The Basics

Hetzner
Website hetzner.com
Headquarters Germany 🇩🇪
Founded 1997
Data Center Locations 5
Example Customers Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc
Render
Website render.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2018
Data Center Locations 4
Example Customers Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt

Cost Comparison

How do Hetzner's prices compare against Render?

Example configuration Hetzner Render
VM Small $4.86 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (CX11) $25.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Web Service)
VM Medium $17.43 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CPX31) $175.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Web Service)
VM Large $62.18 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (CCX33) $450.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (Web Service)
Block Storage $5.64 / mo 100 GB $25.00 / mo 100 GB
Load Balancer $6.91 / mo LB11 Included in plan
Managed PostgreSQL -- $95.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage
Managed Redis®* -- $32.00 / mo 1 GB RAM
Free egress allowance 20-60 TB / mo per instance 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $1.09 $300.00

Note: These 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 Hetzner and Render offer:

Service Hetzner Render
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN) --
Load Balancer --
Managed Containers --
Managed MySQL --
Managed PostgreSQL --
Managed Redis®* --
Serverless Cron Jobs --
Static Sites --
Virtual Private Server (VPS) --

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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on Feb. 29, 2024, and for Render on Feb. 29, 2024.