specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Render
providerId: render
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-04'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Hosting
  - PaaS
description: 'Render compute plans: per-instance hosting + workspace plan ($19/user/mo Professional).'
sources:
  - https://render.com/pricing
plans:
  - id: render-free-instance
    name: Free Instance
    type: freemium
    description: Free; 512 MB RAM, 0.1 vCPU.
    entries:
      - label: Per instance
        name: instance
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: 512 MB RAM
      - name: 0.1 vCPU
      - name: Auto-sleep when idle
  - id: render-starter
    name: Starter Instance
    type: paid
    description: $7/month per instance.
    entries:
      - label: Per instance
        name: instance
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '7.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: 512 MB RAM, 0.5 vCPU
      - name: Always-on
      - name: Custom domains
  - id: render-standard
    name: Standard Instance
    type: paid
    description: $25/month per instance.
    entries:
      - label: Per instance
        name: instance
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '25.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU
      - name: Horizontal scaling
  - id: render-pro
    name: Pro Instance
    type: paid
    description: $85/month per instance.
    entries:
      - label: Per instance
        name: instance
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '85.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU
  - id: render-pro-plus
    name: Pro Plus Instance
    type: paid
    description: $175/month per instance.
    entries:
      - label: Per instance
        name: instance
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '175.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU
  - id: render-pro-max
    name: Pro Max Instance
    type: paid
    description: $225/month per instance.
    entries:
      - label: Per instance
        name: instance
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '225.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU
  - id: render-pro-ultra
    name: Pro Ultra Instance
    type: paid
    description: $450/month per instance.
    entries:
      - label: Per instance
        name: instance
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '450.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: 32 GB RAM, 8 vCPU
  - id: render-workspace-pro
    name: Professional Workspace
    type: subscription
    description: $19/user/month workspace.
    entries:
      - label: Per workspace member
        name: seat
        type: subscription
        metric: user
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '19.00'
        userMultiplied: true
    elements:
      - name: Team collaboration
      - name: Workspace controls
      - name: Audit logs
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - subscription
  units:
  - period
  - seat
  plans:
  - name: Free Instance
    access: freemium
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Starter Instance
    access: paid
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Standard Instance
    access: paid
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Pro Instance
    access: paid
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Pro Plus Instance
    access: paid
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Pro Max Instance
    access: paid
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Pro Ultra Instance
    access: paid
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Professional Workspace
    access: other
    model: subscription
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - seat
    periods:
    - month