Cloudflare Workers vs Render

At a Glance

Cloudflare Workers

Render

Cloudflare Workers

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Render

Pros

Free static site hosting with no limits on bandwidth is genuinely useful for marketing sites and documentation+153
Managed PostgreSQL databases with automatic backups are available without configuring anything yourself+138

Developer Platform

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Hosting

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Cons

Free web services spin down after 15 minutes of inactivity and the cold start takes 30-60 seconds — awful first impression for demo apps+187
Database backups on the free tier are limited to manual snapshots — you need to pay $7/mo minimum for automated backups+152
Support response times are slow compared to competitors and the community forum isn't very active for finding workarounds+88
Pricing for production workloads can be higher than a comparably sized DigitalOcean or Hetzner server you manage yourself+74