What's good about...
Cloudways
- Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
- Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
- Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups
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 Cloudways's prices compare against Render?
| Example configuration |
Cloudways
|
Render
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|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | $25.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Web Service) |
| VM Medium | $88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | $175.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Web Service) |
| VM Large | $149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | $450.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (Web Service) |
| Block Storage | -- | $25.00 / mo 100 GB |
| Load Balancer | -- | Included in plan |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $95.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | Included depending on plan | $32.00 / mo 1 GB RAM |
| Free egress allowance | 1 TB - 12 TB / mo included depending on plan | 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | $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
Company details
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Cloudways
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Render
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|---|---|---|
| Website | www.cloudways.com | render.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2012 | 2018 |
| Data Center Locations | -- | 4 |
| Example Customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt |
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Cloudways
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|---|---|
| Website | www.cloudways.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | -- |
| Example Customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko |
|
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 Cloudways was last updated on May 5, 2025, and for Render on Nov. 12, 2024.