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Fly.io vs Virtual Machines

A side-by-side look at Fly.io and Virtual Machines. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Fly.io

Fly.io

Development

Fly.io is a platform for deploying and scaling web applications globally. It handles infrastructure, dependencies, and routing automatically, allowing developers to focus on building applications rather than managing servers.

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Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines

System & Hardware

Virtual machines (VMs) are software emulations of physical computers. They allow you to run an operating system and applications inside another OS, isolating them into their own virtual environment. VMs provide flexibility, security, and cost efficiency for compute resources.

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