Koyeb vs Render
SEPT 2026 auditA comparison of Koyeb and Render built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
The short answer
Choose Koyeb if…
Container and web workloads that suit per-second billing and scale-to-zero across six regions without running Kubernetes yourself, where a flat $29 plan fee on top of compute buys team seats, concurrent builds and email support.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Choose Render if…
Workloads that need real background workers and persistent processes alongside web services, deployed from a repository or a Dockerfile. Managed Postgres and static sites run on the same platform.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Consider something else if…
- Koyeb: A contractual uptime commitment matters at the entry price: Koyeb attaches 99.9% to its Scale plan at $299 a month, ten times the cost of Pro, and Pro carries none.
- Render: Free web services spin down after 15 minutes without traffic, which makes the free tier unsuitable for anything that must answer immediately.
5 sourced criteria separate them — see where, with sources, below.
Pick the criteria you care about. The chart counts how many of them lean toward each provider — the same read as scanning the bars below, just totalled for the ones you chose.
Koyeb 0
Render 0
At a glance.
| Criterion | Koyeb | Render |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing model | A monthly plan fee plus pay-per-use compute, accounted per second and rounded up, charged at the end of the calendar month after the included free credit is consumed. | The Hobby plan does not have a monthly fee, so you only pay for usage. |
| Infrastructure | ||
| Scales to zero | Supported | Supported |
| Autoscaling | Supported | Limited — Requires a Pro workspace plan or higher; scales on CPU or memory utilisation targets. |
| Regions | Six core regions — Frankfurt, Washington D.C., Singapore, Tokyo, Paris and AWS us-east-1 — plus San Francisco in preview. | Oregon, USA; Ohio, USA; Virginia, USA; Frankfurt, Germany; Singapore |
| Uptime SLA | 99.9% from Scale ($299/month) and 99.99% on Enterprise. Pro, the entry paid plan at $29/month, carries none. | Enterprise only, and custom-priced. Hobby, Professional and Organization publish no uptime SLA, and no percentage is given for the Enterprise one. |
| Support | ||
| Support on entry paid plan | Email support and chat on Pro ($29/month), the entry paid plan. Higher tiers add a private Slack channel and 24x7x365 priority support. | Chat support, from the free Hobby plan upward. Professional ($25/month plus compute) adds seats, bandwidth and features but no separate support tier. |
Where they differ.
Pricing model
- Koyeb
- A monthly plan fee plus pay-per-use compute, accounted per second and rounded up, charged at the end of the calendar month after the included free credit is consumed.
- Render
- The Hobby plan does not have a monthly fee, so you only pay for usage.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Koyeb Pricing ↗
“how are processing and bandwidth charged? once you've consumed your included monthly free credit, we start billing you on a pay-per-use basis. processing is accounted per second and billing is rounded up to the nearest unit. we charge you at the end of the calendar month.”
Read 2026-09-14 · official pricing
- Platform Features by Plan – Render Docs ↗
“The Hobby plan does not have a monthly fee, so you only pay for usage.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
Autoscaling
- Koyeb
- Supported
- Render
- Limited — Requires a Pro workspace plan or higher; scales on CPU or memory utilisation targets.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Scaling — Koyeb Docs ↗
“autoscaling allows you to dynamically adjust the number of service instances based on configurable resource and traffic targets. service metrics are continuously monitored to scale the service up or down to meet the demand.”
Read 2026-09-14 · official docs
- Scaling — Render Docs ↗
“Autoscaling Autoscaling requires a Pro workspace plan or higher. [...] Render can automatically scale your service up and down based on CPU and/or memory utilization targets that you specify.”
Read 2026-09-14 · official docs
Regions
Six core regions — Frankfurt, Washington D.C., Singapore, Tokyo, Paris and AWS us-east-1 — plus San Francisco in preview.
Oregon, USA; Ohio, USA; Virginia, USA; Frankfurt, Germany; Singapore
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Regions — Koyeb Docs ↗
“core regions koyeb offers the following core regions: fra: frankfurt, germany was: washington d.c., usa sin: singapore tyo: tokyo, japan par: paris, france aws-us-east-1: aws us east (n. virginia, usa) additionally, the following regions are currently in preview: sfo: san francisco, usa”
Read 2026-09-14 · official docs
- Regions — Render Docs ↗
“You can deploy Render services to any of the following regions to minimize latency for your users: Oregon, USA Ohio, USA Virginia, USA Frankfurt, Germany Singapore”
Read 2026-09-14 · official docs
Uptime SLA
- Koyeb
- 99.9% from Scale ($299/month) and 99.99% on Enterprise. Pro, the entry paid plan at $29/month, carries none.
- Render
- Enterprise only, and custom-priced. Hobby, Professional and Organization publish no uptime SLA, and no percentage is given for the Enterprise one.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Koyeb Pricing ↗
“$100 included compute 50 users 1000 services aws regions slack cross-connect 99.9% uptime sla [...] uptime sla 99.9% 99.99%”
Read 2026-09-14 · official pricing
- Render Pricing ↗
“for teams that need dedicated support and uptime SLAs. Custom pricing”
Read 2026-09-14 · official pricing
Support on entry paid plan
- Koyeb
- Email support and chat on Pro ($29/month), the entry paid plan. Higher tiers add a private Slack channel and 24x7x365 priority support.
- Render
- Chat support, from the free Hobby plan upward. Professional ($25/month plus compute) adds seats, bandwidth and features but no separate support tier.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Koyeb Pricing ↗
“$10 included compute 10 users 100 services nvme volumes and snapshots 5 concurrent builds e-mail support and chat [...] private slack support channel priority support 24×7×365”
Read 2026-09-14 · official pricing
- Render Pricing ↗
“firewall & DDoS mitigation database PITR Chat support All Hobby features, plus: unlimited seats & services 25 GB bandwidth included”
Read 2026-09-14 · official pricing
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.
Documented by only one.
These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.
Questions this comparison answers.
Should I choose Koyeb or Render?
Pick Koyeb if Container and web workloads that suit per-second billing and scale-to-zero across six regions without running Kubernetes yourself, where a flat $29 plan fee on top of compute buys team seats, concurrent builds and email support.
Pick Render if Workloads that need real background workers and persistent processes alongside web services, deployed from a repository or a Dockerfile. Managed Postgres and static sites run on the same platform.