Atlas Cloud
vs
Render
What's good about each
- Fully sovereign infrastructure hosted in Iceland
- Free ingress and egress traffic
- Tier 3 data center, ISO 27001 certified
- Self-service provisioning via UI, CLI, API, Terraform, and Ansible
- Postgres with point-in-time recovery, read replicas and high availability
- Unlimited seats on paid plans, no per-seat billing
- Free plans for web services, Postgres and Key Value
- Full-stack preview environments for each pull request
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and HIPAA-compliant workspaces
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Atlas Cloud | Render | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $77.58 /mo 1 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB storage (a4) | $25.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (1c-2g) | 68% cheaper on Render |
| Medium VM | $149.19 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM, 40 GiB storage (a5) | $175.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (4c-8g) | 15% cheaper on Atlas Cloud |
| Large VM | $298.38 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GiB RAM, 160 GiB storage (a7) | $300.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (8c-16g) | Within 5% |
| Block storage | $11.60 /mo 100 GiB Block Storage | $25.00 /mo 100 GB | 54% cheaper on Atlas Cloud |
| Object storage | $101.85 /mo 1 TiB stored, S3-compatible | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $90.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2c-4g) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $32.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (1g) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | Both ingress and egress are free. Unlimited free egress | 5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale) | |
| Egress | Free Egress is always free | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB | Free on Atlas Cloud |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Atlas Cloud | Render |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Iceland | USA |
| Locations | 1 | 5 |
| Example customers | -- | OpenAI, ReadMe, Plane, Hodinkee, Every |
| Website | www.atlascloud.is | render.com |
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Our data for Atlas Cloud was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Render on Sept. 18, 2026.