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Render pricing. Free limits, real cost.
What Render’s plans include, the limits its own docs state, and what a small project pays there each month. From Render’s pricing pages, checked Oct 3, 2026.
The plans
The plans a small project chooses between. Larger and enterprise plans are left out.
| Plan | What you get | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| Static siteFree | Static sites are free to deploy; 5 GB bandwidth and 500 build minutes a month on the Hobby workspaceSource · checked Oct 3, 2026 | — |
| Free web serviceFree | 512 MB instance, 750 instance hours a monthSource · checked Oct 3, 2026 | Spins down after 15 minutes without traffic; the next visit waits about a minute while it starts. |
| Starter web servicePaid | $7 a month for an always-on instance: 0.5 CPU, 512 MBSource · checked Oct 3, 2026 | — |
| Free PostgresFree | 1 GB Postgres, one per workspaceSource · checked Oct 3, 2026 | Expires 30 days after it’s created; you then have 14 days to upgrade before it’s deleted. |
| Postgres, smallest paidPaid | $6 a month: 256 MB RAM, 1 GB storage included, more at $0.30 per GBSource · checked Oct 3, 2026 | — |
What a small project pays at Render
The same example projects as the comparison, priced on each Render plan for one developer.
Static site
20 GB sent to visitors, 500,000 requests and 10 deploys a month. Compare every provider →
- Static site$2.25 a monthStatic site: $0. Bandwidth: 5 GB included, 15 GB more at $0.15 = $2.25
Small web app
50 GB sent to visitors, 1,000,000 requests and 20 deploys a month. Compare every provider →
- Free web service$6.75 a monthFree instance (512 MB): $0. Bandwidth: 5 GB included, 45 GB more at $0.15 = $6.75
- Starter web service$13.75 a monthInstance (0.5 CPU, 512 MB): $7.00. Bandwidth: 5 GB included, 45 GB more at $0.15 = $6.75
API with scheduled jobs
5 GB sent to visitors, 300,000 requests and 5 deploys a month. Compare every provider →
- Free web service$0.00 a monthFree instance (512 MB): $0. Bandwidth: inside the included 5 GB
- Starter web service$7.00 a monthInstance (0.5 CPU, 512 MB): $7.00. Bandwidth: inside the included 5 GB. Scheduled jobs run inside the same server
A small database
500 MB of data. Compare every provider →
- Free Postgres$0.00 a monthInside the included 1 GB
- Postgres, smallest paid$6.00 a monthInstance (256 MB RAM): $6.00. Inside the included 1 GB of storage
Price changes at Render
None recorded since we began checking on Oct 3, 2026. We re-check every month.
List prices in US dollars, monthly billing, before tax. If Render’s own page says something different, Render’s page is right. This page has no affiliate links.
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