koigrid vs Render
App hosting billed by the hour, bandwidth included — the predictable alternative to Render.
Render bills compute per service and meters bandwidth. koigrid is app hosting billed by the hour for the RAM and CPU you reserve, with bandwidth included, zero-downtime deploys, rollback and gVisor isolation — and it is agent-native.
Same setup — what you actually pay
You save ~$13/mo (46%)
For a small production app + an HA Postgres database. Estimate from public pricing; koigrid bills reserved resources by the hour, with egress included. (prices reviewed 2026-07-04)
| Feature | koigrid | Render |
|---|---|---|
| Price per GB of RAM / month | $5, shared vCPU included (billed by the hour) | ~€11.50 ($25 for 2 GB) |
| Each replica billed separately | Yes — each replica reserves its RAM, billed by the hour | Yes (3 replicas = 3 bills) |
| Egress (data out) | $0 — included | $0.10/GB above 100 GB |
| Same workload: 3×2 GB + 4 TB/month | $30 (3 × 2 GB, shared vCPU), egress included | ~$75 compute + ~$400 egress |
| Prices checked | 2026-10-27 | 2026-07-29 |
| Pricing | Reserved resources, hourly | Usage-based |
| Zero-downtime + rollback | Included | Included |
| Sandbox isolation (gVisor) | Yes | Container |
| Deploy from git (Dockerfile / nixpacks) | Yes, sandboxed | Yes |
| Drive by API / AI agent | Native | API |
What koigrid improves
Bandwidth included
No egress bill — you pay only for the RAM and CPU you reserve, by the hour.
Sandboxed
gVisor syscall isolation for untrusted code.
Agent-native
Operate deploys from your LLM by API.
Frequently asked questions
Is koigrid cheaper than Render?
It depends on the workload. koigrid charges for the RAM and disk you reserve, by the hour, shared vCPU included, from a public price list — with bandwidth included and no per-request fees. Egress-heavy setups usually come out well ahead; see the estimate above.
Can I migrate from Render without lock-in?
Yes. koigrid runs on portable primitives — standard PostgreSQL, S3-compatible storage and containers — so you can move in (or out) whenever you want.
Where is my data hosted?
In data centers in the EU, on servers we run ourselves. The privacy policy says exactly where.
Can I run everything from an API or an AI agent?
Yes — koigrid is API-first and agent-native: every action has an API and a scoped token, with llms.txt and OpenAPI so an LLM can operate it end to end.