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GrowthBook vs Render

Open-source feature flags + experimentation — Warehouse Native
vs. Unified cloud for apps, databases, and static sites

GrowthBook websiteRender website

Pricing tiers

GrowthBook

Open Source (Self-Host)
MIT-licensed. Unlimited everything. Community support.
$0 base (usage-based)
Cloud — Starter (Free)
Up to 3 users. Unlimited flags + experiments. Warehouse Native included.
Free
Cloud — Pro
$40/user/month. Up to 50 users. Advanced stats, visual A/B editor, CUPED, sequential testing, bandits.
$40/mo
Cloud — Enterprise
Custom. Unlimited users, SSO/SAML, approval flows, data pipelines, exportable audit logs.
Custom
Self-Host Enterprise
Open Source + Enterprise license. Visual A/B editor, advanced metrics, SSO/SAML, approvals, training.
Custom
GrowthBook website

Render

Postgres — Free
30-day limit. 256 MB RAM, 0.1 CPU, 1 GB storage. Rotates.
Free
Hobby (Free)
Free workspace. 1 project, 2 envs, 100 GB bandwidth. Includes free Web Services + static sites + dev DB.
Free
Key Value (Redis) — Free
25 MB. Ephemeral.
Free
Web Service — Free
Free (spins down with idle). 512 MB RAM, 0.1 CPU.
Free
Postgres — Basic
256 MB RAM, 0.1 CPU. Always-on.
$6/mo
Web Service — Starter
Always-on. 512 MB RAM, 0.5 CPU.
$7/mo
Key Value — Starter
256 MB RAM.
$10/mo
Professional
$19/user/month. Unlimited projects, 500 GB bandwidth, up to 10 team members.
$19/mo
Web Service — Standard
Always-on. 2 GB RAM, 1 CPU.
$25/mo
Organization
$29/user/month. Unlimited members, 1 TB bandwidth, compliance certs.
$29/mo
Postgres — Pro
4 GB RAM, 1 CPU.
$55/mo
Web Service — Pro
Always-on. 4 GB RAM, 2 CPU.
$85/mo
Web Service — Pro Plus
Always-on. 8 GB RAM, 4 CPU.
$175/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Centralized team management, dedicated support.
Custom
Render website

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing oss on GrowthBook vs hobby on Render.

MetricGrowthBookRender
No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers.

Features

GrowthBook · 15 features

  • Approval FlowsRequire reviewer approval on flag changes. Enterprise.
  • Audit LogsFull change history. Exportable on Enterprise.
  • Dimensions & SlicingBreak down experiment results by user dimensions.
  • Edge SDK SupportCloudflare Workers, Lambda@Edge, Fastly, Akamai EdgeWorkers, Netlify Edge.
  • ExperimentsA/B/n with CUPED variance reduction + sequential testing.
  • Feature FlagsBoolean + string + number + JSON flags with targeting.
  • Feature Reviews (PR-style)Draft → review → approve flag changes.
  • Guardrail MetricsAuto-monitor key metrics during experiments.
  • Metric CatalogDefine + reuse metrics across experiments.
  • Multi-Armed BanditsAdaptive traffic allocation. Pro+.
  • Safe RolloutsGuarded gradual rollouts with automatic rollback.
  • SSO / SAMLEnterprise SSO for cloud + self-host EE.
  • Sticky BucketingUser stays in variant even after eligibility changes.
  • Visual A/B Test EditorNo-code DOM editor for web experiments. Pro+.
  • Warehouse NativeConnect your warehouse + run experiments against your events data.

Render · 13 features

  • AutoscalingMetric-based autoscale of instances.
  • Background WorkersProcess queue workers. No HTTP entrypoint.
  • Blueprints (render.yaml)Infrastructure-as-code config for all services.
  • Cron JobsScheduled Docker jobs.
  • Custom DomainsFree SSL, automatic cert renewal.
  • DDoS ProtectionBuilt-in.
  • Persistent DisksAttach persistent SSD to services.
  • Preview EnvironmentsPer-PR preview envs with their own DB and services.
  • Private ServicesInternal services not exposed to the public internet.
  • Render Key Value (Redis)Managed Redis-compatible key-value store.
  • Render PostgresManaged PostgreSQL with automated backups.
  • Static SitesGit-backed static hosting with global CDN, free SSL.
  • Web ServicesLong-running HTTP services with auto-scale + health checks.

Developer interfaces

KindGrowthBookRender
CLIRender CLI
SDKEdge SDKs (CF Workers / Lambda@Edge / Fastly / Akamai), growthbook-android, growthbook-flutter, growthbook-go, growthbook-java, growthbook-node, growthbook-php, growthbook-python, growthbook-ruby, growthbook-swift, sdk-javascript, sdk-react
RESTGrowthBook REST APIRender REST API
MCPRender MCP
OTHERWebhooks
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