Our take
Pick Netlify if frontend teams who will stay on Free at $0 (300 credits / month, hard limit) while they open a first Deploy log, then buy Personal at $9 / month (1,000 credits) or Pro at $20 / month (3,000 credits, unlimited members). Pick Render if teams who will stay on Hobby at $0 / month + the free 512 MB web service while they deploy a first project, then buy Pro at $25 / month when they need unlimited seats
Best for
Netlify Builds you inspect at $0
Render Web services and a Postgres you start at $0
Free plan
Netlify $0 · / month. Individual. 300 credits / month hard limit. No auto-recharge. Deploy from Git / API. Custom domains with SSL. Functions, Database, Blob, global CDN
Render $0 · / month + compute. Deploy up to 25 services. 5 GB bandwidth. Single-service previews
Lowest paid
Netlify Personal $9
Render Pro $25
Next step up
Netlify Pro from $20
Render Scale $499
Runs where
Netlify Hosted
Render Hosted
Watch out
Netlify Free is a 300-credit hard cap
Render Hobby $0 is the workspace tile, not unlimited RAM
Last checked
Netlify 2026-10-23 · netlify.com/pricing
Render 2026-10-23 · render.com/pricing
frontend teams who will stay on Free at $0 (300 credits / month, hard limit) while they open a first Deploy log, then buy Personal at $9 / month (1,000 credits) or Pro at $20 / month (3,000 credits, unlimited members).
Read the Netlify pageteams who will stay on Hobby at $0 / month + the free 512 MB web service while they deploy a first project, then buy Pro at $25 / month when they need unlimited seats and full-stack previews.
Read the Render page
