DigitalOcean vs Render

DigitalOcean is strongest for developers. Render is strongest for developers. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	DigitalOcean	Render
Starting price	$3.39/mo	$0.25/mo
Best for	Developers Startups Kubernetes	Developers Startups Full-stack web apps APIs Small teams replacing Heroku
Stated uptime SLA	99.99%	99.95%
Storage	SSD	SSD
Regions	15	4
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	No
Support channels	Ticket, Community forum, Docs	Ticket, Docs, Community forum, Priority support on Pro/Scale/Enterprise
Compliance	SOC 2, GDPR	SOC 2
Hidden costs to watch for	Bandwidth overages billed at $0.01/GB past pooled allowance	Persistent disk storage billed separately at $0.25/GB/month Bandwidth overage billed per-GB beyond workspace plan allowance (best-available figure ~$0.15/GB, exact current rate not printed on fetched docs page) Additional custom domains beyond plan allowance billed at $0.25/month each Postgres storage overage billed at roughly $0.30/GB/month beyond included storage Instances billed by the second while running, so scale-to-zero / suspended services still show partial-month charges for the time they were up
Last reviewed	2026-07-01	2026-07-18