Side by side
lizard vs Render
Plans read from both vendors' own pricing pages, with the same seats and billing applied to each. Render is a verified alternative to lizard: it does the same main job for a similar customer.
Lizard is an AI-native deployment platform designed specifically for coding agents, enabling deployment from Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor. It provides managed Postgres, Redis, S3 storage, and agent-readable logs, with per-second billing based on actual resource usage rather than reserved capacity.
- Starting price
- From $19.00/mo
- Price clarity
- Price clarity grade C, 67 out of 100 67 of 100
- Category
- Developer tools
- Platforms
- Not confirmed
- Good fit for
- Developers and coding agents who want to deploy and manage apps and databases with AI-native workflows and per-second billing.
- Limitations
- Does not currently support HIPAA workloads and SOC 2 compliance is coming soon but not yet available.
Render is a cloud infrastructure platform that enables deployment and scaling of apps, APIs, agents, databases, and more with zero operations. It provides integrated features like autoscaling, private networking, managed databases, and observability to support modern web applications from first user to billions.
- Starting price
- From $25.00/mo
- Price clarity
- Price clarity grade C, 67 out of 100 67 of 100
- Category
- Hosting & domains
- Platforms
- Not confirmed
- Good fit for
- Developers and teams needing zero-ops cloud infrastructure to deploy and scale modern web applications and agents.. Teams requiring enterprise-grade compliance and security features like HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR.
- Limitations
- Object storage is a planned feature and not yet available.
What each one costs your team
THE COST FOR YOUR TEAM
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Published plan prices for your team size and usage. Results update as you type. Taxes, currency conversion and unlisted add-ons are excluded, and anything the source did not state is called out rather than guessed.
Cheapest fit for 1 person, all 2 tools
$44.00/month
$528.00 a year on these plans.
| Tool / plan | Monthly | Per year | What this assumes |
|---|---|---|---|
ProCheapest fit Flat subscription | $19.00 | $228.00 | Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider. |
ProCheapest fit Flat subscription | $25.00 | $300.00 | Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider. |
Scale Flat subscription | $499.00 | $5,988.00 | Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider. |
Enterprise Flat subscription | By quote | — | Priced by quote — ask the provider for a figure. Contact the provider for a quote. |
lizard
Best fit
Developers and coding agents who want to deploy and manage apps and databases with AI-native workflows and per-second billing.
Trade-offs
Does not currently support HIPAA workloads and SOC 2 compliance is coming soon but not yet available.
Integrations / export
Not confirmed
Render
Best fit
Developers and teams needing zero-ops cloud infrastructure to deploy and scale modern web applications and agents.; Teams requiring enterprise-grade compliance and security features like HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR.
Trade-offs
Object storage is a planned feature and not yet available.
Integrations / export
Not confirmed
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