Koyeb vs Render — free-tier comparison
This comparison is calculated from verified service fields. It is not presented as an editorial review and remains excluded from the index until reviewed.
At a glance
Koyeb: Cheapest paid plan · Render: Most regions
PaaS
One free web service with 512 MB RAM, 0.1 vCPU and 2 GB SSD; free PostgreSQL is limited to 5 active hours and 1 GB storage
Paid from $1.61/month
- One free web service per organization
- 512 MB RAM, 0.1 vCPU and 2 GB SSD
- Free instance in Frankfurt or Washington, D.C.
- Free web instance is explicit and not billed when kept on the free instance type
- GitHub, Docker, buildpack and CLI deployment paths
- Free web services scale to zero after one hour without traffic
Best for
- Small APIs, demos and hobby apps that can tolerate sleep
- Flask, Django, Go, Node.js and Docker apps deployed from GitHub
PaaS
512 MB web service, 750 hours/month, sleeps after 15 minutes; free Postgres expires after 30 days
Paid from $7/month
- Free static sites
- 750 hours/month for web services
- Free managed PostgreSQL (30 days)
- One platform for web services, static sites, databases, workers and cron
- Auto-deploys from Git with free TLS
- Free web services sleep after about 15 minutes of inactivity
Best for
- Full-stack apps and APIs that need an always-deployable server
- Side projects that want a free database to start
The catch?
Koyeb
- Scales to zero when idle
- Credit card required
- Some constraints remain unconfirmed
Render
- Sleeps when idle
- Suspends at the limit
- Some constraints remain unconfirmed
Detailed comparison
| Koyeb | Render | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier & pricing | ||
| Free tier ↑ better | Perpetual (sleeps) ★ | Perpetual (sleeps) ★ |
| Paid from ↓ better | $1.61/mo ★ | $7/mo |
| Regions ↑ better | 2 free regions | 5 regions ★ |
| PaaS | ||
| Included RAM ↑ better | 512 MB ★ | 512 MB ★ |
| Compute hours ↑ better | — | 750 hrs/mo |
FAQ
Koyeb documents one free web service per organization with 512 MB RAM, 0.1 vCPU and 2 GB SSD, plus a free PostgreSQL database limited to 5 active hours and 1 GB storage.
Yes. Free instances scale down to zero when they receive no traffic for one hour, so the next request can be cold.
Free web services spin down after about 15 minutes of inactivity and cold-start on the next request. Paid instances stay always-on.
No. Render's free PostgreSQL database expires 30 days after creation, with a short grace period before deletion.