Render pricing
Official plans from render.com/pricing, read . Test figures below are dated observations from our own runs, not a current-capacity promise. Re-check the vendor page before paying.
Official plans
| Plan | Price | What the official page includes |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $0/month + compute | For individuals building personal projects and prototypes. Official Hobby card: deploy up to 25 services, 5 GB of bandwidth included, single-service previews, custom domains, global regions and CDN, firewall and DDoS mitigation, database PITR, and chat support. |
| Pro | $25/month + compute | For teams deploying production-grade apps and agents. All Hobby features plus unlimited seats and services, 25 GB bandwidth included, full-stack previews, horizontal autoscaling, isolated environments, OIDC, AWS Private Links, and workspace audit logs. |
| Scale | $499/month + compute | All Pro features plus multiple workspaces, 1 TB of bandwidth included, extended metrics retention, inbound IP rules, HIPAA-compliant workspaces, SAML SSO and SCIM, advanced RBAC, and organization audit logs. |
| Enterprise | Custom | All Scale features plus contractual uptime SLAs, a dedicated technical account team, a support Slack channel, and support response SLAs. |
- Compute is billed separately and prorated to the second. Official compute tables (2026-11-12) list a Free web service at $0/month with 512 MB RAM, and paid web compute starting at $7/month for 512 MB. A 1 CPU / 2 GB web service is listed at $25/month. Free Postgres is listed at $0/month with 256 MB RAM and 100 connections.
- Official FAQ: free compute plans have usage limits and are meant for exploring, personal projects, and previewing Render. They are available for web services, Key Value, and Postgres.
Official source · checked 2026-11-12 · full-page-read.
Free-tier limits
Is Render free? Yes: Hobby workspace is $0/month + compute, for individuals building personal projects and prototypes. Included on the official Hobby card (2026-11-12): deploy up to 25 services, 5 GB of bandwidth, single-service previews, custom domains, and chat support. Free compute plans are available for web services, Key Value, and Postgres, with usage limits.
Current official pricing (render.com/pricing, read 2026-11-12): Hobby is $0/month plus compute, with up to 25 services and 5 GB of bandwidth included. Free compute is listed at $0/month for a 512 MB web service and a 256 MB / 100-connection Postgres instance. Official FAQ: free compute plans have usage limits and are meant for exploring, personal projects, and previewing Render. Pro is $25/month + compute (25 GB bandwidth included). Scale is $499/month + compute (1 TB bandwidth). Our 2026-10-16 test observed that the free web service spun down when idle and resumed in 11.5s; that is a test observation, not a pricing-page quote from 2026-11-12.
What we observed in our test
We scored Render 8.9/10 on 2026-10-16 (3 runs; Render Hobby workspace, free plan web service (REST API v1)). That score is for the recorded task and edition, not a price ranking.
3/3 runs: public Docker image deployed as a free web service with one API call, live 200 in ~60s each. Resume from suspended took 11.5s to first 200; free instances spin down when idle.
Idle spin-down of the free web service, and an 11.5s resume to the first 200 response, is a 2026-10-16 test observation — not a quote from the 2026-11-12 pricing page.
Free or lower-cost alternatives we track
These are official plan notes from each tool record, not a claim that every option is cheaper for every workload. Untested tools have no score.
- Vercel — 9.4/10 · Yes (Hobby): personal non-commercial use, usage caps
- Railway — 9/10 · Yes: Free plan $1/mo usage credit; 30-day trial with $5 (no card)
- Netlify — 8.7/10 · Yes: Free plan 300 credits/mo hard limit (no auto recharge)
- Cloudflare Pages & Workers — 8.4/10 · Yes: 100,000 requests/day
- Offstage — not yet tested · Yes: $5 free credit, no credit card needed (official site + docs, verified 2026-11-08)
Render alternatives · Best free Deployment & Hosting · Railway vs Render · Netlify vs Render · Vercel vs Render · Render vs Cloudflare Pages & Workers
FAQ
How much does Render cost?
Official pricing page, read 2026-11-12: Hobby $0/month + compute; Pro $25/month + compute; Scale $499/month + compute; Enterprise Custom. Re-check render.com/pricing before paying.
Is Render free?
Yes: Hobby workspace is $0/month + compute, for individuals building personal projects and prototypes. Included on the official Hobby card (2026-11-12): deploy up to 25 services, 5 GB of bandwidth, single-service previews, custom domains, and chat support. Free compute plans are available for web services, Key Value, and Postgres, with usage limits.
What did our Render test cost or use?
We tested Render on 2026-10-16 (3 runs, Render Hobby workspace, free plan web service (REST API v1)) and scored it 8.9/10. We did not record a separate free-tier usage figure for that run.
Are cheaper or free alternatives available?
Vercel (9.4/10), Railway (9/10), Netlify (8.7/10), Cloudflare Pages & Workers (8.4/10) and untested options marked not yet tested have a free plan or no monthly fee on record. Official limits are dated on each tool page.
Full Render review (8.9/10) · Best Deployment & Hosting · How we test
Scores come from our own tests and are never for sale; sponsored placements are always labelled. Some links are affiliate links (currently Railway). Disclosure