Render launches Sandboxes beta: $0.12/CPU-hour microVMs for agent workloads
What happened
Between the Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026 captures of Render's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Render launched Sandboxes (Beta): isolated microVMs for agents, apps, and untrusted code, billed at $0.12/active CPU hour plus memory fees across 1-8 CPU tiers, with per-plan concurrency and session-length limits. Pulse files it as a product change (feature added) with an upward direction. The current page 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.
It lands 7 days after Render's previous change, "Render: Workflows comparison rows changed from concurrent task runs (20/50/100, then $10/mo per 50) to parallel task…" (Oct 26, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Render Key Value cuts compute prices up to 45% and adds 50 GB tier; Workflows max compute halved" (Oct 5, 2026) and "Render: Workflows compute doubles to 8 CPU / 32 GB RAM" (Sep 28, 2026). Render has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window Digitalocean, Railway and Google Cloud also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- CPU · FeatureAddedNo SandboxesSandboxes
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Feature | No Sandboxes | Sandboxes | 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 Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where Sandboxes now appears.
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Render, the last 90 days
Full history- Nov 2, 2026improvedRender launches Sandboxes beta: $0.12/CPU-hour microVMs for agent workloads · this change
- Oct 26, 2026packagingRender: Workflows comparison rows changed from concurrent task runs (20/50/100, then $10/mo per 50) to parallel task…
- Oct 5, 2026decreaseRender Key Value cuts compute prices up to 45% and adds 50 GB tier; Workflows max compute halved
- Sep 28, 2026packagingRender: Workflows compute doubles to 8 CPU / 32 GB RAM
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changesQuestions about this change
Did Render raise prices in November 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature added.
What changed on Render's pricing page between Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026?
CPU feature: No Sandboxes → Sandboxes, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 26, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Render change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 3 other pricing-page changes for Render in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Render: Workflows comparison rows changed from concurrent task runs (20/50/100, then $10/mo per 50) to parallel task…" on Oct 26, 2026; Render has been tracked since 2024-10-01.