Render Increases Hobby Plan Environments from 1 to 2, Enhancing Project Flexibility
What happened
Between the Oct 9, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026 captures of Render's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Hobby plan environments increased from 1 to 2 environments (project allocation remains 1). Pulse files it as a packaging change (limit increase) with an upward 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 Introduces New 'Enterprise Owner' Role and Updates Workspace Admin Designation" (Q3 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Render Introduces HIPAA Compliance Feature to Enhance Security Offerings" (Q2 2025), "Render Introduces Guaranteed Uptime SLA and Enhanced Features for Enterprise Plan" (Q1 2025) and "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.
- Hobby · Limit+100%12
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | Limit | 1 | 2 | +100% |
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 Oct 9, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where hobby limit reads 1 and then 2.
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Render, pricing history
Full history- Jul 4, 2026packagingRender ditches per-user pricing for flat fee, adds $100K startup credits
- May 27, 2026improvedRender rebrands Static IPs as Dedicated IPs, charges $100 each
- Mar 17, 2026improvedRender launches Workflows Beta and concurrent task run add-ons
- Jan 12, 2026improvedRender Increases Hobby Plan Environments from 1 to 2, Enhancing Project Flexibility · this change
- Q3 2025improvedRender Introduces New 'Enterprise Owner' Role and Updates Workspace Admin Designation
- 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
- 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 January 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 9, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: limit increase.
What changed on Render's pricing page between Oct 9, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026?
Hobby limit: 1 → 2 (+100%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 9, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Render change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Render in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Render Introduces New 'Enterprise Owner' Role and Updates Workspace Admin Designation" in Q3 2025; Render has been tracked since 2024-10-01.