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Replaces Render. 2 ways out. Best: Railway (switch vendor), about $190 saved in year one.

Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. No verified migrations yet. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

What you use

  • Web services from Git
  • Managed Postgres
  • Custom domains and SSL

Not covered

  • Background workers
  • Cron jobs
  • Key-value (Redis)
  • Preview environments
  • Private networking

Check before switching

  • You only rely on: Web services from Git, Managed Postgres, Custom domains and SSL
  • Export your data from Render before canceling

Agents: get_recipe("replace-render") on the Stackcut MCP server.

2 ways out, best first

Switch vendorRailwaySaves $190 in year one
$25/mo today → $5/mo · setup 1 h · then $240/yr · payback 2.5 mo
1 seat. Railway Hobby is a $5 minimum including $5 usage vs Render Pro $25/mo + compute for teams.
Covers 100% of the core features
Railway Hobby is a $5 minimum including $5 usage vs Render Pro $25/mo + compute for teams.
Sources: render.comrailway.com
Open sourceCoolifyCosts $1,160 more in year one
$25/mo today → $5/mo + 2 h upkeep · setup 4 h
1 seat. Run services and Postgres on your own VPS with Coolify; no per-service markup.
Covers 100% of the core features
Run services and Postgres on your own VPS with Coolify; no per-service markup.
License: open_source
Sources: render.comcoolify.io

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