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Render costs Free to $450 per month as of May 2026. Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.

Use the interactive pricing calculator to estimate your exact cost based on team size and requirements.

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+70% above list price
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Render true cost runs 70% above the listed $0-$450/month price as of May 2026. For a 25-person team, expect ~$114,750 in year-one costs vs the $67,500 base license. Key hidden costs: bandwidth overage: $15 per 100 gb beyond the monthly free allowance (reduced from $30/100 gb), persistent disk storage: $0.25 per gb/month, postgres database storage: $0.30 per gb/month (beyond free tier). Verified from 6 sources by CostBench.

Hidden Costs Breakdown

1

Bandwidth overage: $15 per 100 GB beyond the monthly free allowance (reduced from $30/100 GB)

2

Persistent disk storage: $0.25 per GB/month

3

Postgres database storage: $0.30 per GB/month (beyond free tier)

4

Build minute overages: charged if you exceed 500 free minutes/month on Free plan

5

Per-seat workspace fee on team plans (billed at end of month based on member count)

6

Static IP (outbound NAT gateway): additional monthly charge per service

Example: True Cost for 25 Users

License (25 × $225 × 12) $67,500/yr
Implementation (one-time) +$15,000–$50,000
Premium Support (20%) +$13,500/yr
Training (25 × $500) +$12,500
Admin (part-time) +$15,000–$25,000/yr
Estimated Year 1 Total ~$114,750
That's roughly 1.7× the advertised license price. The median Render contract is $429/yr across 60 Vendr purchases.
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