Render

Your fastest path to production: build, deploy, and scale apps with unparalleled ease.

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Starting at $0 USD per user/month plus compute costs*

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Overview

Render is a unified cloud platform designed to simplify the deployment and scaling of web applications, APIs, databases, and all types of services. It provides a developer-friendly experience that abstracts away much of the underlying infrastructure complexity, allowing teams to focus on building their products rather than managing servers.

The platform offers a comprehensive suite of features including autoscaling, private networking, persistent storage, and zero-downtime deployments. With support for various service types like static sites, web services, background workers, and managed databases (Postgres, Redis), Render aims to be a complete solution for bringing applications from development to production quickly and reliably. Its Infrastructure as Code capabilities and API also enable advanced automation and integration into existing workflows.

Best For

Deploying full-stack web applications with databases and background jobs

Hosting static sites and single-page applications

Setting up microservices architectures with private networking

Automating scheduled tasks with cron jobs

Creating preview environments for pull requests and feature branches

Building and scaling APIs and backend services

Key Features

Autoscaling

Private Networking

Persistent Disks

Infrastructure as Code

Preview Environments

Zero Downtime Deploys

Render API

Static Sites hosting

Web Services hosting

Private Services

Background Workers

Cron Jobs

Render Postgres

Render Key Value

Pricing

Hobby

$0 USD per user/month plus compute costs*

Deploy full-stack apps in minutes
Fully-managed datastores
Custom domains
Global CDN & regional hosting
Get security out of the box
Email support
1 project and environment
100 GB / month included bandwidth
500 / month build pipeline minutes
3-day window Point-in-time recovery
Up to 10 Team Members
Workspace admin Roles & permissions
Up to 2 Custom domains
5 builds retained
7 days Log retention

POPULAR

Professional

$19 USD per user /month plus compute costs*

Everything in Hobby
500 GB of bandwidth included
Collaborate with 10 team members
Unlimited projects & environments
Horizontal autoscaling
Test with preview environments
Private link connections
Isolated environments
Chat support
Unlimited Projects & environments
500 GB / month included bandwidth
500 / user / month Build pipeline minutes
Horizontal autoscaling
7-day window Point-in-time recovery
Unlimited Team Members
Developer Roles & permissions
Preview environments
Protected environments
Up to 3 Private links
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3
Service discovery
WebSockets
Static outbound IPs
15 builds retained
14 days Log retention

Pros & Cons

Pros

Simplified deployment process for various service types (web, static, databases)
Built-in features like autoscaling and zero-downtime deploys enhance reliability
Private networking and persistent disks offer robust infrastructure capabilities
Infrastructure as Code support allows for reproducible and version-controlled deployments
Preview environments streamline development and testing workflows
Comprehensive API for programmatic control and integration

Cons

May have a steeper learning curve for users accustomed to more granular cloud provider controls
Pricing structure might be less flexible for highly custom or niche infrastructure needs compared to IaaS providers
Limited to services offered within the Render ecosystem, potentially requiring external solutions for unsupported services
Less control over underlying infrastructure compared to bare-metal or IaaS solutions