Cloudways
vs
Render
What's good about each
- Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
- Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
- Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups
- Offers managed services from caches to databases to cron jobs to background workers
- Managed PostgreSQL supports point-in-time recovery and high availability
- Flat workspace fee with unlimited team members, no per-seat billing
- Free tier covers web services, Postgres and Key Value
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cloudways | Render | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | $25.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Web Service) | 2.3x more expensive on Render |
| Medium VM | $88.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | $175.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Web Service) | 50% cheaper on Cloudways |
| Large VM | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | $450.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (Web Service) | 3x more expensive on Render |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $25.00 /mo 100 GB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $90.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (Basic-4gb) · $75 instance + 50 GB storage at $0.30 / GB | |
| Redis | Included depending on plan | $32.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Key Value Standard) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | 1-12 TB / mo | 5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale) | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB | 7.5x more expensive on Render |
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.
Company details
| Fact | Cloudways | Render |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 4 |
| Example customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt |
| Website | www.cloudways.com | render.com |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Render on July 27, 2026.