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Cloudflare vs Render

Monthly hosting costs for typical app profiles — computed with the same recommendation engine as StackPlan stack reports. Assumes balanced budget and ops preferences unless noted.

Pricing data:Cloudflare · updated Jun 2026Render · updated Jul 2026

Web app

MetricCloudflareRender
Cost at 1k DAU$66/mo$42.10/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$8.70/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66/mo$42.10/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$735.65/mo$405.80/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7508.40/mo$4399.50/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Render · Web Service · Starter
  • Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB
Fit score82/10088/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

SaaS product

MetricCloudflareRender
Cost at 1k DAU$66.40/mo$43.50/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$9.70/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66.40/mo$43.50/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$741.25/mo$412.40/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7568/mo$4460.10/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Cloudflare · Cron Triggers · Free
  • Render · Web Service · Starter
  • Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Render · Cron Jobs · Starter
Fit score82/10067/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

E-commerce store

MetricCloudflareRender
Cost at 1k DAU$67.96/mo$50.83/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$9.51/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$67.96/mo$50.83/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$755.19/mo$493.64/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7703.72/mo$5278.35/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · R2 · Standard
  • Render · Web Service · Starter
  • Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB
  • Netlify · Blobs · Metered
Fit score83/10068/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

API / backend service

MetricCloudflareRender
Cost at 1k DAU$66/mo$42.10/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$8.70/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66/mo$42.10/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$735.65/mo$405.80/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7508.40/mo$4399.50/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Render · Web Service · Starter
  • Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB
Fit score82/10088/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Mobile app backend

MetricCloudflareRender
Cost at 1k DAU$67.96/mo$50.83/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$9.51/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$67.96/mo$50.83/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$755.19/mo$493.64/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7703.72/mo$5278.35/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · R2 · Standard
  • Render · Web Service · Starter
  • Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB
  • Netlify · Blobs · Metered
Fit score83/10068/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Realtime / collaborative

MetricCloudflareRender
Cost at 1k DAU$66/mo$42.10/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$8.70/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66/mo$42.10/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$735.65/mo$405.80/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7508.40/mo$4399.50/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Render · Web Service · Starter
  • Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB
Fit score80/10085/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Jobs & pipelines

MetricCloudflareRender
Cost at 1k DAU$66.40/mo$43.50/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$9.70/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66.40/mo$43.50/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$741.25/mo$412.40/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7568/mo$4460.10/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Cloudflare · Cron Triggers · Free
  • Render · Web Service · Starter
  • Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Render · Cron Jobs · Starter
Fit score82/10067/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

AI app

MetricCloudflareRender
Cost at 1k DAU$67.96/mo$50.83/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$9.51/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$67.96/mo$50.83/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$755.19/mo$493.64/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7703.72/mo$5278.35/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · R2 · Standard
  • Render · Web Service · Starter
  • Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB
  • Netlify · Blobs · Metered
Fit score83/10058/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Internal tool

MetricCloudflareRender
Cost at 1k DAU$66/mo$42.10/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$8.70/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66/mo$42.10/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$735.65/mo$405.80/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7508.40/mo$4399.50/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Render · Web Service · Starter
  • Render · Postgres · Basic 1GB
Fit score82/10088/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

These numbers assume a typical profile

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