# Render pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Hobby). Among the 7 paas / app hosting we track it is the cheapest; median entry $5/mo.
**Domain:** render.com
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Docker, Okta (SSO/SAML), Datadog, Honeycomb, OpenTelemetry, AWS PrivateLink
**Best for:** Startups wanting unlimited-seat flat pricing; Healthcare apps requiring HIPAA BAA at Scale tier; Teams seeking SOC 2 + ISO 27001 out of the box without enterprise contracts
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hobby | $0 | — | flat | Free workspace plan. 750 free instance hours/month for web services. Free Postgres (expires 30 days after creation, 1 GB). Free static sites. Services spin down after inactivity. Usage overages billed at standard compute rates. | render.com |
| Pro | $25 | — | flat | Flat $25/month regardless of team size (unlimited members). Includes SOC 2 and ISO 27001 audit logs. Custom domains $0.25/month each over included allowance. Build pipeline overages $5 per 1,000 minutes. Bandwidth overages $0.15/GB (was $30/100 GB, reduced to $15/100 GB Aug 2025). No HIPAA on this tier. | render.com |
| Scale | $499 | — | flat | Flat $499/month, unlimited team members. Includes SSO (Okta/SAML), SCIM, advanced RBAC, HIPAA-enabled workspaces, BAA available. Dedicated IPs $100/month per set. | render.com |
| Enterprise | Quote-only | — | custom | Custom pricing. Full compliance capabilities, contractual SLAs, dedicated support. | render.com |

**Key features:** SOC 2 Type II + ISO 27001 certified; HIPAA-enabled workspaces on Scale tier (BAA available); Unlimited team members on flat-fee Pro and Scale plans; Private networking, autoscaling, zero-downtime deploys, preview environments.

**Plan limits:** Hobby: free Postgres expires 30 days after creation (1 GB limit); Hobby: web services spin down after inactivity (750 hrs/month free instance hours); Pro: $25/month flat, unlimited seats, no HIPAA; Scale: HIPAA-enabled workspaces at $499/month flat.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-14
Provenance: render.com/pricing returned JS-only content with no extractable prices. Current plan prices obtained from render.com/changelog (April 23, 2026 entry: Hobby free, Pro $25/month flat, Scale $499/month flat replacing per-seat model). HIPAA/BAA confirmed in same changelog entry for Scale and Enterprise tiers.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/paas-app-hosting/render/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Render's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-14 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/paas-app-hosting/render/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl