How much does Render cost in 2026?

Render charges $7.00 per month for the entry plan, per Render's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: Free static sites and 750 instance hours per month. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.

Does Render have a free tier?

Yes — Free static sites and 750 instance hours per month. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.

What does Render charge for egress?

$0.150 per GB, after 100 GB included in the plan. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.

Are these Render prices current?

They were checked against Render's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

Render pricing

Predictable per-instance pricing with managed Postgres and cron jobs included in the platform, positioned as the modern replacement for Heroku.

List prices checked May 2026

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Rate card

What Render charges, by billing axis.

Axis	Price	Applies to
Entry plan	$7.00/mo	Cheapest paid plan or typical entry configuration
Data transfer out	$0.150/GB	100 GB included, then metered
Free tier	Yes	Free static sites and 750 instance hours per month

Source: Render pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

What it costs per month

Render billed against three workload profiles, using the rates above. Every line shows its arithmetic.

Side project

A personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process.

$7.00/mo

Entry plan at $7/month$7.00
100 GB used, 100 GB included, 0 GB billable at $0.15/GB$0

Growing SaaS

A funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.

$142/mo

Entry plan at $7/month$7.00
1 TB used, 100 GB included, 900 GB billable at $0.15/GB$135

Media-heavy site

A publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.

$1,492/mo

Entry plan at $7/month$7.00
10 TB used, 100 GB included, 9.9 TB billable at $0.15/GB$1,485

Render vs the alternatives

The closest application platforms on price, with the difference on application platforms's headline axis.

Service	Entry plan	vs Render	Compare
Koyeb	$6.40	1.1× cheaper	Head to head
Netlify	$9.00	1.3× dearer	Head to head
Railway	$5.00	1.4× cheaper	Head to head
Heroku	$5.00	1.4× cheaper	Head to head
DigitalOcean App Platform	$5.00	1.4× cheaper	Head to head
Fly.io	$3.19	2.2× cheaper	Head to head

Questions about pricing

How much does Render cost in 2026?: Render charges $7.00 per month for the entry plan, per Render's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: Free static sites and 750 instance hours per month. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
Does Render have a free tier?: Yes — Free static sites and 750 instance hours per month. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.
What does Render charge for egress?: $0.150 per GB, after 100 GB included in the plan. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.
Are these Render prices current?: They were checked against Render's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

Rate card

What it costs per month

Render vs the alternatives

Questions about pricing

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