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Gheima vs Render

Gheima and Render both deploy from Git and run managed Postgres next to your app. Gheima runs in Oracle Cloud's Casablanca region and bills in dirhams from 90 MAD a month, by Moroccan card or bank transfer. Render bills a card in US dollars from Frankfurt or four other regions, and has more regions, certifications and autoscaling.

Competitor facts checked on November 11, 2026 on the vendor's own pages. Prices change: check them before you decide.

GheimaRender
Cheapest always-on appDev plan, 90 MAD a month, 2 GB of memory to share across services$7 a month for 512 MB, plus the workspace plan (Hobby is $0, Pro $25)
Free planYes, no card. Web services sleep after 30 minutes without traffic. One Postgres database up to 512 MB, without backupsYes, 512 MB. Web services spin down after 15 minutes without traffic; free Postgres expires after 30 days
Managed PostgreSQLIncluded in the plan: 1 on Dev, more on higher plansFrom $6 a month for 256 MB, storage $0.30 per GB, point-in-time recovery 3 days on Hobby
Where it runsOracle Cloud, Casablanca region (ma-1)Oregon, Ohio, Virginia, Frankfurt or Singapore. Nearest to Morocco: Frankfurt. No region in Africa
How you payBank card through a Moroccan payment gateway, or bank transfer for a yearly plan or a top-up of 1,000 MAD or moreCredit or debit card, through Stripe
Currency and invoicesMAD, with an invoice that can carry your ICE. No TVA added todayUS dollars
Git providersGitHub and GitLabGitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket
Spend controlFixed plan price. Usage beyond the allowance is paid only from a prepaid budget you set, which starts at 0 MADNo spend limit listed. Bandwidth and build minutes beyond the plan are billed
Support on the cheapest paid planEmail, within 2 business daysEmail and chat

Where Render is stronger

  • SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 on every tier.
  • Five regions on every plan, including Frankfurt.
  • Horizontal autoscaling on CPU and memory targets from the Pro workspace up.
  • Point-in-time recovery on every paid Postgres database.
  • Bitbucket support, as well as GitHub and GitLab.

Where Gheima is weaker today

  • New workloads run in one region, Casablanca. There is no second region to fail over to.
  • No third-party security certification (such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001) yet.
  • No contractual uptime SLA yet. The status page shows how we are doing.
  • Automatic PHP builds are paused while the PHP the builder installs is affected by a security flaw; PHP apps deploy from a Dockerfile in the meantime.
  • Sign-up is by invite during the private beta.

Moving a Render service to Gheima

  1. 1

    Connect the repository

    Create a service from the same GitHub or GitLab repository, with the build and start commands from your Render service, or leave them blank for Nixpacks to detect.

  2. 2

    Copy the environment

    Export the variables to a .env file and push it with gheima env push.

  3. 3

    Move the database

    Create a managed Postgres database and restore a pg_dump of the Render database into it.

  4. 4

    Point your domain

    Add your domain to the service and update its DNS. Gheima issues and renews the HTTPS certificate.

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Questions

Is Render's free tier or Gheima's Free plan better for a side project?

They sleep differently: a Gheima Free web service sleeps after 30 minutes without traffic and wakes in about 15 to 25 seconds, while Render spins a free service down after 15 minutes and takes about a minute to start. Render's free Postgres expires after 30 days; Gheima's Free database is removed after 60 days without a connection, with 14 days' notice.

Can I pay without an international card?

Yes. Gheima bills in dirhams through a Moroccan payment gateway, and a company can pay a yearly plan by bank transfer. Render takes credit and debit cards through Stripe.

How was this comparison checked?

Every Render fact on this page was read on render.com on 11 November 2026, and the pages are listed below. Gheima's prices and limits come from the same catalogue the pricing page renders.

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