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 pageRender vs Vercel
Our take
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. Pick Vercel if frontend / Next.js teams who will stay on Hobby at $0 (personal, non-commercial, usage caps) while they open a first Resources tab, then buy Pro at $20 / month (1 deploying seat + $20 usage credit)
Best for
Render Web services and a Postgres you start at $0
Vercel Functions and static files you inspect at $0
Free plan
Render $0 · / month + compute. Deploy up to 25 services. 5 GB bandwidth. Single-service previews
Vercel $0 · / month. Personal, non-commercial. Usage caps; cannot buy extra usage. 200 projects. 100 deployments / day. 50 domains / project. 1 hour runtime logs on the Hobby comparison we fetched
Lowest paid
Render Pro $25
Vercel Pro $20
Next step up
Render Scale $499
Vercel Add-ons we fetched $300
Runs where
Render Hosted
Vercel Hosted
Watch out
Render Hobby $0 is the workspace tile, not unlimited RAM
Vercel Hobby is personal / non-commercial
Last checked
Render 2026-10-23 · render.com/pricing
Vercel 2026-10-23 · vercel.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Vercel if
frontend / Next.js teams who will stay on Hobby at $0 (personal, non-commercial, usage caps) while they open a first Resources tab, then buy Pro at $20 / month (1 deploying seat + $20 usage credit) when they need commercial use, team roles, or on-demand usage.
Read the Vercel page