Render

Render runs your code from Git or Docker with managed TLS, private networking, and add-ons for Postgres (with HA and PITR on paid tiers) and Redis-compatible Key Value. Professional workspaces unlock preview environments, horizontal autoscaling, longer log retention, and compliance certificates on Organization plans.

Workspace billing is per member per month on published tiers (Hobby $0, Professional about $19/user/mo, Organization about $29/user/mo on render.com/pricing) with included bandwidth and pipeline minutes that scale by tier. Services bill separately for instance sizes—Starter web services list around $7/mo for 512 MB RAM—and databases have their own size grid (e.g. Basic Postgres tiers from small monthly prices up to large Pro instances). Usage is prorated by the second; inactive free services spin down with cold-start behavior.

Render suits teams wanting Heroku-like workflows with clearer separation between org fees and compute. Compare Railway and Fly for global edge and Machines models; compare Vercel when Next.js edge and previews are the entire story; compare raw AWS when you need every IAM knob.