Static · SSR · Container · Full-stack
Render
Render · USA (San Francisco) · since 2019-04
Heroku replacement that took the throne after Heroku killed its free dyno. Free web services run on 0.1 CPU / 512 MB RAM and spin down after 15 min of inactivity , meaning a 30-second cold start on the next request. Static sites are free without spin-down.
SOC2 / AuditedFreemium
Bandwidth
100 GB/month
Build cap
500 build min/mo
Pros
- + Real container hosting on free tier
- + Native Postgres, Redis, cron jobs
- + Clean dashboard, fast onboarding
Cons
- − 15-minute spin-down on free web services kills UX
- − Free Postgres expires at 90 days
- − Limited to 0.1 CPU on free tier
Free tier highlights
- ▸100 GB bandwidth
- ▸500 build min/mo
- ▸750 instance hours/mo
- ▸Web services spin down after 15 min idle
- ▸Free Postgres 90 days then expires
Specs
- Pricing
- freemium
- Open source
- No
- Self-host
- No
- Audited
- Yes
- HQ
- USA (San Francisco)
- Since
- 2019-04
- License
- Proprietary
- Frameworks
- 6 supported