What's good about...

Render logo Render

  • Offers managed services from caches to databases to cron jobs to background workers
  • Managed PostgreSQL supports point-in-time recovery
  • Generous free tier

Render logo Vercel

  • Superb developer experience, from git push to deployed globally in seconds
  • First class support for Next.js and other frontend frameworks
  • Great API to issue custom domains for SaaS projects
  • Very active community and plenty of learning resources

Price comparison

How do Render's prices compare against Vercel?

Example configuration Render Vercel
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 --
Load Balancer Included in plan --
Managed PostgreSQL $95.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage $151.38 / mo 1440h compute, 50 GB storage, 10 GB read/mo 5 GB write/mo
Managed Redis®* $32.00 / mo 1 GB RAM $90.72 / mo 10 req/s @ $0.35 per 100k reqs
Serverless 25M Executions -- $108.75 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Free egress allowance 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $300.00 Billed $30 / 100 GB $150.00 $0.15 / GB (Edge)

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 Vercel offer:

Service Render Vercel
Block Storage --
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Managed Containers --
Managed MySQL --
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage --
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions --
Static Sites

Company details

Render
Website render.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2018
Data Center Locations 4
Example Customers Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt
Vercel
Website vercel.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2015
Data Center Locations 18
Example Customers Box, Runway, Sonos, eBay, The Washington Post

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Our data for Render was last updated on Nov. 12, 2024, and for Vercel on Sept. 28, 2024.