Render
vs
Vultr
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Render | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $25.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (1c-2g) | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 80% cheaper on Vultr |
| Medium VM | $175.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (4c-8g) | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 77% cheaper on Vultr |
| Large VM | $300.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (8c-16g) | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 47% cheaper on Vultr |
| Block storage | $25.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 60% cheaper on Vultr |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | $90.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2c-4g) | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | 33% cheaper on Vultr |
| Redis | $32.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (1g) | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | 53% cheaper on Vultr |
| Load balancer | Included in plan | $10.00 /mo | |
| Egress allowance | 5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale) | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | 93% cheaper on Vultr |
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
Vultr offers 10 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Render. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Render | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config
|
-- | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI325X
1 config
|
-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
GH200
1 config
|
-- | $1.99 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI455X
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Vultr only |
|
A16
3 configs
|
-- | $0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Vultr only |
Vultr bills on-demand and spot. 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.
| Framework | Render | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Merchant |
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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 5 | 33 |
| Example customers | OpenAI, ReadMe, Plane, Hodinkee, Every | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | render.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Render was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 2, 2026.