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Friendly to use PaaS
What do you like best about the product?
Really easy to deploy my next.js app as a node server. I like that it integrates with Github to automatically deploy PRs and latest merge to the main branch. I also love that it comes with zero downtime deploys on the cheapest instance. Something Heroku does not make available until you pay for the professional-grade servers.
What do you dislike about the product?
The service is pretty new so the documentation is pretty sparse. Additionally they only have 2 deploy regions, US West and Germany. My database is in a different region (US central) with a different provider so there is some roundtrip latency.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I launched a low traffic next.js site on Vercel to use their easy serverless functions, but the low traffic meant every user was hitting a lambda cold start that was making the app very slow. Moving over to Render and deploying a node app has made my site load faster and saved me money with the lower monthly fee.
So easy to deploy
What do you like best about the product?
I really like that Render had pre-configured environments for building a Flask app. Plus, it has deploy hooks for new pushes to Github.
What do you dislike about the product?
You can't run tests before deploying (or at least I can't figure it out).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We wanted a really simple deploy process that would also make sure that our services kept running smoothly. Render satisfies both!
Render will save you so much time!
What do you like best about the product?
I love the ease of configuration, specially when it comes to attaching services to each other
What do you dislike about the product?
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
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
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.
Easy deployments
What do you like best about the product?
Great documentation. Reliable service. Fantastic support.
What do you dislike about the product?
- Cheaper instances for playground apps
- Ability to SSH to instances
- Ability to SSH to instances
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Needed a reliable service to host applications. Render's deployment docs made it incredibly easy to deploy my application.
Very easy and pleasant to use
What do you like best about the product?
For a novice like my self, render was excellent, it was easy to set up and get going.
Its cheap, stable and support on slack is outstanding.
Its cheap, stable and support on slack is outstanding.
What do you dislike about the product?
The docs could imporve a bit, it has a few holes in it and are not as mature as lets say Heroku. But then again, you have exellent slack support!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It makes me go to production really fast, as a freelancer i don't have a dedicated dev ops team, render solves all my problems easy and cost effectively.
I have been very happy with Render after switching from Heroku
What do you like best about the product?
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.
What do you dislike about the product?
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.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
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.
Render is a more flexible and cheaper version of Heroku
What do you like best about the product?
* 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
* 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
What do you dislike about the product?
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.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Render for hosting our web app, including an internal service, API, and React frontend.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Render is great. Use it!
Great choice if you want to save time
What do you like best about the product?
* 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.
* 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.
What do you dislike about the product?
* 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.
* 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.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
* Ruby on Rails apps deployment
* Git automatic deployment
* Git automatic deployment
Loves it
What do you like best about the product?
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.
Automatic SSL is great too.
What do you dislike about the product?
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.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We want to deploy Elixir/Phoenix applications. Render integrates these natively.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Join their Slack ;)
Simple and powerful cloud infrastructure
What do you like best about the product?
Easy integrations and configurations for fast reliable deployment
What do you dislike about the product?
Currently a new entrant and missing some features but confident they'll get there in time
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Super simple deployments I can rely on
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