--- title: Are Fly Machines here to stay? | daily.dev description: An interview-style Q&A addresses whether Fly.io's Machines platform is being phased out in favor of Sprites. The response clarifies that Machines are staying,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/are-fly-machines-here-to-stay--4hqxbkhiu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Are Fly Machines here to stay? | daily.dev og:description: An interview-style Q&A addresses whether Fly.io's Machines platform is being phased out in favor of Sprites. The response clarifies that Machines are staying,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/are-fly-machines-here-to-stay--4hqxbkhiu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/4hqxbKHIu.png og:image:alt: Are Fly Machines here to stay? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Are Fly Machines here to stay? **[Fly.io](https://daily.dev/sources/flydotio)** · 1 min read · 2 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary An interview-style Q&A addresses whether Fly.io's Machines platform is being phased out in favor of Sprites. The response clarifies that Machines are staying, framing Sprites as where agents run while Machines remain the underlying tools, platforms, and services agents use to deploy and scale applications. Agent-driven traffic deploying and scaling Machines has grown 8x month-over-month during the first half of the year, which is cited as evidence the primitive remains valuable. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is Fly.io discontinuing the Machines platform now that Sprites exist? No, Fly Machines are not being discontinued. Sprites are where agents run, while Machines remain the underlying tools, platforms, and services that agents use to deploy and scale applications. Fly.io reports agent-driven traffic deploying and scaling Machines grew 8x month-over-month in the first half of the year, reinforcing continued investment in the platform. _Developers weighing Fly.io's roadmap for Machines versus Sprites can follow platform updates on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@trevorsuna** · 0 upvotes > The distinction between agents running in Sprites and using Machines as infrastructure is helpful. Eight-times growth is encouraging, though agent-driven provisioning also makes quotas, cleanup, and cost visibility more important. Those guardrails will probably shape whether the pattern works comfortably in production. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Build fast. 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