Exoscale
vs
Render
What's good about each
- Locations in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria and Croatia
- 1 TiB of monthly egress included per instance
- Managed databases from PostgreSQL to Kafka and ClickHouse
- Nvidia GPUs from RTX 3080 Ti to RTX PRO 6000
- 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 | Exoscale | Render | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $10.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) | $25.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (1c-2g) | 58% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Medium VM | $67.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $175.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (4c-8g) | 62% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) | $300.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (8c-16g) | 44% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Block storage | $10.08 /mo 100 GB | $25.00 /mo 100 GB | 60% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Object storage | $25.28 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard) | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $98.49 /mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4) | $90.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2c-4g) | 9% cheaper on Render |
| Redis | $42.44 /mo 1 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2 / Valkey) | $32.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (1g) | 25% cheaper on Render |
| Load balancer | $25.00 /mo Network Load Balancer | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | 1 TiB / mo per instance (1.42 GiB / hr) | 5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale) | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB | 87% cheaper on Exoscale |
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.
GPUs
Exoscale offers 7 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Render. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Exoscale | Render | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Exoscale only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
V100
4 configs
|
$0.83 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
A40
4 configs
|
$1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
A5000
3 configs
|
$1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
RTX 3080 Ti
3 configs
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
|
A30
4 configs
|
$0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Exoscale only |
Exoscale bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
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 | Exoscale | Render |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | USA |
| Locations | 8 | 5 |
| Example customers | -- | OpenAI, ReadMe, Plane, Hodinkee, Every |
| Website | www.exoscale.com | render.com |
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Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Render on Sept. 18, 2026.