# Koyeb vs Render

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Koyeb

| Attribute | Koyeb | Render |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 80.6 (71% (medium)) | 65.6 (70% (medium)) |
| 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. | Cloud platform for deploying and scaling applications, agents, databases, and background jobs with zero-ops infrastructure. |
| 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 | 9 |
| 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"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","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":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"HIPAA-enabled workspace","summary":"$499/month with self-serve BAA and live chat support","features":["Self-serve BAA","Audit controls with OpenTelemetry-compatible logging","AES-128 encryption at rest (databases, backups, secrets)","TLS 1.2+ encryption for all traffic","Private networking with role-based access control","Intrusion detection","Point-in-time recovery with encrypted backups across multiple availability zones","Preview environments","Git-push deploys","Autoscaling","Observability with OpenTelemetry streaming"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":499,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"HIPAA-ready with built-in encryption, audit controls, and network isolation; includes self-serve BAA","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free tier available. HIPAA workspace plans start at $499/month.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://render.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T09:28:18.768Z","startingPrice":{"amount":499,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | high |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## 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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:16:06.784Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*