InMotion Hosting vs Render

InMotion Hosting is strongest for small business websites. Render is strongest for developers. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	InMotion Hosting	Render
Starting price	$2.99/mo	$0.25/mo
Best for	Small business websites Agencies managing multiple cPanel sites WordPress site owners Businesses needing dedicated/bare-metal servers	Developers Startups Full-stack web apps APIs Small teams replacing Heroku
Stated uptime SLA	99.9%	99.95%
Storage	NVME	SSD
Regions	2	4
Managed Kubernetes	No	No
Support channels	Phone, Live chat, Ticket, Docs	Ticket, Docs, Community forum, Priority support on Pro/Scale/Enterprise
Compliance	PCI DSS (via SSL/security add-ons)	SOC 2
Hidden costs to watch for	Renewal prices are 2-4x higher than introductory promo prices (e.g. Core plan ~$2.99/mo intro renews around $11.99/mo) Lowest intro prices require paying for 24-36 month terms upfront Free domain credit only applies for first year; domain renews at standard registrar rate Dedicated IP address, backup storage beyond the included allowance, and additional cPanel licenses on reseller plans cost extra	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	2026-07-18	2026-07-18