Render
vs
Zerops
Render bills paid workspaces per team member plus compute usage, while Zerops has no seat fees and meters only the CPU, RAM and disk a service has allocated.
What's good about each
- Offers managed services from caches to databases to cron jobs to background workers
- Managed PostgreSQL supports point-in-time recovery and high availability
- Flat workspace fee with unlimited team members, no per-seat billing
- Free tier covers web services, Postgres and Key Value
- Agent workspace runs inside the project's private network
- Bring your own agent subscription, no seat fees
- Root access and SSH inside full Linux system containers
- AMD EPYC bare metal in Prague, New York and Seattle
- ISO 27001 certified, GDPR and DPA compliant
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Render | Zerops | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $25.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Web Service) | $3.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | 6.9x more expensive on Render |
| Medium VM | $175.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Web Service) | $26.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | 6.6x more expensive on Render |
| Large VM | $450.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (Web Service) | $52.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | 8.5x more expensive on Render |
| Block storage | $25.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 2.5x more expensive on Render |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $13.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | $90.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (Basic-4gb) · $75 instance + 50 GB storage at $0.30 / GB | $18.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | 4.9x more expensive on Render |
| Redis | $32.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Key Value Standard) | $3.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | 8.9x more expensive on Render |
| Load balancer | Included in plan | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | 5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale) | 100 GB / mo on the free plan, 3 TB / mo on the paid plan | |
| Egress | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | 7.5x more expensive on Render |
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.
Company details
| Fact | Render | Zerops |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | Czechia |
| Locations | 4 | 3 |
| Example customers | Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt | -- |
| Website | render.com | zerops.io |
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Our data for Render was last updated on July 27, 2026, and for Zerops on Aug. 25, 2026.