Render
Managed platform for web services, workers and databases
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At a glance
- Small VM
- $25 /mo
- 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (1c-2g)
- Egress
- $150 /TB
- 5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale)
- PostgreSQL
- $90 /mo
- 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2c-4g)
What's good about Render
- Postgres with point-in-time recovery, read replicas and high availability
- Unlimited seats on paid plans, no per-seat billing
- Free plans for web services, Postgres and Key Value
- Full-stack preview environments for each pull request
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and HIPAA-compliant workspaces
Pricing & billing
Render charges a flat monthly fee per workspace plus compute for each service, prorated by the second. Paid plans include unlimited seats, and free plans cover web services, Postgres and Key Value.
Each plan includes a bandwidth allowance, with overage billed per GB. Disks and Postgres storage are billed per GB per month.
| Price point | Configuration | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|
| Small VM 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (1c-2g) | 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (1c-2g) | $25.00 /mo |
| Medium VM 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (4c-8g) | 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (4c-8g) | $175.00 /mo |
| Large VM 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (8c-16g) | 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (8c-16g) | $300.00 /mo |
| Block storage 100 GB | 100 GB | $25.00 /mo |
| Load balancer | Included in plan | |
| PostgreSQL 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2c-4g) | 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2c-4g) | $90.00 /mo |
| Redis 1 GB RAM (1g) | 1 GB RAM (1g) | $32.00 /mo |
| Egress allowance | 5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale) | |
| Egress $0.15 / GB | $0.15 / GB | $150.00 /TB |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
About Render
Render is a San Francisco cloud platform, founded in 2018, where teams deploy apps from a Git repository without managing servers. It runs web services, background workers, cron jobs and durable workflows next to managed Postgres and Key Value, in the US, Europe and Singapore.
Example customers include OpenAI, ReadMe, Plane, Hodinkee, Every. More here.
Services
Render offers 7 of the 27 services we track.
Compliance
Render covers 4 of the 6 compliance frameworks we track.
| Framework | Level | Checked | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | render.com | |
| ISO 27001 | render.com | ||
| HIPAA | render.com | ||
| GDPR | render.com |
Heads up: Each row links to the provider's own statement, checked on the date shown. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it.
Locations
Based on our records, Render operates in 5 locations across 3 countries.
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Our data for Render was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026.