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Google Cloud Run vs Render: which is more reliable? (2026)
Render is more reliable than Google Cloud Run, scoring 75.5 vs 72.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Google Cloud Run reported 3 incidents and Render reported 14, with effective uptime of 99.59% and 99.71% respectively. Render resolves incidents faster on average (1h 27m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Google Cloud Run | Render |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 72.8 | 75.5 |
| Rank (app hosting platforms) | #6 | #4 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.59% | 99.71% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 3 | 14 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 5 |
| Avg time to resolve | 4h 39m | 1h 27m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Google Cloud Run and Render differ
- Render reported 4.7× as many incidents as Google Cloud Run over the last 90 days (14 vs 3).
- Render had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 3 for Google Cloud Run.
- Render fixes problems faster: 1h 27m on average, against 4h 39m for Google Cloud Run (3.2× quicker).
- Google Cloud Run's longest outage on record lasted 6h 8m (Oct 20, 2026); Render's lasted 12h 14m (Apr 8, 2026).
90-day uptime
Google Cloud Run
Render
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Google Cloud Run incidents
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 6h 8m
Multiple services were experiencing issues in the europe-west2 region.official update ↗
Affected: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Apigee, BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Cloud Data Fusion, Cloud Filestore, Cloud Firestore +32 more
- Partial outageSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 4h 10m
Multiple products in us-central1-b are experiencing network service degradation.official update ↗
Affected: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Apigee, Cloud Filestore, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Run, Cloud Spanner +10 more
- Major outageAug 20, 2026 · resolved in 3h 40m
We are investigating an issue where customers may experience timeouts, service degradations, errors, and elevated latencies across multiple products in the us-west1 region.official update ↗
Affected: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Apigee Edge Public Cloud, Apigee X, Artifact Registry, BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Cloud Build +21 more
Recent Render incidents
- InformationalOct 24, 2026 · resolved in 30m
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 1h 28m
Affected: Web Services, Web Services, Static Sites
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 3h 41m
- Degraded performanceOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 1h 35m
Dashboard not updating in real time; Some Workflows SDK requests timing out
Affected: Render Dashboard, Workflows, Workflows, Workflows, Workflows, Workflows
- Partial outageOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 2h 45m
Builds, deploys, and queued deploys are not starting in all regionsofficial update ↗
Affected: Builds and Deploys, Builds and Deploys, Builds and Deploys, Builds and Deploys, Builds and Deploys
- Degraded performanceOct 3, 2026 · resolved in 46m
Degraded Dashboard Performance; Degraded builds & deploys in Oregon
Affected: Render Dashboard, Builds and Deploys
Other app hosting platforms to consider
- DigitalOcean App Platform · #1 · 99.98% uptime
- Heroku · #2 · 99.95% uptime
- Koyeb · #3 · 99.64% uptime
- Netlify · #5 · 99.74% uptime