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Render
Unified cloud for apps, databases, and static sites
Long-running web services, cron jobs, background workers, Postgres, Redis, static sites. Deploy from Git. Auto-scaling, health checks, zero-downtime deploys.
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Postgres — Free | Free | 30-day limit. 256 MB RAM, 0.1 CPU, 1 GB storage. Rotates. |
| Hobby (Free) | Free | Free workspace. 1 project, 2 envs, 100 GB bandwidth. Includes free Web Services + static sites + dev DB. |
| Key Value (Redis) — Free | Free | 25 MB. Ephemeral. |
| Web Service — Free | Free | Free (spins down with idle). 512 MB RAM, 0.1 CPU. |
| Postgres — Basic | $6/mo | 256 MB RAM, 0.1 CPU. Always-on. |
| Web Service — Starter | $7/mo | Always-on. 512 MB RAM, 0.5 CPU. |
| Key Value — Starter | $10/mo | 256 MB RAM. |
| Professional | $19/mo | $19/user/month. Unlimited projects, 500 GB bandwidth, up to 10 team members. |
| Web Service — Standard | $25/mo | Always-on. 2 GB RAM, 1 CPU. |
| Organization | $29/mo | $29/user/month. Unlimited members, 1 TB bandwidth, compliance certs. |
| Postgres — Pro | $55/mo | 4 GB RAM, 1 CPU. |
| Web Service — Pro | $85/mo | Always-on. 4 GB RAM, 2 CPU. |
| Web Service — Pro Plus | $175/mo | Always-on. 8 GB RAM, 4 CPU. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom. Centralized team management, dedicated support. |
Limits
| Tier | Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | autoscaling | manual + metric-based (CPU, memory, latency, requests) | Autoscaling modes |
| — | free tier web service idle | spins down after 15 min inactivity (cold start on first request) | Free web service behavior |
| — | health checks | HTTP, TCP | Health check types |
| — | regions | Oregon, Ohio, Frankfurt, Singapore, Virginia | Deploy regions |
| — | supported runtimes | Any Docker image or managed runtimes (Node, Python, Ruby, Go, Rust, Elixir, Deno, Bun) | Runtime support |
| — | zero downtime deploys | built-in | Zero-downtime deploys |
Features
- Autoscaling — Metric-based autoscale of instances.
- Background Workers — Process queue workers. No HTTP entrypoint. · docs
- Blueprints (render.yaml) — Infrastructure-as-code config for all services. · docs
- Cron Jobs — Scheduled Docker jobs. · docs
- Custom Domains — Free SSL, automatic cert renewal.
- DDoS Protection — Built-in.
- Persistent Disks — Attach persistent SSD to services. · docs
- Preview Environments — Per-PR preview envs with their own DB and services. · docs
- Private Services — Internal services not exposed to the public internet.
- Render Key Value (Redis) — Managed Redis-compatible key-value store.
- Render Postgres — Managed PostgreSQL with automated backups. · docs
- Static Sites — Git-backed static hosting with global CDN, free SSL. · docs
- Web Services — Long-running HTTP services with auto-scale + health checks. · docs
Developer interfaces
| Slug | Name | Kind | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| cli | Render CLI | cli | 1.x |
| mcp | Render MCP | mcp | — |
| rest-api | Render REST API | rest | v1 |
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