# Koyeb vs Render

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Koyeb

| Attribute | Koyeb | Render |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 80.6 (71% (medium)) | 67.9 (73% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A cloud platform that enables developers to deploy and scale AI applications, APIs, and managed databases without managing infrastructure. Provides serverless compute with automatic scaling, edge deployment across 50+ global locations, and support for intensive workloads. It is indexed under PaaS & Hosting.","source":"https://www.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-serverless-postgres-pricing","question":"What is Koyeb?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Koyeb offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.10. 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.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-serverless-postgres-pricing","question":"Is Koyeb free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Koyeb 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.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-serverless-postgres-pricing","question":"What platforms does Koyeb support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Koyeb, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-serverless-postgres-pricing","question":"Can Koyeb be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 20 integrations for Koyeb, including Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub, AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, DigitalOcean and Vultr, plus 12 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-serverless-postgres-pricing","question":"What does Koyeb integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and ISO 27001 for Koyeb. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Koyeb not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.koyeb.com","question":"What security certifications does Koyeb have?","confidence":0.6}]` | `[{"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}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud platform that enables developers to deploy and scale AI applications, APIs, and managed databases without managing infrastructure. Provides serverless compute with automatic scaling, edge deployment across 50+ global locations, and support for intensive workloads. | 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":"cloud","regions":"global_edge","edge_cdn":true,"runtimes":"Multiple popular languages and frameworks via Docker and native runtime support","autoscaling":"scale_to_zero","cli_and_api":true,"build_system":"dockerfile","git_push_deploy":true,"container_deploy":true,"managed_databases":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 | 20 | 10 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Azure Blob Storage"},{"name":"DigitalOcean"},{"name":"Vultr"},{"name":"Wasabi"},{"name":"Scaleway"},{"name":"Minio"},{"name":"Ollama"},{"name":"MistralAI"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic Claude"},{"name":"Google Gemini"},{"name":"Dagger"},{"name":"Neo4j"},{"name":"LlamaIndex"},{"name":"n8n"}]` | `[{"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":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free tier","features":["1GB RAM","0.25 CPU","50 active hours/month"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Serverless Postgres with included active hours","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"active_hours":"50/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Small","summary":"$20.89/month or $0.0000078/second","features":["1GB RAM","0.25 CPU"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20.89,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD","per_metric":"storage and operations"}],"description":"Serverless Postgres small database","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Medium","summary":"$42.85/month or $0.000016/second","features":["2GB RAM","0.5 CPU"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":42.85,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD","per_metric":"storage and operations"}],"description":"Serverless Postgres medium database","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Large","summary":"$96.42/month or $0.000036/second","features":["4GB RAM","1 CPU"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":96.42,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD","per_metric":"storage and operations"}],"description":"Serverless Postgres large database","contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional storage","components":[{"kind":"fixed","unit":"per 10GB","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From free tier (50 active hours/month) to $96.42/month for Large Postgres; usage-based add-ons for storage and operations at $0.10/GB","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-serverless-postgres-pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:25:19.011Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.1,"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 | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type 2","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://render.com/security |

## Capabilities (PaaS & Hosting)

| Capability | Koyeb | Render |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deploy** |  |  |
| Git-push auto-deploy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deploy arbitrary container image | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-PR preview environments | - | ✓ |
| **Build** |  |  |
| Build system | Dockerfile | Dockerfile |
| Runtime / language breadth | Multiple popular languages and frameworks via Docker and native runtime support | Node.js, Python, Bun, Docker, and multiple frameworks |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Autoscaling | Scale-to-zero | Horizontal |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Geographic reach | Global edge | Multi-region |
| Hosting | Cloud only | 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 2026-10-16T19:14:41.753Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*
