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Render vs Vercel: which is more reliable? (2026)
Render is more reliable than Vercel, scoring 75.5 vs 66.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Render reported 14 incidents and Vercel reported 23, with effective uptime of 99.71% and 99.58% respectively. Render resolves incidents faster on average (1h 27m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Render | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 75.5 | 66.8 |
| Rank (app hosting platforms) | #4 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.71% | 99.58% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 14 | 23 |
| Partial / major outages | 5 | 9 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 27m | 1h 32m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Render and Vercel differ
- Vercel reported 64% more incidents than Render over the last 90 days (23 vs 14).
- Vercel had 9 partial or major outages, compared with 5 for Render.
- Render's longest outage on record lasted 12h 14m (Apr 8, 2026); Vercel's lasted 6h 36m (Oct 12, 2026).
90-day uptime
Render
Vercel
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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 regions
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
Recent Vercel incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 1h 2m
Delays in Logs and Observability data
Affected: Logs, Observability
- Partial outageOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 6h 36m
Increased build and deployment failures
Affected: Builds, Git Integrations
- Partial outageOct 10, 2026 · resolved in 1h 21m
Delays in Drains, Observability, and Workflow in Washington (iad1)
Affected: Drains, Logs, Observability, Queues, Workflow
- Partial outageOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 16m
Vercel Auth login failures for pages with Deployment Protection enabled
Affected: Routing Middleware
- Degraded performanceOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 25m
Elevated Sandbox error rates in Paris (cdg1)
Affected: Sandbox
- Degraded performanceSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 27m
Build failures and 500 errors for functions using Edge runtime
Affected: Builds
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