Render vs Vultr

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

Feature	Render	Vultr
Starting price	$0.25/mo	$0.01/mo
Best for	Developers Startups Full-stack web apps APIs Small teams replacing Heroku	Developers GPU/AI workloads Price-sensitive scaling
Stated uptime SLA	99.95%	100% network uptime SLA
Storage	SSD	NVME
Regions	4	32
Managed Kubernetes	No	Yes
Support channels	Ticket, Docs, Community forum, Priority support on Pro/Scale/Enterprise	Ticket, Docs, Community
Compliance	SOC 2	SOC 2, GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	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	Bandwidth overage rate varies by data center location Windows license cost not included in base price
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18

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