$0 / month + compute
Free workspace plan for individuals building personal projects and prototypes.
- Up to 25 services
- 5 GB bandwidth included per month
- 500 standard build pipeline minutes per month
Render Pricing, Features & Alternatives
Deploy web applications, APIs, workers, scheduled jobs, workflows, static sites, and managed data stores on managed compute.
Render turns a Git repository or container image into an application service on managed infrastructure. Web services, workers, scheduled jobs, and data stores can share the same platform. Each service type keeps its own scaling, persistence, and availability model. Autoscaling is available on Pro, Scale, and Enterprise workspaces, but services with persistent disks cannot scale to multiple instances. Free web services can sleep when idle. Multi-service preview environments require Pro or higher, while single-service previews are available more broadly. Database failover, readable replicas, recovery, and backups apply to paid PostgreSQL configurations.
Best for
Product teams that want to deploy conventional web applications and their supporting workers and data stores without building a cloud platform or operating Kubernetes.
Watch out for
Render’s workspace fee does not cover the resources inside it. Compute, databases, storage, bandwidth, and higher-availability features are billed separately, so production cost grows service by service.
- Workloads
- APIs
- Backend Services
- Background Workers
- Data Processing
- Scheduled Jobs
- Static Sites
- Web Applications
- Services
- Block Storage
- CDN
- Compute
- Managed Databases
- Key-Value Store
- Delivery
- Managed
Development & Execution
Supported platform capabilities, execution environments, development technologies, deployment models, integrations, and triggers.
Runtimes
- Bun
- Custom Runtime
- Node.js
Languages
- C#
- Go
- Java
- JavaScript
- Kotlin
- PHP
- Python
- Ruby
- Rust
- TypeScript
Frameworks
- Astro
- Django
- Express.js
- Fastify
- Laravel
- Next.js
- Nuxt
- Remix
- Ruby on Rails
- Spring Boot
- SvelteKit
Capabilities
- Compute Autoscaling
- Storage Autoscaling
- Scale to Zero
- Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
- Deployment Rollbacks
- Preview Environments
- Automatic Failover
- Point-in-Time Recovery
- Read Replicas
- Automated Backups
Database support
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
Deployment & packaging
- Docker / OCI
Integrations
- Datadog
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Terraform
Triggers
- Scheduled Invocation
- HTTP Requests
- Queue Messages
Pricing
Published pricing structure, representative costs, and material billing factors.
- Starting Price
- $0 / month + compute
- Primary Billing
- Plan based
- Free Tier
- Recurring free allowances
- Commitment
- Workspace fees and service compute are billed separately
Render Workspace Plans
Workspace plan fees are separate from service compute and usage charges.
$25 / month + compute
For teams deploying production-grade applications and agents.
- Unlimited services
- 25 GB bandwidth included per month
- 1,000 standard build pipeline minutes per month
$499 / month + compute
For teams that need advanced governance and compliance.
- Multiple workspaces
- 1 TB bandwidth included per month
- 5,000 standard build pipeline minutes per month
Web Service Instances Additional Pricing
Representative web service compute sizes, billed separately from workspace plans.
| Instance | Resources | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0.1 CPU / 512 MB RAM | $0 / month |
| Starter | 0.5 CPU / 512 MB RAM | $7 / month |
| Pro | 2 CPU / 4 GB RAM | $85 / month |
| Pro Ultra | 8 CPU / 32 GB RAM | $450 / month |
Representative sizes. See official pricing for all available options.
Render Usage and Add-ons Additional Usage Cost
Core overages and separately billed service storage.
| Resource | Billing Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Outbound bandwidth | per GB beyond plan allowance | $0.15 |
| Standard build pipeline | per additional 1,000 minutes | $5 |
| Custom domains | per additional domain per month | $0.25 |
| Persistent disk | per GB per month | $0.25 |
Free Tier
No card requiredRecurring allowances for Render free compute and workspace usage.
- Free web-service compute: 750 instance-hours per workspace per calendar month
- Bandwidth: 5 GB per month
- Standard build pipeline: 500 minutes per month
- Custom domains: 2 domains
Enterprise Pricing
Custom Enterprise pricing includes contractual uptime SLAs, dedicated support, and tailored capacity.
Billing Commitment
Workspace fees and service compute are billed separately; compute is prorated by the second.
Infrastructure & Availability
Where workloads run, how deployment is scoped, and what underlying infrastructure the platform depends on.
Render services and datastores can be created in five regional locations. Static sites use Render's global CDN instead of a selectable service region.
Execution
- Single Region
Deployment scope
- Regional
Geographic availability
- North America
- 3
- Europe
- 1
- Asia Pacific
- 1
Infrastructure providers
- Render-managed cloud infrastructure
Available regions
| Location | Area | Region ID |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon, USA | North America | oregon |
| Ohio, USA | North America | ohio |
| Virginia, USA | North America | virginia |
| Frankfurt, Germany | Europe | frankfurt |
| Singapore | Asia Pacific | singapore |
Availability reviewed · Availability source
Resource & Execution Limits
Instances
1-100
Web, private, or worker service
HTTP response time
100 minutes
Web services
Cron execution time
12 hours
Per run
Build time
120 minutes
Per build
Security & Compliance
Security Controls
- Access Control
- Workspace roles Advanced roles on Scale and Enterprise
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- Account 2FA and workspace enforcement
- Single Sign-On
- SAML 2.0 SSO and SCIM Scale and Enterprise
- Secrets Management
- Environment variables, environment groups and secret files
- Encryption
- TLS 1.2+ in transit; encrypted disks, snapshots and Render Postgres data at rest
- Private Networking
- Same-region private network and private services Environment boundaries require Pro or higher
- DDoS Protection
- Automatic protection Hosted applications and sites
Audits & Certifications
- SOC Reports
- SOC 2 Type II
- ISO Certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022
Compliance
- HIPAA
- HIPAA-enabled workspaces Scale/Enterprise; BAA required; supported resources and regions only
FAQ
Does Render support serverless functions?
Render does not offer a standalone functions-as-a-service (FaaS) product. Render Workflows can run Python or TypeScript functions on demand in separate instances.
How does Render pricing work?
Render separates workspace-plan fees from service compute and usage. Hobby is $0 per month plus compute, Pro at $25 per month plus compute, and Scale at $499 per month plus compute; service compute is billed separately and prorated.
Does Render require a credit card for the free tier?
No. Render’s free usage path does not require a credit card. Paid compute, paid workspace plans, or other billable services require billing setup when used.
What managed databases does Render support?
Render provides managed PostgreSQL and Key Value, its Redis-compatible managed data service. The profile also records PostgreSQL and Redis as supported database technologies.
Can I host a web service on Render for free?
Yes. Render offers a Free instance type for web services, along with free options for static sites, Postgres, and Key Value. Free web services have important limitations and are intended for testing, hobby projects, and platform evaluation rather than production workloads.
How much RAM does a free Render web service have?
A Free Render web-service instance has 512 MB of RAM and 0.1 CPU. Other Render service types have different Free-instance resources.
