App hosting platforms
Render privacy rating
Cloud platform for hosting web services, static sites, background workers, cron jobs and managed Postgres and Key Value databases, deployed from Git or container images.
Summary
Render scores 29 out of 100 (grade F) on the app hosting platforms criteria. It meets 1 of 7 criteria: tells users about requests. It partly meets no ads or data sales, independent audit and transparency report. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry and security headers. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade D-.
Score 29 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The website loads Google Tag Manager, and the privacy policy lists web analytics data shared with advertising partners.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid plans, but the privacy policy says device and analytics data is shared with advertising partners for targeted advertising of its services.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 reports are only available on request.
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Partial
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
The data processing addendum describes how government requests are handled, but no request counts are published.
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Yes
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
The data processing addendum promises reasonable notice to customers of compelled disclosure unless legally prohibited.
Automated tests
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Not tested yet
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Not tested yet.
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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade D- (25/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.