Render
vs
Utho
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
- Four Indian locations plus Frankfurt and Los Angeles
- 1 to 6 TB of monthly transfer included per instance, by plan
- Shared, dedicated and memory-optimised instance families
- Tier III and Tier IV facilities operated by Yotta and NTT
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Render | Utho | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $25.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (1c-2g) | $18.72 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe (Basic 1) | 25% cheaper on Utho |
| Medium VM | $175.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (4c-8g) | $37.51 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe (Basic 2) | 79% cheaper on Utho |
| Large VM | $300.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (8c-16g) | $57.55 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 320 GB NVMe (Basic 3) | 81% cheaper on Utho |
| Block storage | $25.00 /mo 100 GB | $5.22 /mo 100 GB | 79% cheaper on Utho |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $29.22 /mo 1 TB | |
| 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) | 1-6 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB | Not publicly listed |
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
Utho offers 3 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Render. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Render | Utho | Difference |
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-- | $1.17 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Utho only |
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-- | $2.57 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Utho only |
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-- | $0.36 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Utho only |
Utho bills reserved (36 months). 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 | Utho |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2010 |
| Headquarters | USA | India |
| Locations | 5 | 6 |
| Example customers | OpenAI, ReadMe, Plane, Hodinkee, Every | Exotel, Ameyo, MyOperator, CallHippo, FIITJEE, Jindal Steel & Power, Cosmos Bank, Park+ |
| Website | render.com | utho.com |
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Our data for Render was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Utho on Sept. 27, 2026.