOps teams"}
Key Differentiator
Firecracker-based microVMs running on Fly's own hardware with a private IPv6 mesh (6PN), WireGuard connectivity, automatic TLS termination, and global edge routing, all with per-second billing and no Terraform required.
Implementation Timeline
Deploy your app in about 5 minutes; Fly Machines boot in 250ms or less and can respond to requests in under 250ms.
Pain Points
- 1Difficulty deploying apps with low latency globally while maintaining private, secure inter-service communication.
- 2Complex infrastructure setup, including private networking and DNS/TLS configuration across regions.
- 3Trade-offs between serverless speed and control over hosting stack, plus unpredictable costs.
Key Features
- 1Fly Machines: fast-booting VMs with per-second billing, autoscaling, and health checks.
- 2Private Networking: 6PN mesh, WireGuard tunnels, internal DNS, regional addressing.
- 3Flycast and Fly Proxy: auto-start/auto-stop private services, region-aware load balancing, TLS termination.
- 4Managed Postgres: fully managed PostgreSQL with backups, high availability, performance monitoring, and encryption.
- 5Phoenix.new: remote AI runtime for Phoenix to prototype quickly and share instantly.
Target Customer Industries
Client Results
- 1Low-latency, globally distributed apps (sub-100ms in 35 regions).
- 2Secure, private service communication with auto-start/auto-stop capabilities.
- 3Simplified deployment and infrastructure management with per-second, pay-as-you-go pricing.
Competitive Advantages
- 1Immediate, sub-second VM starts with Firecracker microVMs.
- 2Private, WireGuard-secured mesh networking across regions.
- 3Global load balancing and intelligent routing with Fly Proxy and Flycast.
- 4Per-second billing and autoscaling for cost efficiency.
- 5TLS certificates automated via Let's Encrypt and TLS termination.
- 6Support for popular frameworks without requiring Dockerfiles; CLI generates containers.
- 7Managed Postgres for production-grade databases with backups and high availability.
Key Benefits
Additional Product Information
Product Description
Lightweight, fast-booting virtual machines that run code anywhere on Fly.io, with global private networking, autoscaling, and per-second billing.
Target Market
Developers, startups, and engineering teams building apps that require fast, globally distributed compute and private inter-service networking.
Unique Value Proposition
Global edge compute powered by Firecracker microVMs with private IPv6 mesh, automatic TLS, and per-second pricing, all on Fly's own hardware with a developer-friendly CLI.
Technical Requirements
Requires using the Fly CLI; runs on Fly.io's own hardware; uses Firecracker microVMs; supports private networking (6PN/WireGuard), TLS automation with Let's Encrypt; available in 35 regions; supports GPU/CPU edge workloads.
Pricing Model
{"Fly Machines: Pay-as-you-go per-second pricing.","Managed Postgres: Tiered monthly plans (Basic, Starter, Launch, Scale, Performance) with predefined CPU/RAM/storage configurations and backups."}
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