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Build, Deploy, and Scale Your Apps With Ease

United States
Category
FaaS DBaaS PaaS IaC
Pricing Model
Free Trial Free Tier
Pricing Examples
Hobby workspace: $0/month + compute Pro workspace: $25/month + compute Web services: from $0/month Starter service: $7/month

Overview

Render Homepage
Render Homepage
Category
FaaS DBaaS PaaS IaC
Pricing Model
Free Trial Free Tier
Pricing Examples
Hobby workspace: $0/month + compute Pro workspace: $25/month + compute Web services: from $0/month Starter service: $7/month

What is Render?

Render is a unified cloud compute platform that simplifies deployment and management with features like zero-downtime deployments, free TLS certificates, and a global CDN. It offers Infrastructure-as-Code capabilities via Render Blueprints for streamlined infrastructure management. With robust data management options like enterprise-grade Postgres and Redis, along with enhanced security features, Render can be a good fit for developers seeking scalability and security without complexity.

Products

  • Static sites

  • Web Services

  • Private Services

  • Background workers

  • Managed Redis-compatible Key-value storage

  • Managed PostgreSQL (30-days free trial)

  • Cron jobs

Pricing

Workspace Plans

  • Hobby: $0/mo + compute

  • Pro: $25/mo + compute

  • Scale: $499/mo + compute

  • Enterprise: Custom pricing

Services

  • Static Sites: $0/mo

  • Web Services: from $0/mo

  • Starter web service: $7/mo

  • Persistent disks: $0.25/GB per month

Datastores

  • Render Postgres: free 30-day database, paid tiers from $6/mo

  • Render Key Value: free 25 MB instance, paid tiers from $10/mo

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Features

Category

FaaS
DBaaS
PaaS
IaC

Container Deployment

Docker
Docker Private Registry

Supported Runtimes

Elixir
Go
JavaScript
Node.js
Python
Ruby
Rust

Integrations

Datadog
Formspree
QuotaGuard Static IP
Scout APM
Stripe
Render Dashboard
Render Dashboard

Pricing

Plans

Render combines workspace plans with per-service compute pricing. Static sites and some service types can start free, while production services use paid compute instances.

Hobby

$ 0 + compute monthly

  • Personal projects and prototypes
  • Up to 25 services
  • 5 GB bandwidth included
  • Single-service previews

Pro

$ 25 + compute monthly

  • Production-grade apps
  • Unlimited services
  • 25 GB bandwidth included
  • Full-stack previews

Scale

$ 499 + compute monthly

  • Advanced governance
  • 1 TB bandwidth included
  • HIPAA-compliant workspaces
  • SAML SSO and SCIM

Resource Pricing

Common Render compute and datastore starting points.

  • Static Sites

    Per month

    $0

  • Web Services

    Free instance, or $7/month Starter

    $0

  • Render Postgres

    Free 30-day database, paid from $6/month

    $0

  • Render Key Value

    Free 25 MB, paid from $10/month

    $0

Find the full pricing details on the official Render

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Render Regions

Render's 5 datacenter locations by region. (March 11, 2025) - Map by d3js.org
Last updated: March 11, 2025

*Information is subject to change. Verify with the official Render website.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Render

Render pricing has two layers: the workspace plan and the services you run. The Hobby workspace is free. Pro starts at $25/month. Web service instances then have their own prices, from the free instance up to paid instances like Starter at $7/month and Standard at $25/month.

See Render pricing

Yes, Render has free hosting for static sites and free web services. The tradeoff is that free web services spin down after 15 minutes without incoming traffic and take about a minute to wake up. Fine for demos, not for serious production.

Render’s free web service instance has 512 MB RAM and 0.1 CPU. That is enough for lightweight apps, but RAM is usually the first limit you hit with heavier Node, Python, or Rails apps.

No, Render’s free tier does not require a credit card for the basic free hosting path. You will need billing details once you move to paid instances, paid workspace features, or paid add-ons.

No, Render is not a pure serverless functions platform. It is a PaaS for web services, workers, cron jobs, static sites, private services, Postgres, and Key Value. If you want function-style compute, compare Cloudflare Workers, AWS Lambda, or Vercel Functions.

Render supports managed PostgreSQL through Render Postgres and Redis-compatible storage through Render Key Value. That makes it useful for full-stack apps that need both app hosting and a datastore.

The closest Render alternatives are Railway, Fly.io, Koyeb, and DigitalOcean App Platform. Choose Railway for a similar simple PaaS feel, Fly.io for more control, and Koyeb if edge-style app hosting matters.