How do Render and Vercel Pro prices compare?

Render: $25/month on Pro at 3 instances. Vercel Pro: $20/month on Pro at 1,500 GB bandwidth. Different billing units are not an equal-workload comparison. Estimates exclude unlisted add-ons and taxes.

Can storage and hosting costs be compared directly?

Not as one workload. Storage, bandwidth, requests and compute are separate billing units; estimates use independent controls when those units differ.

What can be missing from a hosting estimate?

Build minutes, CPU time, memory, requests, outbound transfer, team seats and regional charges may be outside the tracked component.

What features and free access does Render list?

Git deploys, Managed Postgres, Background workers. Free access: Free web services. Check plan-specific availability and current terms on the provider's official pricing page.

What features and free access does Vercel Pro list?

Edge network, Preview deploys. Free access: Hobby: 100 GB. Check plan-specific availability and current terms on the provider's official pricing page.

Compute & Storage · side by side

Render vs Vercel Pro

Compare Render, Vercel Pro by compute, bandwidth, storage, deployment limits, regions and support.

Compute & Storage pricing calculator

These providers bill in different units. Each estimate uses its own workload; there is no same-volume price winner.

Render

Number of instances

Vercel Pro

Bandwidth

1,500 GB

Render

$25 / mo

Pro · 3 instances

Vercel Pro

$20 / mo

Pro · 1,500 GB bandwidth

Listed USD plan fees and tracked usage only. Unlisted compute, transfer, extras, taxes and contract terms are excluded. Custom or unsupported plan usage is not estimated.

Compute & Storage overview & pricing

Compute & Storage	Render	Vercel Pro
Provider	Render	Vercel
Billing unit	instances	GB bandwidth
Plan at selected usage	Pro	Pro
Monthly estimate	$25/mo	$20/mo
Workload	3 instances	1,500 GB bandwidth
Free access	Free web services	Hobby: 100 GB
Published plans	Hobby, Pro, Scale, Enterprise	Hobby, Pro, Enterprise
Prices checked	2026-10-08	2026-10-08

Provider

Render: Render
Vercel Pro: Vercel

Billing unit

Render: instances
Vercel Pro: GB bandwidth

Plan at selected usage

Render: Pro
Vercel Pro: Pro

Monthly estimate

Render: $25/mo
Vercel Pro: $20/mo

Workload

Render: 3 instances
Vercel Pro: 1,500 GB bandwidth

Free access

Render: Free web services
Vercel Pro: Hobby: 100 GB

Published plans

Render: Hobby, Pro, Scale, Enterprise
Vercel Pro: Hobby, Pro, Enterprise

Prices checked

Render: 2026-10-08
Vercel Pro: 2026-10-08

Compute & Storage monthly cost

Render: $25Vercel Pro: $20

Different workloads, separate estimates

Separate application hosting, serverless requests and object storage. A GB of storage is not a GB of egress. Budget for compute duration, requests, builds and network transfer where charged, and check region and minimum-spend requirements.

Compute & Storage feature comparison

Compute & Storage	Render	Vercel Pro
Maximum services	Unlimited	Not listed
Static Sites		Not listed
Web services		Not listed
Private services		Not listed
Background workers		Not listed
Persistent disks	$0.25 per GB per month	Not listed
Postgres expandable storage	$0.30 per GB	Not listed
Point-in-time recovery window	7 days	Not listed
Read-only replicas		Not listed
High availability		Not listed
Key-value (Redis-compatible)		Not listed
Cron jobs		Not listed
Workflows concurrent task runs	50 task runs then $10/mo per 50	Not listed
Task compute plans	Up to Pro Ultra	Not listed
Vertical scaling		Not listed
Horizontal autoscaling		Not listed
Automatic private networking		Not listed
Bandwidth	25 GB included per month then $0.15 per GB	Not listed
Global regions		Not listed
Zero-config CDN		Not listed
Edge caching for web services		Not listed
Custom domains	15 included then $0.25/domain/month	Not listed
Automatic TLS		Not listed
Wildcard domains		Not listed
WebSockets		Not listed
Service discovery		Not listed
Dedicated IPs	$100 per month for each IP set	Not listed
AWS private links	$30 per month Includes up to 3 links	Not listed
Private link outbound bandwidth	$0.03 per GB	Not listed
Automatic DDoS mitigation		Not listed
Firewall		Not listed
HTTPS only		Not listed
Inbound IP rules	Datastores only Postgres and Key Value	Not listed
Network-isolated environments		Not listed
Automatic builds		Not listed
Standard build pipeline	1K mins per month then $5 per 1K mins	Not listed
Performance build pipeline	$25 per 1000 mins	Not listed
Native runtimes		Not listed
Docker builds		Not listed
Environment variables & secret files		Not listed
Monorepo support		Not listed
Single-service previews		Not listed
Full-stack preview environments		Not listed
Auto-deploys		Not listed
Zero-downtime deploys		Not listed
Deploy hooks		Not listed
Pre-deploy command		Not listed
Instant rollbacks	15 builds retained	Not listed
Projects	Unlimited	Not listed
Environments	Unlimited	Not listed
Protected environments		Not listed
Infrastructure as code		Not listed
SSH access		Not listed
Health checks		Not listed
Service metrics		Not listed
Notifications		Not listed
Log retention	14 days	Not listed
HTTP request logs		Not listed
OpenTelemetry metrics stream		Not listed
Team seats	Unlimited	Not listed
Workspaces	1	Not listed
2FA & Google login		Not listed
Enforce 2FA & Google login		Not listed
Workspace user roles	Admin, Developer	Not listed
Organization user roles		Not listed
SAML SSO		Not listed
SCIM		Not listed
OIDC authentication		Not listed
Audit logs	Workspace	Not listed
GDPR DPA		Not listed
SOC 2 Type II		Not listed
ISO 27001		Not listed
SOC 2 & ISO documentation		Not listed
HIPAA BAA		$350 / month
Email support		Not listed
Chat support		Not listed
Premium support	Add-on	Not listed
Private Slack channel	Add-on	Not listed
Dedicated technical account manager	Add-on	Not listed
Support response SLAs	Add-on	Not listed
CDN Requests	Not listed	Included in Flat Rate CDN
Fast Data Transfer	Not listed	Included in Flat Rate CDN
Custom Firewall Rules	Not listed	Up to 40
IP Blocking	Not listed	Up to 100
System Bypass Rules	Not listed	Up to 25
Firewall Rate Limit Requests	Not listed	Starting at $0.50 per 1M allowed requests
OWASP Core Ruleset (managed)	Not listed
BotID	Not listed	$1 per 1,000 Deep Analysis checks
ISR Reads	Not listed	Starting at $0.40 per 1M
ISR Writes	Not listed	Starting at $4 per 1M
Bulk Redirects	Not listed	$50 / month per 25K redirects
Blob Storage Size	Not listed	$0.023 per GB
Blob Simple Operations	Not listed	$0.40 per 1M
Blob Advanced Operations	Not listed	$5 per 1M
Blob Data Transfer	Not listed	Included in Flat Rate CDN
Image Optimization Transformation	Not listed	Starting at $0.05 per 1K
Image Optimization Cache Reads	Not listed	Starting at $0.40 per 1M
Image Optimization Cache Writes	Not listed	Starting at $4 per 1M
Global Config Reads	Not listed	Starting at $3 per 1M reads
Global Config Writes	Not listed	$1 per 100 writes
Microfrontends	Not listed	2 included projects, then $250 per additional project
Microfrontends Routing	Not listed	$2 per 1M routed requests
Fluid Active CPU	Not listed	Starting at $0.128 per hour
Fluid Provisioned Memory	Not listed	Starting at $0.0106 per GB-hr
Function Invocations	Not listed	Starting at $0.60 per 1M
Service Requests Beta	Not listed	Starting at $0.50 per 1M
Sandbox Active CPU	Not listed	Starting at $0.128 per hour
Sandbox Provisioned Memory	Not listed	Starting at $0.0212 per GB-hr
Sandbox Creations	Not listed	Starting at $0.60 per 1M
Sandbox Data Transfer	Not listed	Included in Flat Rate CDN
Concurrent Sandboxes	Not listed	10K
Snapshot Storage	Not listed	Starting at $0.08 per GB-month
Vercel Container Registry Image Storage Beta	Not listed	$0.10 per GB-month
Fast Origin Transfer	Not listed	Starting at $0.06 per GB
Workflow Events	Not listed	$20 per 1M
Workflow Storage Writes	Not listed	$0.50 per GB
Workflow Storage Retention	Not listed	$0.50 per GB-month
Queues API Operations	Not listed	Starting at $0.60 per 1M
v0	Not listed	Paid add-on
Vercel Agent Beta	Not listed	$0.25 / million tokens + pass-through token cost
AI Gateway Token Requests	Not listed	$3.00 per 1,000 requests
AI Gateway Triggers	Not listed	$0.95 per 1,000 triggers
Custom Environments	Not listed	1 environment
Build minutes - Basic machines	Not listed	$0.007 per minute
Build minutes - Standard machines	Not listed	$0.014 per minute
Build minutes - Enhanced machines	Not listed	$0.028 per minute
Build minutes - Turbo machines	Not listed	$0.105 per minute
Build minutes - Elastic machines	Not listed	$0.0035 per CPU minute
Rolling Releases	Not listed	1 project included
Preview Deployment Suffix	Not listed	$100 / month
Developer seat	Not listed	$20 / month
Viewer seat	Not listed	Unlimited
Billing seat	Not listed	1
Previewers	Not listed	Unlimited
Flags Explorer - Unlimited Overrides	Not listed	150 overrides / month included then $250 for unlimited overrides
Flag Requests	Not listed	$0.03 per 1K requests
Observability Events Add-on	Not listed	$1.20 per 1M events
Extended retention	Not listed	30 days
Speed Insights	Not listed	Free 10K events / team / rolling 30 days
Speed Insights Plus Events Add-on	Not listed	$10 / project / month $0.65 per 10K events
Web Analytics Events	Not listed	$3 per 100K events
Web Analytics Plus Add-on	Not listed	$10 / month
Runtime Logs	Not listed	1 day of logs 30 days with Observability Plus
Tracing Spans Beta	Not listed	$0.50 per 1M span units
Session Tracing	Not listed	1 day of traces
Drains Volume	Not listed	$0.50 per 1 GB
Role-Based Access Control	Not listed	Team level
SAML Single Sign-On (SSO)	Not listed	$300 / month
Password Protection	Not listed	$20 / project / month
Static IPs (shared pool)	Not listed	$100 / project / month Starting at $0.15 per GB

Maximum services

Render: Unlimited
Vercel Pro: Not listed

Static Sites

Render
Vercel Pro: Not listed

Web services

Render
Vercel Pro: Not listed

Private services

Render
Vercel Pro: Not listed

Background workers

Render
Vercel Pro: Not listed

Persistent disks

Render: $0.25 per GB per month
Vercel Pro: Not listed

Postgres expandable storage

Render: $0.30 per GB
Vercel Pro: Not listed

Point-in-time recovery window

Render: 7 days
Vercel Pro: Not listed

Read-only replicas

Render
Vercel Pro: Not listed

High availability

Render
Vercel Pro: Not listed

Key-value (Redis-compatible)

Render
Vercel Pro: Not listed

Cron jobs

Render
Vercel Pro: Not listed

Workflows concurrent task runs

Render: 50 task runs then $10/mo per 50
Vercel Pro: Not listed

Task compute plans

Render: Up to Pro Ultra
Vercel Pro: Not listed

Vertical scaling

Render
Vercel Pro: Not listed

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Render features & plan notes

Git deploys
Managed Postgres
Background workers
Unlimited seats & services
25 GB bandwidth included
Full-stack previews
Horizontal autoscaling
Isolated environments
OIDC authentication
AWS Private Links
Workspace audit logs

Full pricing Official Pricing

Vercel Pro features & plan notes

Edge network
Preview deploys
All Hobby features, plus:
$20 of included usage credit
Flat Rate CDN with traffic spike protection
Advanced spend management
Team collaboration & free viewer seats
Cold start prevention
Free custom domain

Full pricing Official Pricing

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