Cleura
vs
Render
What's good about each
- All infrastructure located in EU (Sweden and Germany) for full data sovereignty
- OpenStack-based platform with no vendor lock-in
- Transparent pricing with per-second billing
- €50 free trial credit for new users
- Strong focus on compliance and regulated industries
- 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 | Cleura | Render | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $15.05 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Public) | $25.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (1c-2g) | 40% cheaper on Cleura |
| Medium VM | $87.58 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Public) | $175.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (4c-8g) | 50% cheaper on Cleura |
| Large VM | $175.16 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Public) | $300.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (8c-16g) | 42% cheaper on Cleura |
| Block storage | $11.30 /mo 100 GB | $25.00 /mo 100 GB | 55% cheaper on Cleura |
| Object storage | $33.11 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | -- 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 | $38.91 /mo Octavia LBaaS | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale) | |
| Egress | $32.48 /TB €0.02875 / GB | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB | 78% cheaper on Cleura |
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 | Cleura | Render |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 5 |
| Example customers | Miljödata, Clavister, Spintr, Boost.ai | OpenAI, ReadMe, Plane, Hodinkee, Every |
| Website | cleura.com | render.com |
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Our data for Cleura was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Render on Sept. 18, 2026.