Render Compute Plans

Specify your service's available CPU and RAM.

We've updated compute plan names and added new plans.

There are no pricing changes to existing plans. For other details, see Updates to Render Compute Plans.

Your Render service's compute plan determines the CPU and RAM specs for its instances. For example, the 1c-2g compute plan provides 1 CPU and 2 GB of RAM.

For most service types, you select a compute plan during service creation and can change plans later.

If you scale a service to run multiple instances, each instance uses the same compute plan and is billed accordingly:

Static sites do not have a compute plan at all, because they do not perform server-side processing.

All plans

For pricing details on compute plans, see the pricing page.

Compute plans vary by service type:

Web service plans

CPU	RAM	Plan ID	Legacy Plan Name
0.1 CPU	512 MB	`free`
0.5 CPU	512 MB	`0.5c-512mb`	`starter`
1 CPU	2 GB	`1c-2g`	`standard`
2 CPU	4 GB	`2c-4g`	`pro`
2 CPU	8 GB	`2c-8g`
2 CPU	16 GB	`2c-16g`
4 CPU	8 GB	`4c-8g`	`pro_plus`
4 CPU	16 GB	`4c-16g`	`pro_max`
4 CPU	32 GB	`4c-32g`
8 CPU	16 GB	`8c-16g`
8 CPU	32 GB	`8c-32g`	`pro_ultra`
8 CPU	64 GB	`8c-64g`
12 CPU	24 GB	`12c-24g`
12 CPU	48 GB	`12c-48g`
12 CPU	96 GB	`12c-96g`

Private service / Background worker plans

CPU	RAM	Plan ID	Legacy Plan Name
0.5 CPU	512 MB	`0.5c-512mb`	`starter`
1 CPU	2 GB	`1c-2g`	`standard`
2 CPU	4 GB	`2c-4g`	`pro`
2 CPU	8 GB	`2c-8g`
2 CPU	16 GB	`2c-16g`
4 CPU	8 GB	`4c-8g`	`pro_plus`
4 CPU	16 GB	`4c-16g`	`pro_max`
4 CPU	32 GB	`4c-32g`
8 CPU	16 GB	`8c-16g`
8 CPU	32 GB	`8c-32g`	`pro_ultra`
8 CPU	64 GB	`8c-64g`
12 CPU	24 GB	`12c-24g`
12 CPU	48 GB	`12c-48g`
12 CPU	96 GB	`12c-96g`

Cron job plans

CPU	RAM	Plan ID	Legacy Plan Name
0.5 CPU	512 MB	`0.5c-512mb`	`starter`
1 CPU	2 GB	`1c-2g`	`standard`
2 CPU	4 GB	`2c-4g`	`pro`
2 CPU	8 GB	`2c-8g`
2 CPU	16 GB	`2c-16g`
4 CPU	8 GB	`4c-8g`	`pro_plus`
4 CPU	16 GB	`4c-16g`
4 CPU	32 GB	`4c-32g`
8 CPU	16 GB	`8c-16g`
8 CPU	32 GB	`8c-32g`
8 CPU	64 GB	`8c-64g`

Workflow plans

Workflows define collections of runnable tasks. You specify which compute plan to use for each task directly in your code. Learn more.

Where are starter and standard?

The starter and standard compute plans from the Render Workflows beta have been discontinued in favor of flex.

The flex plan is now the default for any task that doesn't specify a different plan.
Any task that sets its plan to starter or standard now automatically uses flex instead.
The flex plan is billed according to your task run's actual RAM and CPU usage. This results in lower costs for most tasks that previously used starter or standard.
The flex plan provides up to the same CPU as standard and double the RAM.

CPU	RAM	Plan ID	Legacy Plan Name
Up to 1 CPU	Up to 4 GB	`flex`
2	4 GB	`2c-4g`	`pro`
2	8 GB	`2c-8g`
4	8 GB	`4c-8g`	`pro_plus`
4	16 GB	`4c-16g`	`pro_max`
8	32 GB	`8c-32g`	`pro_ultra`

Render Postgres plans

Your Render Postgres compute plan does not affect storage capacity.

The compute plan only determines your database instance's RAM, CPU, and connection limit.

Learn how to add storage to your database.

CPU	RAM	Plan ID	Legacy Plan Name
Max 100 connections:
0.1 CPU	256 MB	`free`
0.1 CPU	256 MB	`0.1c-256mb`	`basic-256mb`
0.5 CPU	1 GB	`0.5c-1g`	`basic-1gb`
1 CPU	2 GB	`1c-2g`
1 CPU	4 GB	`1c-4g`	`pro-4gb`
2 CPU	4 GB	`2c-4g`	`basic-4gb`
Max 200 connections:
2 CPU	8 GB	`2c-8g`	`pro-8gb`
Max 400 connections:
2 CPU	16 GB	`2c-16g`	`accelerated-16gb`
4 CPU	16 GB	`4c-16g`	`pro-16gb`
Max 500 connections:
4 CPU	32 GB	`4c-32g`	`accelerated-32gb`
8 CPU	32 GB	`8c-32g`	`pro-32gb`
8 CPU	64 GB	`8c-64g`	`accelerated-64gb`
16 CPU	64 GB	`16c-64g`	`pro-64gb`
16 CPU	128 GB	`16c-128g`	`accelerated-128gb`
32 CPU	128 GB	`32c-128g`	`pro-128gb`
32 CPU	256 GB	`32c-256g`	`accelerated-256gb`
48 CPU	192 GB	`48c-192g`	`pro-192gb`
48 CPU	384 GB	`48c-384g`	`accelerated-384gb`
64 CPU	256 GB	`64c-256g`	`pro-256gb`
64 CPU	512 GB	`64c-512g`	`accelerated-512gb`
96 CPU	384 GB	`96c-384g`	`pro-384gb`
96 CPU	768 GB	`96c-768g`	`accelerated-768gb`
128 CPU	512 GB	`128c-512g`	`pro-512gb`
128 CPU	1024 GB	`128c-1024g`	`accelerated-1024gb`

Render Key Value plans

Key Value plan IDs use a different naming format from other service types:

RAM	Plan ID	Legacy Plan Name	Connection Limit
25 MB	`free`		50 connections
256 MB	`256mb`	`starter`	250 connections
1 GB	`1g`	`standard`	1,000 connections
3 GB	`3g`		3,000 connections
5 GB	`5g`	`pro`	5,000 connections
10 GB	`10g`	`pro_plus`	10,000 connections
20 GB	`20g`	`pro_max`	20,000 connections
40 GB	`40g`	`pro_ultra`	40,000 connections
50 GB	`50g`		50,000 connections

Need larger compute plans?

Reach out with details about your use case:

Talk to our team

Changing a service's compute plan

The following services require brief downtime when changing their compute plan:

Render Postgres
Render Key Value
Any service with an attached persistent disk

Other services redeploy with zero downtime.

Change your service's compute plan using any method listed below. Note that your service's compute plan does not change until the first successful deploy after you update it.

Open your service's Compute page in the Render Dashboard.
Under Compute, click Edit:
Select a new compute plan and click Save.

Render automatically triggers a deploy to apply the new compute plan.

Get started with the Render API.

Send a request to the Render API endpoint that corresponds to your service type:
- Update service (all non-datastore services)
- Update Postgres instance
- Update Key Value instance
In your request body, provide the new compute plan in the plan field. For Update service, this field is nested under serviceDetails:
For Update service, follow up with a request to the Trigger deploy endpoint to apply the new compute plan.
- The Update service endpoint does not trigger a new deploy.

In your Blueprint file (usually render.yaml), set your service's plan field to a new compute plan:

The next time you sync your Blueprint, Render triggers a deploy to apply the new compute plan.

Plan ID format

Each compute plan has a corresponding plan ID. Most plan IDs use the following format:

For example, the 1c-2g plan provides 1 CPU and 2 GB of RAM.

Exceptions include:

The free compute plan
Paid compute plans with less than 1 GB of RAM
- These end in mb instead of g (such as 0.5c-512mb)
Plan IDs for Render Key Value
- These IDs only reflect memory (256mb, 1g, and so on)
Legacy plan names

Legacy plan names

Render introduced new compute plan IDs in August 2026. Before this change, compute plans were called "instance types" and they used a different naming format (Starter, Standard, Pro, and so on).

Legacy plan names remain valid across all Render tooling. This includes API requests and Blueprint files.
Each legacy plan name has a corresponding new plan ID. In all cases, specs and pricing are identical:

Legacy Plan Name Plan ID Key Value Plan ID

Starter

0.5c-512mb

256mb

Standard

1c-2g

1g

Pro

2c-4g

5g

Pro Plus

4c-8g

10g

Pro Max

4c-16g

20g

Pro Ultra

8c-32g

40g
- For example, the Standard legacy plan name corresponds to the 1c-2g plan ID (or the 1g plan ID for Render Key Value).
- You can update your configuration to use new plan IDs at any time.

Legacy Plan Name	Plan ID	Key Value Plan ID
Starter	`0.5c-512mb`	`256mb`
Standard	`1c-2g`	`1g`
Pro	`2c-4g`	`5g`
Pro Plus	`4c-8g`	`10g`
Pro Max	`4c-16g`	`20g`
Pro Ultra	`8c-32g`	`40g`

Render Postgres has a separate set of legacy plan names (Basic-1gb, Pro-4gb, and so on). See the full mapping for Postgres under All plans.