Render vs Cleavr
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Render and Cleavr.
Quick Verdict
3.7/5
Render
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3.8/5
Cleavr
0 reviews
Cleavr is rated higher (3.8 vs 3.7). Modern cloud platform for deploying web apps, APIs, static sites, cron jobs, and PostgreSQL — zero DevOps required. Auto-deploys from Git with preview URLs per branch. Cleavr is a server management and deployment tool for deploying Laravel, Node.js, and static sites to your own VPS. Manages Nginx, databases, SSL, and deployments through a UI.
Render Deploy web apps, APIs, and databases without managing infrastructure | Cleavr Deploy Laravel and Node.js apps via UI | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.7 (0 reviews) | 3.8 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | freemium | paid |
| Starting price | From $7/mo | From $5.5/mo✓ |
| Best for | Small teams shipping conventional Postgres-backed web apps who want Git deploys and managed operations without owning infrastructure. | Solo developers and small teams running PHP, Laravel, WordPress, or Node apps who want Forge-style deployment workflows on their own VPS at half the price |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 1 vCPU | — |
| RAM | 1 GB | — |
| Storage | 1 GB | — |
| Bandwidth | 0 TB/mo | — |
| SLA uptime | — | — |
| Data-center count | 5 | — |
| €/vCPU/mo | €7.00 | — |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €7.00 | — |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ✓ | |
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ✓ | |
| Free tier | ✓ | |
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | United StatesGermanySingapore | — |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | free tiermanaged optioneu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenterapi access | managed option |
| Visit Render → | Visit Cleavr → | |
Render
Pros
- + Git-based deploys with per-pull-request preview environments included
- + Coherent pricing: one instance-type table for web services, workers, and cron jobs
- + Free DDoS protection on every service and managed TLS out of the box
- + Managed PostgreSQL with point-in-time recovery on paid plans
- + render.yaml blueprints and a Terraform provider for reproducible environments
Cons
- - No public availability SLA outside negotiated Enterprise contracts
- - Included bandwidth is small (5 GB / 25 GB) with $0.15 per GB overage
- - No IPv6, no GPUs, no bare metal, and only five regions
- - Free tier sleeps on inactivity and free Postgres expires after 30 days
Cleavr
Pros
- + Cheap and honest: Lite $5.50/mo for one server with unlimited apps, Pro $15/mo for unlimited servers with backups and monitoring
- + Production deployment features — zero-downtime releases, rollback, canary with health checks, push-to-deploy
- + Works with all the usual VPS providers plus a custom BYO-server connector; servers remain fully yours
- + Complete stack management from the UI: Nginx/PHP, MySQL/PostgreSQL/MariaDB, SSL, Fail2Ban/UFW, cron, PM2
- + Real free trial (5 days, Pro features, no card) and 7-day refunds; 50% discounts for students and non-profits
Cons
- - Bootstrapped two-person company with no published uptime SLA and email-only support
- - API access is locked to trial and Business ($30/mo); team features are Business-only
- - Agent plus panel components reportedly consume ~200-500 MB RAM on each managed server
- - Published prices are yearly-billing rates; the monthly-billing rate is not shown on the pricing page
- - Younger areas (Next.js, newer app types) are thinner than the mature Laravel/PHP core
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