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LazyFrog vs Render
A cloud platform for web services, workers, cron jobs and PostgreSQL, priced per instance. With LazyFrog, the AI you already use builds the app and we host it. Here's how the two compare.
First paid plan
- Render
- $7 a month for the smallest always-on web service (512 MB), on a free Hobby workspace
- LazyFrog
- Hobby $9 a month (Pro $29, Business $79), plus the AI plan you already have
Who deploys
- Render
- You, from a repository or a Docker image
- LazyFrog
- Your AI (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Claude Code) through LazyFrog's tools, or you with git
What a month costs you
- Render
- $7 per web service (512 MB), $6 for the smallest paid PostgreSQL (256 MB), and a $25 Pro workspace for teams
- LazyFrog
- From $9 for 3 projects, each with its services and PostgreSQL, plus the AI plan you already have
Free
- Render
- Web services sleep after 15 minutes without traffic and take about a minute to wake, within 750 free hours a month; a free PostgreSQL expires after 30 days
- LazyFrog
- One project with its database and a private preview that sleeps after 15 minutes and wakes on the next visit; going live starts with Hobby
Database
- Render
- Render Postgres, priced per instance
- LazyFrog
- PostgreSQL in every project, one for the preview and one for the live site, with snapshots
Docker
- Render
- Runs your own Docker images
- LazyFrog
- Runs the commands in your services.json, not your own Docker images
| Render | LazyFrog | |
|---|---|---|
| First paid plan | $7 a month for the smallest always-on web service (512 MB), on a free Hobby workspace | Hobby $9 a month (Pro $29, Business $79), plus the AI plan you already have |
| Who deploys | You, from a repository or a Docker image | Your AI (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Claude Code) through LazyFrog's tools, or you with git |
| What a month costs you | $7 per web service (512 MB), $6 for the smallest paid PostgreSQL (256 MB), and a $25 Pro workspace for teams | From $9 for 3 projects, each with its services and PostgreSQL, plus the AI plan you already have |
| Free | Web services sleep after 15 minutes without traffic and take about a minute to wake, within 750 free hours a month; a free PostgreSQL expires after 30 days | One project with its database and a private preview that sleeps after 15 minutes and wakes on the next visit; going live starts with Hobby |
| Database | Render Postgres, priced per instance | PostgreSQL in every project, one for the preview and one for the live site, with snapshots |
| Docker | Runs your own Docker images | Runs the commands in your services.json, not your own Docker images |
Render's figures from its pricing page and its free plan docs, checked 13 November 2026.
Who Render is for
Developers who deploy from git or Docker and want each service and database priced on its own.
Who LazyFrog is for
People who already use an AI such as Claude or ChatGPT and want their ideas on the web without learning about hosting. Developers like it too, because they can still clone, script and leave.