What's good about...
Render
- Offers managed services from caches to databases to cron jobs to background workers
- Managed PostgreSQL supports point-in-time recovery
- Generous free tier
Thunder Compute
- Offers affordable cloud GPUs, including A100 and H100 instances.
- Simple, pay-as-you-go pricing model.
- Focused on maximizing hardware utilization to provide lower costs.
Price comparison
How do Render's prices compare against Thunder Compute?
| Example configuration |
Render
|
Thunder Compute
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $25.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Web Service) | -- |
| VM Medium | $175.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Web Service) | -- |
| VM Large | $450.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (Web Service) | -- |
| Block Storage | $25.00 / mo 100 GB | $15.00 / mo $0.15 per GB/month 100 GB |
| Load Balancer | 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 | 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan | -- |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $300.00 Billed $30 / 100 GB | -- |
Thunder Compute GPUs
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla T4 | 1x T4 | 16GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.27 | Source |
| A100 (40GB) | 1x A100 | 40GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.57 | Source |
| A100 (80GB) | 1x A100 | 80GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.78 | Source |
| H100 | 1x H100 | 80GB | 4 | 32GB | $1.47 | Source |
Note: Our 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 managed services that Render and Thunder Compute offer:
| Service |
Render
|
Thunder Compute
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| Content Delivery Network (CDN) | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Managed Containers | -- | |
| Managed MySQL | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Serverless Cron Jobs | -- | |
| Static Sites | -- |
Company details
|
Render
|
Thunder Compute
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | render.com | thundercompute.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2018 | 2024 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 | 1 |
| Example Customers | Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt | KronosAI, Abbvie |
|
Render
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | render.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 |
| Example Customers | Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt |
|
Thunder Compute
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | thundercompute.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 |
| Example Customers | KronosAI, Abbvie |
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Our data for Render was last updated on Nov. 12, 2024, and for Thunder Compute on June 12, 2025.