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Nova Cloud vs Render

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What's good about...

Nova Cloud logo Nova Cloud

  • Per-second billing with no contracts or minimum spend
  • Owned-and-operated datacenters in Western Canada
  • Reserved 1, 3, and 6 month terms for additional discounts
  • 5 Gb/s network bandwidth with all ports available

Render logo Render

  • 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

How do Nova Cloud's prices compare against Render?

VM Small

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Render Render
$25.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Web Service)

VM Medium

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Render Render
$175.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Web Service)

VM Large

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Render Render
$450.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (Web Service)

Block Storage

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Render Render
$25.00 / mo 100 GB

Load Balancer

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Render Render
Included in plan

Managed PostgreSQL

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Render Render
$90.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (Basic-4gb) · $75 instance + 50 GB storage at $0.30 / GB

Managed Redis®*

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Render Render
$32.00 / mo 1 GB RAM (Key Value Standard)

Free egress allowance

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Render Render
5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale)

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Render Render
$150.00 $0.15 / GB

GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
On-DemandSpotReserved (1mo)Reserved (3mo)Reserved (6mo)
Render Render
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Available Models

Nova Cloud offers 2 GPU models.

Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
RTX PRO 6000(20) RTX 5090(20)
Render Render
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Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Nova Cloud and Render offer:

Service Nova Cloud Render
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Serverless Cron Jobs
Static Sites

Company details

Website
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
nova-cloud.ai
Render Render
render.com
Headquarters
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
Canada CA flag
Render Render
United States of America US flag
Founded
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
2018
Render Render
2018
Data Center Locations
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
1
Render Render
4
Example Customers
Nova Cloud Nova Cloud
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Render Render
Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Nova Cloud was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Render on July 27, 2026.