Render vs Heroku: which is more reliable?
Render had no outage time and 4 incidents; Heroku had no outage time and 1 incident. Heroku posted fewer incidents.
Since 15 October 2026
From what Render and Heroku published on their own status pages, read every 2 minutes. A vendor that reports problems more openly can look worse here than one that stays quiet.
| Measure | Render | Heroku |
|---|---|---|
| Time without reported problems | 98.12 % | 98.98 % |
| Time with an outage | none | none |
| Time degraded | 9 h 13 min | 5 h 2 min |
| Days with an outage | 0 of 22 | 0 of 22 |
| Incidents posted | 4 | 1 |
| Of those, outages | 0 | 0 |
| Typical time to resolve | 1 h 35 min | - |
| Longest incident | 3 h 40 min | - |
Latest Render incidents
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, 30 min
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, 1 h 28 min
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, 3 h 40 min
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, 1 h 35 min
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