Render Reviews & Product Details

I really like that Render had pre-configured environments for building a Flask app. Plus, it has deploy hooks for new pushes to Github.

You can't run tests before deploying (or at least I can't figure it out).

We wanted a really simple deploy process that would also make sure that our services kept running smoothly. Render satisfies both!

I love the ease of configuration, specially when it comes to attaching services to each other

nothing really, hoping they continue growing and add extra features like CDN or etc, but for now they do exactly what they promise, and they do it well

I started using render when i needed quick test environments for my application. The benefits were super quick deployment times, and a super quick onboarding process.

Great documentation. Reliable service. Fantastic support.

- Cheaper instances for playground apps - Ability to SSH to instances

Needed a reliable service to host applications. Render's deployment docs made it incredibly easy to deploy my application.

Render is very easy to get started with and offers lots of options. Coming from Heroku, I have really liked the option for Environment Variable groups as well as the storage options. The customer support via slack is also really nice as I can chat with a human in real-time without having to create a ticket.

When I need to restart the application or change an environment variable, it requires a full rebuild of my application before becoming live. It would be nice to not require a full rebuild as an option. In addition, my build process consumes a lot of memory and has exceeded a 4GB limit and was terminated without sufficient error messaging to let me know what the problem was and required insight from the support team. Finally, I would love to see more add-ons.

Render provides everything I need to build and deploy web applications without having to worry about my own infrastructure, proxy configurations, linux environments etc.. I have been able to develop and release products more quickly than I would if I had to manage my own infrastructure.

* Easy to set up * You can create private services that aren't exposed to the internet * You can set up Elixir clusters (you can't do this on Heroku) * Reasonably priced * Built in cron jobs are more flexible than Heroku's scheduler options

Render is still a fairly new service, so it doesn't have as many features as Heroku. Especially around some of Heroku's great Postgres services.

We use Render for hosting our web app, including an internal service, API, and React frontend.

* Super simple deployment. * Quick and easy setup for Ruby on Rails applications. * You don't need to worry about SSL certificates, it's handled by you automatically. * Uptime is impressive. * Documentation is well written. Even beginners don't have a problem with the setup.

* Missing Cloud Object Storage. I would prefer to keep everything in one place but unfortunately, I had to use another provider for that. * Missing ability to SSH into instances. * Pricing for toy projects could be cheaper. To get a working basic Ruby on Rails app you need to pay for one service and one database.

* Ruby on Rails apps deployment * Git automatic deployment

The UX is very pleasant and intuitive. An environment available for each Git branch is also very nice to have for testing purpose. Automatic SSL is great too.

Render is a relatively new service compared to other PaaS so you might encounter obscure edge cases sometimes but the support is very quick to answer.

We want to deploy Elixir/Phoenix applications. Render integrates these natively.

For me, the ability to get almost instant support on Slack or Discourse is super valuable. I can discuss specifics with other Render users even with Render engineers. That's really useful and not a standard at all. Also the fact, that it's rapidly evolving and improving is very promising. All the last tech and features are being implemented.

I would like to have a bit cheaper service tiers available, especially for preview environments and toy projects.

Thanks to Render I can focus on the stuff I really enjoy as an Elixir developer. Low level DevOps stuff is really not that. :-) If there's some feature I miss on Render, the chances are it is already on their roadmap and it is just a matter of month or two to have it available at my fingertips. If not, I can submit it as a feature request and I can be sure I will receive at least a reply.

Easy integrations and configurations for fast reliable deployment

Currently a new entrant and missing some features but confident they'll get there in time

Super simple deployments I can rely on

Render is constantly adding new features to an already fully stacked hosting service and not just their own features, it appears they take an honest consideration into what their users want added because I constantly see the requests by us in the feedback area getting added to the roadmap. Support is fantastic, infrastructure as code deployments, rollbacks, pull request previews, documentation "with" example code repositories, my favorite host by far.

The logo and color... sorry :( imho it should be something complimentary to the services or the "feeling" you get with the product; resilient, performant, trusted.

deployment time, uptime, performance, cost, list can go on.