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Render
Managed hosting for services and databases
Free plan availableDeveloper ToolsSince 2019
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What Render is
Web services, cron jobs, static sites and managed Postgres with automatic deploys from git and no server administration.
Render's Pro plan has read $25 a month on every one of the 3 times we have checked this page, from Aug 2026 to Sept 2026. It has not moved while we have been looking. See the source
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Free plan
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Ongoing free tier published by the vendor. Limits vary by plan.
Render alternatives
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Where Render sits on price
Entry prices across Developer Tools, cheapest first.
13 of these 13 prices were read from the vendor's own pricing page. The median is taken across the 13 verified prices in Developer Tools. 1 more tool in this category does not publish an entry price and is not plotted. Showing the 10 cheapest.
Render pricing questions
- How much does Render cost?
- Render starts at $25 a month on its Pro plan, billed monthly. That figure was read from render.com's own pricing page on 21 September 2026.
- Does Render have a free plan?
- Yes. Render publishes an ongoing free tier — not a countdown trial. Limits vary by plan, so check what the free tier covers before you commit.
- What is Render used for?
- Web services, cron jobs, static sites and managed Postgres with automatic deploys from git and no server administration. People mainly use it to deploy a backend, host a database, run a cron job.
- What are the best alternatives to Render?
- The closest alternatives in the same category are GitHub, Vercel, Supabase, Sentry. GitHub starts lower at $4 a month; Vercel starts lower at $20 a month. GitHub, Vercel, Supabase and Sentry publish a free plan.