Render
vs
Vercel
Both offer a CDN, cron jobs and static hosting. Render runs always-on containers, Postgres and Redis priced per instance, while Vercel serves frontends built around Next.js with serverless functions billed by usage.
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
- Built-in support for Next.js and other frontend frameworks
- API for issuing custom domains to your own customers
- Functions bill CPU time, not time spent waiting on I/O
- 20 compute regions, 120+ edge locations
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Render | Vercel | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $25.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (1c-2g) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $175.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (4c-8g) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $300.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (8c-16g) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $25.00 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $36.40 /mo 1 TB (Vercel Blob) | |
| 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 | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $170.42 /mo 25M invocations, 2 GB RAM (minimum), 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale) | 100 GB (Hobby) to 1 TB (Pro) | |
| Egress | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB (Fast Data Transfer) | Identical |
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.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Render | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Yes |
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 | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 5 | 20 |
| Example customers | OpenAI, ReadMe, Plane, Hodinkee, Every | Shopify, Notion, Stripe, Ramp, The Weather Company |
| Website | render.com | vercel.com |
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Our data for Render was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Vercel on Sept. 18, 2026.