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frp vs Render
Render is a managed cloud platform for building and scaling apps, not a self-hosted reverse proxy.
Which to pick
Pick frp if you want…
- Fast reverse proxy for NAT traversal
- A free, open-source tool
Pick Render if you want…
- Full-stack app hosting with built-in autoscaling
- Managed app hosting
Side by side
- What it is
- frp:frp is a fast reverse proxy that exposes local servers behind NAT or firewalls to the Internet.
- Render:Render is a cloud platform that lets you deploy, host, and scale web apps, APIs, databases, cron jobs and more with zero ops.
- Best for
- frp:Fast reverse proxy for NAT traversal
- Render:Full-stack app hosting with built-in autoscaling
- Who it’s for
- frp:Developers needing to expose local services (HTTP, TCP, UDP) publicly.
- Render:Developers and teams building web services, APIs, background jobs, and static sites.
- Pricing
- frp:Open source
- Render:Freemium
- Plans
- frp:—
- Render:Hobby $0/mo · Pro $25/mo · Scale $499/mo
- Open source
- frp:Yes, 109,771 GitHub stars
- Render:—
- Works with
- frp:—
- Render:Node, Python, Go, Rust, Ruby, Elixir, Docker
frp features
- Multi-protocol support. Handles TCP, UDP, HTTP and HTTPS traffic for inbound forwarding.
- P2P connect mode. Enables direct peer-to-peer connections without a central server.
- Server dashboard & client UI. Web interfaces for monitoring and managing proxies.
- Prometheus metrics. Exports proxy health and performance data for monitoring.
- Authentication options. Supports token, OIDC and basic HTTP authentication for clients.
- Encryption & compression. Secures traffic with TLS and reduces bandwidth usage.
Render features
- Zero-ops deployments. Connect a repo and Render automatically builds, deploys and scales your service.
- Full-stack previews. Ephemeral preview environments for every pull request across the whole architecture.
- Load-based autoscaling. Automatic horizontal scaling that handles traffic bursts up to 100x.
- Managed Postgres. Fully-managed PostgreSQL with point-in-time recovery, read replicas and high availability.
- Durable workflows. Run background agents and long-running jobs without managing queues or retry logic.
- Private networking & security. Private networks, DDoS protection, TLS, RBAC and compliance (SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001).
- Integrated logs & monitoring. Built-in metrics, logs and optional streaming to external observability tools.
- Infrastructure as code. Define the entire stack in a single YAML file for reproducible deployments.
frp vs Render FAQ
Is frp or Render free?+
frp is free and open source. Render has a free plan (Hobby); paid plans start at $25/month (Pro).
Which is cheaper, frp or Render?+
frp is free, so it costs less. Render starts at $25/month (Pro).
Is frp or Render open source?+
frp is open source (fatedier/frp on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Render.
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