Render
vs
Runpod
What's good about each
- 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
- GPUs from RTX 3070 to B300 in one catalog
- Serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- No ingress or egress fees
- SOC 2 Type II certified
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Render | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $25.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (1c-2g) | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 42% cheaper on Render |
| Medium VM | $175.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (4c-8g) | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 51% cheaper on Runpod |
| Large VM | $300.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (8c-16g) | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 42% cheaper on Runpod |
| Block storage | $25.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 60% cheaper on Runpod |
| PostgreSQL | $90.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2c-4g) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $32.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (1g) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | Included in plan | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale) | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB | Free and unlimited |
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
Runpod offers 35 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Render. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Render | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
12 configs
|
-- | $2.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
B300
4 configs
|
-- | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
-- | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
5 configs
|
-- | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
H200
7 configs
|
-- | $4.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 5090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
A100
9 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 4090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
MI300X
2 configs
|
-- | $2.39 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Runpod only |
|
L40S
6 configs
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
Runpod 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 | Render | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 5 | 33 |
| Example customers | OpenAI, ReadMe, Plane, Hodinkee, Every | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit |
| Website | render.com | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for Render was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Runpod on Oct. 2, 2026.