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Cloud and hosting · render.com

Free plan · paid from $25/mobilled monthly

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Developers and small teams use Render to deploy web services, static sites, databases, cron jobs and background workers from a connected code repository. The cloud platform has a free Hobby workspace plan, paid Pro and Scale workspace plans, and separate compute pricing for each service it runs.

Facts at a glance

FactValueSource
Free planFreemium: a free plan existsrender.com/pricing, checked 10 Nov 2026
Starting price$25/morender.com/pricing, checked 10 Nov 2026
PlatformsWeb, APIrender.com/pricing, checked 10 Nov 2026

Render Free, in practice

What the free plan covers and where it stops.

Free plan limits

  • Up to 25 services
  • 5 GB of bandwidth included
  • Single-service previews only
  • Free web service with 512 MB RAM and less than 1 CPU
  • Free Postgres database with 256 MB RAM and 100 connections
  • Free Key Value store with 25 MB RAM and 50 connections

Sources: render.com/pricing

Pricing & plans

Pricing

Free plan · paid from $25/mo

USD, billed monthly

Model

Freemium

Free plan available

Price tiers

PlanPer monthUsage, as the vendor states it
HobbyFreePlus compute; up to 25 services and 5 GB of bandwidth
Pro$25/moPlus compute; unlimited seats and services, 25 GB bandwidth, full-stack previews, horizontal autoscaling
Scale$499/moPlus compute; dedicated support and uptime SLAs
EnterpriseCustom pricing

Prices are the vendor's list prices in USD.

  • Workspace plans add compute charges, with paid web service instances starting at 7 dollars per month

Source: render.com/pricing, checked 10 Nov 2026

Alternatives

  • Railway

    Includes a Free plan that starts with a 30-day trial of 5 dollars in credits, then a Hobby plan with 5 dollars minimum usage.

    railway.com

  • Vercel

    Lists a Hobby plan at zero per month and a Pro plan with 20 dollars of included usage credit.

    vercel.com

  • Fly.io

    Charges only for resources used with no monthly platform fee; its smallest always-on Machine is listed at 2.19 dollars per 30 days.

    fly.io

Sources: railway.com/pricing, vercel.com/pricing, fly.io/docs/about/pricing

Features & platforms

  • Web services and background workers

  • Static sites deployed for free

  • Managed Postgres and Key Value stores

  • Cron jobs with full cron expressions

  • Preview environments

  • Custom Docker containers

  • Horizontal autoscaling on paid plans

  • Web
  • API

Sources: render.com/pricing, checked 10 Nov 2026

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