What's good about...

Cloudflare logo Cloudflare

  • Consolidates many edge services under one platform: DNS, Load Balancing, caching, image optimization, serverless functions
  • Massive edge network that can handle large DDoS attacks
  • Very generous free tier, affordable paid plans

Cloudflare logo Render

  • Offers managed services from caches to databases to cron jobs to background workers
  • Managed PostgreSQL supports point-in-time recovery
  • Generous free tier

Price comparison

How do Cloudflare's prices compare against Render?

Example configuration Cloudflare Render
VM Small -- $25.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Web Service)
VM Medium -- $175.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Web Service)
VM Large -- $450.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (Web Service)
Block Storage -- $25.00 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage $19.86 / mo 1 TB --
Load Balancer -- Included in plan
Managed PostgreSQL -- $95.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage
Managed Redis®* -- $32.00 / mo 1 GB RAM
Serverless 25M Executions $82.50 / mo 25M invocations, 150 ms duration --
Free egress allowance -- 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance Free for most services $300.00 Billed $30 / 100 GB

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer?

Here are some of the managed services that Cloudflare and Render offer:

Service Cloudflare Render
Block Storage --
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Load Balancer --
Managed Containers --
Managed MySQL --
Managed PostgreSQL --
Managed Redis®* --
Object Storage --
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions --
Static Sites

Company details

Cloudflare
Website cloudflare.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2009
Data Center Locations 285
Example Customers Polestar, Carrefour, DHL, Hemnet, Shopify
Render
Website render.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2018
Data Center Locations 4
Example Customers Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt

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Our data for Cloudflare was last updated on July 24, 2024, and for Render on Nov. 12, 2024.