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Render Lowest estimate
Free Hobby
$0/ month equivalent
COMPARE / APP HOSTING
App hosting, with the math.
Requests, compute and bandwidth. See how hosting changes with traffic.
A commercial web API with uncached dynamic requests, US compute, one deploying developer and standard builds. Runtime compatibility, concurrency and performance must be assessed separately. No databases, image transformations, middleware, premium logs or other add-ons.
YOUR COMPARISON, YOUR CALL
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Your workload
Monthly usage. Adjust the assumptions to match your product.
requests / month
Every request invokes server code and reaches the CDN. Static asset requests are outside this scenario.
Maximum 1,000,000,000 requests / monthmilliseconds / request
Active CPU time, excluding network waits. Benchmark each runtime; the same input is a planning assumption.
Maximum 300,000 milliseconds / requestGB-hours / month
Memory multiplied by instance lifetime, including waits. Fluid concurrency can reduce this. Set it from measured usage.
Maximum 10,000,000 GB-hours / monthGB / month
Uncached response traffic to visitors. Also used as origin traffic for this uncached scenario.
Maximum 1,000,000 GB / monthdeployments / month
Publishes to production. Local or external CI builds are assumed for Cloudflare. Vercel standard builds without paid concurrency.
Maximum 10,000 deployments / monthEstimates are in USD before taxes. Your usage stays in this URL.
| Decision guideOne shared workload. Different trade-offs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly equivalentUSD · before tax | $6.47Hobby | $0Lowest in your shortlistFree Hobby | $20.00Pro · included CDN | $30.00Pro · 3,000 credits |
| Payment commitment | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly | Monthly |
| Fits this workload? | Within modeled limits | Within modeled limits | Within modeled limits | Within modeled limits |
| What to know | Hobby has a $5 monthly minimum including $5 usage credit. Enter total active CPU and provisioned memory for the service, including background work. Aggregate monthly usage does not establish per-service capacity eligibility. | Free web services spin down after 15 minutes of inactivity and take up to 50 seconds to restart. | US East (iad1) compute and transfer rates. One deploying seat. $20 monthly usage credit offsets metered infrastructure, not the subscription. CDN tiers show steady-state cost; changes take effect next cycle. | Includes 3,000 credits. Auto-recharge must be enabled. Higher prepaid Pro credit tiers are not modeled. |
| Outside the estimate | Volume storage, object storage, sandboxes and optional services. Hobby is a single-developer workspace. | Persistent disks, custom scaling, log streams, and background workers. | Paid build concurrency, image optimization, middleware, logs, databases, extra seats and optional add-ons. Hobby excludes commercial use and is not ranked. | AI inference, databases, forms and paid build capacity. |
| Evidence | Official pricing ↗Checked 2026-10-08 | Official pricing ↗Checked 2026-10-05 | Official pricing ↗Checked 2026-10-05 | Official pricing ↗Checked 2026-10-05 |
Look ahead, before you commit.
Vary dynamic requests. Keep all other inputs fixed.
RenderRailwayVercelNetlify
Inflections & Crossovers
Verified cost transitions- 2,686,467 requests / monthNetlify (Pro · 3,000 credits) matches Vercel (Pro · on-demand CDN) at 2,686,467 requests / month ($30.00/mo).
- 6,000,001 requests / monthVercel (Pro · on-demand CDN) becomes cheaper than Netlify (Pro · 3,000 credits) at 6,000,001 requests / month ($39.79/mo).
View exact values and assumptions
Each point follows your selected plan. Automatic choices use the lowest eligible supported plan per product. Missing values mean no supported plan fits. This varies one input, not all costs with customer count. Lines connect sampled estimates; prices between those points can change in steps or at plan limits.
| Dynamic requests | Render | Railway | Vercel | Netlify |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.40 | $20.00 | $30.00 |
| 100,001 requests / month | $0 | $6.40 | $20.00 | $30.00 |
| 450,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.42 | $20.00 | $30.00 |
| 1,000,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.47 | $20.00 | $30.00 |
| 1,000,001 requests / month | $0 | $6.47 | $25.02 | $30.00 |
| 1,150,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.48 | $25.46 | $30.00 |
| 1,850,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.53 | $27.53 | $30.00 |
| 2,200,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.56 | $28.56 | $30.00 |
| 2,686,467 requests / month ★ | $0 | $6.60 | $30.00 | $30.00 |
| 2,900,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.61 | $30.63 | $30.00 |
| 3,250,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.64 | $31.67 | $30.00 |
| 3,500,001 requests / month | $0 | $6.66 | $32.40 | $30.00 |
| 3,600,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.67 | $32.70 | $30.00 |
| 4,300,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.72 | $34.77 | $30.00 |
| 4,650,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.75 | $35.80 | $30.00 |
| 5,350,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.80 | $37.87 | $30.00 |
| 5,700,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.83 | $38.91 | $30.00 |
| 6,000,001 requests / month ★ | $0 | $6.85 | $39.79 | $40.00 |
| 6,050,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.86 | $39.94 | $40.00 |
| 6,400,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.88 | $40.00 | $40.00 |
| 6,750,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.91 | $40.00 | $40.00 |
| 7,450,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.96 | $40.00 | $40.00 |
| 7,800,000 requests / month | $0 | $6.99 | $40.00 | $40.00 |
| 8,150,000 requests / month | $0 | $7.02 | $40.00 | $40.00 |
| 8,500,000 requests / month | $0 | $7.05 | $40.00 | $40.00 |
| 8,850,000 requests / month | $0 | $7.07 | $40.00 | $40.00 |
| 9,200,000 requests / month | $0 | $7.10 | $40.00 | $40.00 |
| 9,900,000 requests / month | $0 | $7.15 | $40.00 | $40.00 |
| 10,000,000 requests / month | $0 | $7.16 | $40.00 | $40.00 |
| 10,250,000 requests / month | $0 | $7.18 | $52.35 | $40.00 |
| 10,600,000 requests / month | $0 | $7.21 | $53.39 | $40.00 |
| 10,950,000 requests / month | $0 | $7.23 | $54.42 | $40.00 |
| 11,000,000 requests / month | $0 | $7.24 | $54.57 | $40.00 |
| 11,300,000 requests / month | $0 | $7.26 | $55.46 | $40.00 |
| 12,000,000 requests / month | $0 | $7.32 | $57.53 | $40.00 |
Your monthly comparison
5 eligible products in this loaded set · Lowest modeled cost first
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Standard
$5.00/ month equivalent
03
Hobby
$6.47/ month equivalent
04
Pro · included CDN
$20.00/ month equivalent
05
Pro · 3,000 credits
$30.00/ month equivalent
Prices reflect dated, supported plans. Matching a category does not mean matching features. How estimates work
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