Render Introduces Guaranteed Uptime SLA and Enhanced Features for Enterprise Plan
What happened
Between the Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 12, 2025 captures of Render's pricing page, Pulse recorded 19 changes: Service metrics and Notifications monitoring features added to all paid plans; ISO 27001 certificate added to Organization and Enterprise plans; Network-isolated environments added to Enterprise plan; Hobby plan repositioned from 'For hobbyists, students, and indie hackers' to 'For personal projects and small-scale applications'; Guest users role added to Enterprise plan for external collaboration; Centralized team management capabilities added to Enterprise plan; Firewall security feature added to Enterprise plan; Webhook usage limits introduced: 1 webhook for Professional, 100 webhooks for Organization, Custom for Enterprise; Professional plan repositioned from 'For small teams and early-stage startups' to 'For teams building production applications'; Projects & environments limit introduced: 1 project and environment for Hobby plan, Unlimited for Professional, Organization, and Enterprise; Protected environments feature added to Organization and Enterprise plans; Organization plan repositioned from 'For larger teams with complex needs' to 'For teams with higher traffic demands and compliance needs'; Guaranteed uptime SLA added to Enterprise plan; Enterprise plan repositioned from 'For ultimate power and customization' to 'For mission critical applications with complex needs'; Support SLAs (Service Level Agreements) added to Enterprise plan; SAML SSO and SCIM provisioning added to Enterprise plan; Redis service officially rebranded to 'Render Key Value' across the entire platform; OpenTelemetry metrics stream added to Enterprise plan for enhanced observability; Premium support and dedicated Customer success engineer added to Enterprise plan. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, plan renamed, limit lowered, packaging change). Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists Pro at $25, Scale at $499, Postgres - 64c-256g at $3,000, Postgres - 64c-512g at $6,000 and Postgres - 128c-1024g at $11,000.
Render's previous recorded change was "Render Introduces Free TLS for Up to 2 Custom Domains on Hobby Plan" (Q4 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.
- Added—Feature
BeforeNot listed
AfterService metrics and Notifications monitoring features
- AddedEnterpriseFeatureNot listedISO 27001 certificate
- AddedEnterpriseFeature
BeforeNot listed
AfterNetwork-isolated environments
- RewordedHobby, ScalePlan
BeforeFor hobbyists, students, and indie hackers
AfterFor personal projects and small-scale applications
- AddedEnterpriseFeatureNot listedGuest users role
- AddedEnterpriseFeature
BeforeNot listed
AfterCentralized team management capabilities
- AddedEnterpriseFeature
BeforeNot listed
AfterFirewall security feature
- AddedEnterpriseLimitNot listedWebhook usage limits
- RewordedProfessionalPlan
BeforeFor small teams and early-stage startups
AfterFor teams building production applications
- AddedHobby, EnterpriseLimit
BeforeNot listed
AfterProjects & environments limit
- AddedEnterpriseFeature
BeforeNot listed
AfterProtected environments feature
- RewordedOrganizationPlan
BeforeFor larger teams with complex needs
AfterFor teams with higher traffic demands and compliance needs
- AddedEnterpriseFeatureNot listedGuaranteed uptime SLA
- RewordedEnterprisePlan
BeforeFor ultimate power and customization
AfterFor mission critical applications with complex needs
- AddedEnterpriseFeature
BeforeNot listed
AfterSupport SLAs (Service Level Agreements)
- AddedEnterpriseFeature
BeforeNot listed
AfterSAML SSO and SCIM provisioning
- Packaging change—Packaging
Redis service officially rebranded to 'Render Key Value' across the entire platform
- AddedEnterpriseFeature
BeforeNot listed
AfterOpenTelemetry metrics stream
- AddedEnterpriseFeature
BeforeNot listed
AfterPremium support and dedicated Customer success engineer
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | Not listed | Service metrics and Notifications monitoring features | Added |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | ISO 27001 certificate | Added |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | Network-isolated environments | Added |
| Hobby, Scale | Plan | For hobbyists, students, and indie hackers | For personal projects and small-scale applications | Reworded |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | Guest users role | Added |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | Centralized team management capabilities | Added |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | Firewall security feature | Added |
| Enterprise | Limit | Not listed | Webhook usage limits | Added |
| Professional | Plan | For small teams and early-stage startups | For teams building production applications | Reworded |
| Hobby, Enterprise | Limit | Not listed | Projects & environments limit | Added |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | Protected environments feature | Added |
| Organization | Plan | For larger teams with complex needs | For teams with higher traffic demands and compliance needs | Reworded |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | Guaranteed uptime SLA | Added |
| Enterprise | Plan | For ultimate power and customization | For mission critical applications with complex needs | Reworded |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | Support SLAs (Service Level Agreements) | Added |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | SAML SSO and SCIM provisioning | Added |
| — | Packaging | Redis service officially rebranded to 'Render Key Value' across the entire platform | Packaging change | |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | OpenTelemetry metrics stream | Added |
| Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | Premium support and dedicated Customer success engineer | Added |
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 Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 12, 2025; the change is marked near the top of the page, where Guaranteed uptime SLA now appears.
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Render, the last 90 days
Full history- Jan 12, 2026PackagingRender Increases Hobby Plan Environments from 1 to 2, Enhancing Project Flexibility
- Q3 2025PackagingRender Introduces New 'Enterprise Owner' Role and Updates Workspace Admin Designation
- Q2 2025ImprovementRender Introduces HIPAA Compliance Feature to Enhance Security Offerings
- Q1 2025Limit loweredRender Introduces Guaranteed Uptime SLA and Enhanced Features for Enterprise Plan This change
- Q4 2024PackagingRender Introduces Free TLS for Up to 2 Custom Domains on Hobby Plan
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 April 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 12, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, plan renamed, limit lowered, packaging change.
What changed on Render's pricing page between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 12, 2025?
Feature added: Service metrics and Notifications monitoring features; Enterprise feature added: ISO 27001 certificate; Enterprise feature added: Network-isolated environments; Hobby, Scale plan: For hobbyists, students, and indie hackers → For personal projects and small-scale applications, reworded; Enterprise feature added: Guest users role; Enterprise feature added: Centralized team management capabilities; Enterprise feature added: Firewall security feature; Enterprise limit added: Webhook usage limits; Professional plan: For small teams and early-stage startups → For teams building production applications, reworded; Hobby, Enterprise limit added: Projects & environments limit; Enterprise feature added: Protected environments feature; Organization plan: For larger teams with complex needs → For teams with higher traffic demands and compliance needs, reworded; Enterprise feature added: Guaranteed uptime SLA; Enterprise plan: For ultimate power and customization → For mission critical applications with complex needs, reworded; Enterprise feature added: Support SLAs (Service Level Agreements); Enterprise feature added: SAML SSO and SCIM provisioning; Redis service officially rebranded to 'Render Key Value' across the entire platform; Enterprise feature added: OpenTelemetry metrics stream; Enterprise feature added: Premium support and dedicated Customer success engineer. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 12, 2025; 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 Introduces Free TLS for Up to 2 Custom Domains on Hobby Plan" in Q4 2024; Render has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
