Lander vs Fly.io.
Fly.io runs your containers at the edge in 30+ regions with a sophisticated networking model. Lander runs your container in real per-customer AWS Fargate (single-region, but isolated VPC), with WAF + Claude builder included.Fly.io built a remarkable platform for running containerized apps at the network edge. Their Anycast IP + 30-region architecture is genuinely unique — your app responds from the region closest to each user. They run on their own bare-metal infrastructure.
Lander has a different architecture. We run on AWS Fargate in us-west-2 (with multi-region planned). The trade-off: Fly's edge model gives lower latency globally; Lander's AWS isolation gives compliance and BYO-account paths Fly doesn't offer.
If your app is latency-sensitive globally, Fly is hard to beat. If your app is region-bound (most B2B SaaS) or needs AWS-native compliance, Lander's per-customer VPC + WAF model is a better fit.
[differences · side-by-side]
[feature]
[lander]
[fly.io]
Compute model
AWS Fargate (us-west-2)
Firecracker VMs on bare-metal, 30+ regions
Edge presence
CloudFront for static; Fargate single-region for dynamic
Anycast IP, app at every region
Pricing model
Flat monthly + Claude overage
Metered CPU + RAM + bandwidth
Free tier
$0 static, 100 GB egress
Free shared-cpu-1x VM (limited)
WAF
Included on every plan
Not built-in
Compliance
AWS-native (SOC 2 inheritance, HIPAA path)
Self-managed compliance posture
AI builder
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Not built-in
[pick · lander · when]
- →You need AWS-native compliance (SOC 2, HIPAA, FedRAMP-adjacent)
- →You want WAF + DDoS without standing up a separate provider
- →Your app is regional / B2B (latency outside one region doesn't matter much)
- →You want predictable flat-monthly pricing
[stick with · fly.io · when]
- →Your app needs <50ms latency from many regions globally
- →You're running stateful workloads with persistent volumes
- →You like Fly's micro-VM scheduling model and want fine-grained control
[migrating from fly.io → lander]
- 01Fly's `fly.toml` doesn't translate directly. Use the Dockerfile your app already has.
- 02Fly Postgres → dump → restore to Lander RDS or external
- 03Update your DNS once Lander deploy is verified
[FAQ]
Q. Is Lander as fast as Fly.io globally?For users in the same region as your Fargate task, latency is comparable. For users in other regions, Fly's edge model is faster — they have presence in 30+ regions vs Lander's single us-west-2 (multi-region on roadmap). For region-bound apps or static sites (Lander uses CloudFront edge), there's no meaningful difference.
[other comparisons]