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Render vs Redis

Unified cloud for apps, databases, and static sites
vs. The real-time data platform — in-memory DB + cache + vector + search

Render websiteRedis Cloud

Pricing tiers

Render

Postgres — Free
30-day limit. 256 MB RAM, 0.1 CPU, 1 GB storage. Rotates.
Free
Hobby (Free)
Free workspace. 1 project, 2 envs, 100 GB bandwidth. Includes free Web Services + static sites + dev DB.
Free
Key Value (Redis) — Free
25 MB. Ephemeral.
Free
Web Service — Free
Free (spins down with idle). 512 MB RAM, 0.1 CPU.
Free
Postgres — Basic
256 MB RAM, 0.1 CPU. Always-on.
$6/mo
Web Service — Starter
Always-on. 512 MB RAM, 0.5 CPU.
$7/mo
Key Value — Starter
256 MB RAM.
$10/mo
Professional
$19/user/month. Unlimited projects, 500 GB bandwidth, up to 10 team members.
$19/mo
Web Service — Standard
Always-on. 2 GB RAM, 1 CPU.
$25/mo
Organization
$29/user/month. Unlimited members, 1 TB bandwidth, compliance certs.
$29/mo
Postgres — Pro
4 GB RAM, 1 CPU.
$55/mo
Web Service — Pro
Always-on. 4 GB RAM, 2 CPU.
$85/mo
Web Service — Pro Plus
Always-on. 8 GB RAM, 4 CPU.
$175/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Centralized team management, dedicated support.
Custom
Render website

Redis

Free
30 MB. Single DB. Community support. AWS + GCP only.
Free
Redis OSS
BSD-licensed Redis (or source-available RSALv2 for newer). Self-host free.
$0 base (usage-based)
Essentials
From $5/mo. 250 MB to 100 GB. SAML SSO, RBAC, 99.99% uptime.
$5/mo
Pro
From $200/mo. Dedicated. Active-Active multi-region. Auto-tiering. 99.999% uptime.
$200/mo
Enterprise
Custom annual. SOC2, HIPAA, private deployment.
Custom
Redis Cloud

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing hobby on Render vs free on Redis.

MetricRenderRedis
No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers.

Features

Render · 13 features

  • AutoscalingMetric-based autoscale of instances.
  • Background WorkersProcess queue workers. No HTTP entrypoint.
  • Blueprints (render.yaml)Infrastructure-as-code config for all services.
  • Cron JobsScheduled Docker jobs.
  • Custom DomainsFree SSL, automatic cert renewal.
  • DDoS ProtectionBuilt-in.
  • Persistent DisksAttach persistent SSD to services.
  • Preview EnvironmentsPer-PR preview envs with their own DB and services.
  • Private ServicesInternal services not exposed to the public internet.
  • Render Key Value (Redis)Managed Redis-compatible key-value store.
  • Render PostgresManaged PostgreSQL with automated backups.
  • Static SitesGit-backed static hosting with global CDN, free SSL.
  • Web ServicesLong-running HTTP services with auto-scale + health checks.

Redis · 21 features

  • Active-Active (CRDT)Multi-region live-write replication.
  • Auto-Tiering (Flex)RAM + SSD tiered storage.
  • Bitmaps + BitfieldsCompact boolean storage.
  • GeoGeospatial queries on lat/lon.
  • HashesField-value maps per key.
  • HyperLogLogProbabilistic cardinality.
  • ListsLinked list — push/pop/range.
  • Lua ScriptingServer-side Lua + Functions.
  • Pub/SubChannel-based messaging.
  • RedisBloomBloom + Cuckoo + Count-Min Sketch + TopK.
  • Redis ClusterHorizontal sharding.
  • RediSearchFull-text + vector search engine.
  • RedisInsightOfficial GUI for Redis.
  • RedisJSONNative JSON document support.
  • RedisTimeSeriesTime-series data type.
  • ReplicationPrimary-replica async replication.
  • SetsUnique element sets.
  • Sorted Sets (ZSet)Score-ranked sets for leaderboards.
  • StreamsAppend-only log (Kafka-like).
  • StringsPrimitive + binary-safe key-value.
  • Transactions (MULTI/EXEC)Atomic command batches.

Developer interfaces

KindRenderRedis
CLIRender CLIredis-cli
SDKgo-redis, Jedis + Lettuce, node-redis, redis-py, redis-rs
RESTRender REST APIRedis Cloud API
MCPRender MCP
OTHERRedisInsight GUI, RESP protocol
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