Render cut its free tier
New free Postgres databases expire after 30 days instead of 90.
What changed
- Free tier cut, May 20, 2024
- Before: 90 days
- After: 30 days
- Existing customers: grandfathered
Cheaper alternatives to Render
At the entry plan, Render costs $25/mo. 8 hosting platforms cost less:
- Fly.io: $2.19/mo (Smallest Machine, 256 MB)
- Railway: $5/mo (Hobby: $5 incl. $5 usage)
- Heroku: $5/mo (Eco: $5 for 1,000 dyno hours)
- Cloudflare Workers: $5/mo (Workers Paid, $5 minimum)
- DigitalOcean Apps: $5/mo (512 MiB shared container)
- Hetzner Cloud: $7.49/mo (CPX02: 1 vCPU, 1 GB (EU))
- Netlify: $9/mo (Personal: $9, 1,000 credits)
- Vercel: $20/mo (Pro: $20 incl. 1 seat and $20 credit)
Render alternatives: 8 cheaper hosting platforms compared, at every size.
Sources
Every price and change for Render: Render.