# Clever Cloud vs Render

| Attribute | Clever Cloud | Render |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 69.2 (73% (medium)) | 67.9 (73% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A cloud platform enabling developers to deploy applications via git push with automatic scaling, monitoring, and maintenance. Supports multiple runtimes and programming languages, with options for cloud-hosted, on-premise, and air-gapped deployments. It is indexed under PaaS & Hosting.","source":"https://www.clever.cloud/blog/company/2015/07/22/new-flavours-pricing-update/","question":"What is Clever Cloud?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Clever Cloud is a paid product; published pricing starts at €4.50 per month. It is sold across 2 plans (Pico and Nano). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.clever.cloud/blog/company/2015/07/22/new-flavours-pricing-update/","question":"How much does Clever Cloud cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Clever Cloud supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.clever.cloud/blog/company/2015/07/22/new-flavours-pricing-update/","question":"What platforms does Clever Cloud support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Clever Cloud can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and air-gapped, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.clever.cloud/blog/company/2015/07/22/new-flavours-pricing-update/","question":"Can Clever Cloud be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 21 integrations for Clever Cloud, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Jenkins, GitLab, Artifactory and ElasticSearch, plus 13 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.clever.cloud/blog/company/2015/07/22/new-flavours-pricing-update/","question":"What does Clever Cloud integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed ISO 27001 and GDPR for Clever Cloud. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Clever Cloud not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.clever.cloud/blog/engineering/2022/01/11/security-update-about-colors-and-faker/","question":"What security certifications does Clever Cloud have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Clever Cloud is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in France.","source":"https://www.clever.cloud/blog/company/2015/07/22/new-flavours-pricing-update/","question":"Where is Clever Cloud available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"Cloud platform for deploying and scaling applications, agents, databases, and background jobs with zero-ops infrastructure. It is indexed under PaaS & Hosting.","source":"https://render.com","question":"What is Render?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Render offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $499 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://render.com/pricing","question":"Is Render free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Render supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://render.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Render support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Render, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://render.com/pricing","question":"Can Render be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 9 integrations for Render, including GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, AWS, Anthropic, OpenAI, Datadog and Cloudflare, plus 1 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://render.com/pricing","question":"What does Render integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Render. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Render not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://render.com","question":"What security certifications does Render have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Render is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://render.com","question":"Where is Render available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"air_gapped":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A managed platform-as-a-service for developers that handles deployment, runtime monitoring, automatic updates, and infrastructure management. Applications deploy via a simple git push without requiring Docker configuration or manual setup. | A cloud platform where teams deploy applications and infrastructure, from simple prototypes to complex multi-service systems, with built-in scaling, security, and database management. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","regions":"multi","runtimes":"Node.js, Python, Java, PHP, Scala, Docker, FrankenPHP, Bun, V language, and othe","autoscaling":"horizontal","cli_and_api":true,"env_secrets":true,"build_system":"buildpacks","git_push_deploy":true,"container_deploy":true,"managed_databases":true,"custom_domains_tls":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","regions":"multi","edge_cdn":true,"runtimes":"Node.js, Python, Bun, Docker, and multiple frameworks","rollbacks":true,"autoscaling":"horizontal","cli_and_api":true,"env_secrets":true,"build_system":"dockerfile","git_push_deploy":true,"preview_deploys":true,"container_deploy":true,"managed_databases":true,"custom_domains_tls":true}` |
| integrations.count | 19 | 10 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Artifactory"},{"name":"ElasticSearch"},{"name":"Kibana"},{"name":"ElasticAPM"},{"name":"Keycloak"},{"name":"Matomo"},{"name":"Metabase"},{"name":"Otoroshi"},{"name":"Varnish"},{"name":"Redirection.io"},{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"OVHcloud"},{"name":"Git"},{"name":"Prometheus","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Apache Pulsar","native":true,"category":"messaging"},{"name":"Grafana","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Cloudflare"},{"name":"Namecheap"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Sentry","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Stripe","native":true,"category":"payments","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Terraform","native":true,"category":"infrastructure","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Discord","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"inbound"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Pico","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":4.98,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"256MB RAM, shared vCPU instance","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Nano","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":6.64,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"512MB RAM, shared vCPU instance","contactSales":false}],"summary":"From $4.98/month for Pico instances","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.clever.cloud/blog/company/2015/07/22/new-flavours-pricing-update/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-18T15:58:20.509Z","startingPrice":{"amount":4.98,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","features":["Deploy for free","Up to 25 services","5 GB bandwidth included","Single-service previews","Global regions and CDN","Custom domains","Database PITR","Chat support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For individuals building personal projects and prototypes","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Contractual uptime SLAs","Support Slack channel","Support response SLAs"],"description":"For teams that need dedicated support and uptime SLAs","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier available. Enterprise pricing on request. Metered billing for compute, bandwidth, and storage.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://render.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T10:31:48.677Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":4.98,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"ISO 27001:2022","status":"active"},{"name":"Health Data Hosting (HDS)","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type 2","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.clever.cloud/blog/company/2016/04/04/security-is-a-process/ | https://render.com/security |

## Capabilities (PaaS & Hosting)

| Capability | Clever Cloud | Render |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deploy** |  |  |
| Git-push auto-deploy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deploy arbitrary container image | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-PR preview environments | - | ✓ |
| **Build** |  |  |
| Build system | Buildpacks | Dockerfile |
| Runtime / language breadth | Node.js, Python, Java, PHP, Scala, Docker, FrankenPHP, Bun, V language, and othe | Node.js, Python, Bun, Docker, and multiple frameworks |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Autoscaling | Horizontal | Horizontal |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Geographic reach | Multi-region | Multi-region |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud only |
| **Data** |  |  |
| Bundled managed data services | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Delivery** |  |  |
| Built-in global CDN / edge | - | ✓ |
| Custom domains + automatic TLS | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Env vars & secrets management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Instant rollbacks | - | ✓ |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| CLI + deploy API | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T18:31:02.786Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*