Hikube
vs
Render
What's good about each
- Storage replicated across datacenters in Geneva, Gland and Lucerne
- H100, H200 and A100 GPUs on VMs or Kubernetes
- Managed Postgres, Redis, ClickHouse, Kafka and RabbitMQ
- ISO 27001 certified company and datacenters
- 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 | Hikube | Render | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $28.42 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (s1.small) | $25.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (1c-2g) | 12% cheaper on Render |
| Medium VM | $113.68 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (s1.large) | $175.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (4c-8g) | 35% cheaper on Hikube |
| Large VM | $227.38 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (s1.xlarge) | $300.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (8c-16g) | 24% cheaper on Hikube |
| Block storage | $21.61 /mo 100 GB | $25.00 /mo 100 GB | 14% cheaper on Hikube |
| Object storage | $24.01 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $58.17 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB (large) | $90.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2c-4g) | 35% cheaper on Hikube |
| Redis | $23.69 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (medium) | $32.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (1g) | 26% cheaper on Hikube |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale) | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB |
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
Hikube offers 6 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Render.
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 | Hikube | Render |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 5 |
| Example customers | -- | OpenAI, ReadMe, Plane, Hodinkee, Every |
| Website | hikube.cloud | render.com |
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Our data for Hikube was last updated on Oct. 12, 2026, and for Render on Sept. 18, 2026.