Render Review
IT & DEVELOPMENT SOFTWAREChoose Render when a cloud PaaS / app platform with a published Pro $25 floor is the job — not WP Engine managed WordPress, and not Fly.io by default.
Starting price
$25.00/user/month
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
No
Best for
Teams that want a git-push app platform with a published Pro $25 production floor
SoftwareGlimpse review
7.9/10
Good
- ease of use9
- it job fit9
- workflow depth8
- integrations8
- admin security7
- scalability8
Render plans & pricing
Verified 2026-08-18 from render.com/pricing (high confidence). Hobby $0 + compute; Pro $25/mo + compute (startingPriceMonthly production floor); Scale $499; Enterprise custom. Starter web $7/mo is instance compute — not the workspace floor. Affiliate economics excluded.
Starter web service
$7.00
per month
- Everything in Hobby, plus:
- Small teams starting with core workflows
Pro
$25.00
per month
- Everything in Starter web service, plus:
- Pro buyers
Enterprise
Custom
Contact sales
- Everything in Scale, plus:
- Organizations needing custom commercial terms
Estimate team cost
Rough monthly and annual cost for Render based on list pricing. Confirm rates on the vendor site before buying.
- Monthly
- $0.00
- Annual
- $0.00
Render pricing compared
| Metric | Render | Fly.io | Cloudways | WP Engine | Kinsta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $25.00/user/month | $1.94/user/month | $11.00/user/month | $30.00/user/month | $35.00/user/month |
| Free plan | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Free trial | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |