File Storage & Backup · head to head
Box vs Render
Box
File Storage & Backup
Cloud content management for the enterprise
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Render
Cloud & Infrastructure
A modern cloud platform for the next generation
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Render has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Box all Business and Enterprise plans require a minimum of 3 users; Render the free Hobby workspace is limited to 25 services and 5 GB of bandwidth
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Box and Render actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Box
Nothing recorded that Render does not also cover.
Only in Render
- Web services
- Static sites
- Background workers
- Postgres database
- Redis database
- Scheduled jobs
- Environment variables
- Custom domains
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Box
No use cases recorded yet. See the Box review.
Render
- Deploying web services, static sites and cron jobs from a Git repository without managing serversnot Box
- Running managed Postgres and Redis alongside application servicesnot Box
- Preview environments per pull request for small teamsnot Box
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Box
- All Business and Enterprise plans require a minimum of 3 users
- Business Starter ($5/user/month) caps at 100 GB of shared storage across the whole account and a 2 GB per file upload limit
- Enterprise Plus requires annual billing, and Enterprise Advanced's exact price is not published on the pricing page
Render
- The free Hobby workspace is limited to 25 services and 5 GB of bandwidth
- Every paid plan charges the workspace fee plus compute on top, so $25 per month for Pro is a floor rather than a total
- SAML SSO and SCIM require the Scale plan at $499 per month
- HIPAA-compliant workspaces, inbound IP rules and advanced RBAC roles are Scale plan features
- Organization-level audit logs require Scale; Pro provides only workspace audit logs
- Contractual uptime SLAs, support response SLAs and a technical account manager are Enterprise only, and Enterprise is custom priced with no published rate
- Included bandwidth is 25 GB on Pro and 1 TB on Scale, with usage beyond that billed separately
Pricing, plan by plan
Box
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Box review.
Render
Free- FreeFree
- 1 web service
- 1 static site
- Shared CPU
- Starter$7/month
- Unlimited services
- Dedicated CPU
- 2GB RAM
Which should you pick?
Choose Box if
Nothing in the data separates Box from Render on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Render if
- You need web services.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want static sites.
Questions people ask
- Is Box or Render better?
- Neither clearly leads. Box starts at On request and Render at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Box or Render?
- Render has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Box and Free for Render.
- Does Box or Render run on more platforms?
- Box runs on Web. Render runs on Web, Api.
- Can I use Render for free?
- Yes. Render has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Box starts at On request.
- What can Box do that Render cannot?
- Render covers Web services, Static sites, Background workers, Postgres database.
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