Render Renames Team Plan to Professional and Individual Plan to Hobby
What happened
Between the Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 captures of Render's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Team plan renamed to Professional; Individual plan renamed to Hobby. Pulse files it as a packaging change (plan renamed) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 5, 2026) lists Pro at $25, Scale at $499, Postgres - Pro 4GB at $55, Postgres - Pro 16GB at $200 and Postgres - Pro 64GB at $800.
Render's previous recorded change was "Render Transitions to Flat Rate Pricing for Individual Plans, Enhancing Accessibility and Simplifying Costs" (Q2 2024). Render has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window Digitalocean and Aws also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Team · PlanRenamedTeam planProfessional
- Hobby · PlanRenamedIndividual planHobby
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Plan | Team plan | Professional | Renamed |
| Hobby | Plan | Individual plan | Hobby | Renamed |
Values as written on Render's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Render's pricing page (render.com) from Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where "Team plan" becomes "Professional".
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Render, the last 90 days
Full history- Q2 2025improvedRender Introduces HIPAA Compliance Feature to Enhance Security Offerings
- Q1 2025improvedRender Introduces Guaranteed Uptime SLA and Enhanced Features for Enterprise Plan
- Q4 2024improvedRender Introduces Free TLS for Up to 2 Custom Domains on Hobby Plan
- Q3 2024packagingRender Renames Team Plan to Professional and Individual Plan to Hobby · this change
- Q2 2024packagingRender Transitions to Flat Rate Pricing for Individual Plans, Enhancing Accessibility and Simplifying Costs
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- DigitaloceanJan 11Digitalocean Introduces GPU Droplets with On-Demand Pricing Starting at $2.99/GPU/hour
- AwsJan 11Aws Kendra Expands Free Tier to Include GenAI Enterprise Edition, Offering 750 Hours for First 30 Days
- DigitaloceanJan 11Digitalocean Introduces Usage-Based Backups Pricing Starting at $0.01/GiB/Month Alongside New Network File Storage Product
- DigitaloceanJan 11Digitalocean Reduces On-Demand GPU Droplet Pricing by 52%, Now Just $0.76/GPU/hour
- DigitaloceanJan 11Digitalocean Introduces Global Load Balancers, Enhancing Cloud Infrastructure Options
Questions about this change
Did Render raise prices in October 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: plan renamed.
What changed on Render's pricing page between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024?
Team plan: Team plan → Professional, renamed; Hobby plan: Individual plan → Hobby, renamed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Render change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Render in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Render Transitions to Flat Rate Pricing for Individual Plans, Enhancing Accessibility and Simplifying Costs" in Q2 2024; Render has been tracked since 2024-10-01.