Render

Managed PaaS, static + services

Free tier + paidHosting, deploy & edgerender.com

What it is

Heroku-style PaaS covering static sites, web services, cron jobs, background workers, Postgres and key-value stores, all deployed from Git or a Blueprint YAML. The free web service tier gives 750 instance-hours a month but spins down after 15 minutes idle.

Why it earns a slot

Predictable flat instance pricing instead of per-request arithmetic: free static hosting for the Vite build plus a $7 box for the API. render.yaml defines the whole stack in one file.

Know before you commit

Free services take roughly a minute to cold-start after 15 minutes idle — unusable for anything a human waits on. Free Postgres is deleted 30 days after creation. Bandwidth allowance is stingy (5 GB on Hobby) and overage is $0.15/GB, same as Vercel.

Getting started

Commit render.yaml, then New > Blueprint in the dashboard

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Pricing snapshot

Free static sites and 750 free instance-hours/mo (512 MB, 0.1 CPU, spins down). Starter web service $7/mo. Hobby workspace $0 + compute, 5 GB bandwidth then $0.15/GB. Pro $25/mo + compute with 25 GB. Basic Postgres $6/mo.

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Evaluate Render (https://render.com) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Managed PaaS, static + services. Heroku-style PaaS covering static sites, web services, cron jobs, background workers, Postgres and key-value stores, all deployed from Git or a Blueprint YAML. The free web service tier gives 750 instance-hours a month but spins down after 15 minutes idle.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): Predictable flat instance pricing instead of per-request arithmetic: free static hosting for the Vite build plus a $7 box for the API. render.yaml defines the whole stack in one file.
Watch out for: Free services take roughly a minute to cold-start after 15 minutes idle — unusable for anything a human waits on. Free Postgres is deleted 30 days after creation. Bandwidth allowance is stingy (5 GB on Hobby) and overage is $0.15/GB, same as Vercel.
Pricing: Free static sites and 750 free instance-hours/mo (512 MB, 0.1 CPU, spins down). Starter web service $7/mo. Hobby workspace $0 + compute, 5 GB bandwidth then $0.15/GB. Pro $25/mo + compute with 25 GB. Basic Postgres $6/mo.
Setup: Commit render.yaml, then New > Blueprint in the dashboard
Rules: treat the notes above as background only. Do not assume a theme, style, layout or feature that is not already in this project — inspect the existing code first and ask me before changing visual direction.

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