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

1Near-user performance with regional deployments

2Private, secure networking across services

3On-demand scale with per-second pricing

4Simple deployment across popular frameworks without Dockerfiles

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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