Render vs Zeabur.
Prices checked
Zeabur is cheaper on 2 of the 3 shapes both sell, the widest gap team tier at $79/mo against $499/mo, checked .
Where to start
Renderall 17 prices →It takes your code or an image and runs a container of it for you.
Starts at
$7/mo
0.5c-512mb · 0.5 vCPU · 512 MB
Zeaburall 4 prices →It takes your code or an image and runs a container of it for you.
Starts at
$5/mo
Dev
Side by side
| Fact | Render | Zeabur |
|---|---|---|
| Kind of platform | App platform | App platform |
| Prices published | 17 | 4 |
| Entry price | $7/mo | $5/mo |
| Cheaper of the two | 0 of 3 | 2 of 3 |
| Free tier | Free web service, sleeps when idle | Free, sleeps when idle |
| Transfer per GB | $0.15 per GB | not published |
| One build minute | 0.5¢ per minute | not published |
| One extra member | not published | $24 per member a month |
| A GB of disk a month | $0.25 per GB a month | not published |
Every shape both sell
3 shapes, sizes first, smallest first. Monthly prices.
| Shape | Render | Zeabur |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby tier | freeHobby workspaceno seat feeidling unknown | $5Dev1 seatalways on |
| Pro tier | $25Pro workspaceno seat feeidling unknown | $19Pro1 seatalways on |
| Team tier | $499Scale workspaceno seat feeidling unknown | $79Team3 seatsalways on |
How we count
Zeabur is cheaper on 2 of the 3 shapes both sell, Render on 0, and 1 are level or have a free tier on one side. Both are the same kind of platform, so what a price buys is the same shape at each and the money is most of what separates them.
A shape is a runtime with the same stated memory at both, smallest first, or a subscription at the same step of both ladders. A seat and a gigabyte are never put in the same row.
Where one side of a row costs nothing, neither is marked as the cheaper: free is a limit rather than a price. What each platform meters on top is listed beside the prices and never folded into them, and a rate that is not published is not a rate of zero.
Frequently asked
- Is Render cheaper than Zeabur?
- On the 3 shapes both sell, Render is cheaper on 0, Zeabur on 2, and 1 are level or have a free tier on one side. Prices exclude tax and were read on 29 Sept 2026.
- What is the difference between Render and Zeabur?
- Render: You push a repository or an image and the platform builds it, runs it and keeps it running. There is no operating system to look after and no root, which is the point: the container is replaced rather than repaired. What you size is memory and a share of a processor. Zeabur: You push a repository or an image and the platform builds it, runs it and keeps it running. There is no operating system to look after and no root, which is the point: the container is replaced rather than repaired. What you size is memory and a share of a processor.
- Does Render or Zeabur stop your app when nothing calls it?
- Render: its free tier sleeps when idle. Zeabur: its free tier sleeps when idle.
- What does each one charge on top of the plan price?
- Render: transfer $0.15 per GB, builds 0.5¢ per minute, members not published. Zeabur: transfer not published, builds not published, members $24 per member a month. A rate that is not published is not a rate of zero, and none of these is folded into the monthly figures above.
- How current are these prices?
- Both catalogues are read every day. Render was last read 29 Sept 2026 and Zeabur 29 Sept 2026; the whole index was refreshed 29 Sept 2026. Prices exclude tax, and a tier that costs nothing is listed here and is the cheaper of two nowhere.
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