Pick Coolify if
small teams who will self-host the OSS control plane at $0 while they deploy a first git app, or start Cloud at $5/month (2 servers included, then $3/server) when they do not want to maintain Coolify itself.
Read the Coolify pageCoolify vs Render
Our take
Pick Coolify if small teams who will self-host the OSS control plane at $0 while they deploy a first git app, or start Cloud at $5/month (2 servers included, then $3/server) when they do not want to maintain Coolify itself. Pick Render if teams who will stay on Hobby at $0 / month + the free 512 MB web service while they deploy a first project, then buy Pro at $25 / month when they need unlimited seats and
Best for
Coolify Deploys you start at $5 Cloud or OSS $0
Render Web services and a Postgres you start at $0
Free plan
Coolify $0 · open source. You install and maintain Coolify. Unlimited servers and deployments on hardware you own
Render $0 · / month + compute. Deploy up to 25 services. 5 GB bandwidth. Single-service previews
Lowest paid
Coolify Not published by the vendor
Render Pro $25
Next step up
Coolify
Render Scale $499
Runs where
Coolify Local; you host it
Render Hosted
Watch out
Coolify $5 Cloud is the control plane, not the VPS
Render Hobby $0 is the workspace tile, not unlimited RAM
Last checked
Coolify 2026-10-22 · coolify.io/pricing
Render 2026-10-23 · render.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Render if
teams who will stay on Hobby at $0 / month + the free 512 MB web service while they deploy a first project, then buy Pro at $25 / month when they need unlimited seats and full-stack previews.
Read the Render page