They pay about 20 dollars a month for a backend service plus SQL, with a free static frontend including CDN. They find it dead simple to use and say it has basically replaced Heroku for them.
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A score out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews, so a handful of glowing reviews can’t beat a product many people like.
37% Positive26% Mixed37% Negative
Customers say Render is easy to deploy to and praise a free plan and predictable pricing, which suits hobby projects and small apps.
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Common questions about Render
What do customers say about Render?
Customers say Render is easy to deploy to and praise a free plan and predictable pricing, which suits hobby projects and small apps. The main downsides are slow free-tier spin-downs and cold starts, free-tier suspensions with little warning, and costs that add up across many services.
Is Render worth it?
Of the 27 reviews with a clear verdict, 37% are positive, 26% mixed and 37% negative. The praise mentioned most is easy to use. The most common complaint is slow.
What do people like about Render?
The praise reviewers mention most: easy to use (8 reviews), good free plan (5 reviews) and reliable (5 reviews). For example: Uses Render for the frontend and most of the backend, only putting an always-running process on DigitalOcean.
What are the most common complaints about Render?
The complaints reviewers mention most: slow (4 reviews), poor support (2 reviews) and hidden fees (1 review). For example: Django app on Render free tier: after a day or two the home page took 1-2 minutes to load and sometimes failed to start.
What does the signal score of 60 mean?
It's how well reviewed Render is, out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews: a service needs plenty of them, compared with the most-reviewed services here, to reach the high 80s and 90s. It's worked out from reviews only, needs at least 5 of them, and updates as new ones come in.
What are the specs of Render?
Category: Cloud platform. Free plan: Yes.
Where do these Render reviews come from?
59 are quotes from Reddit, each linked to the original. Customer reviews are checked for spam before they appear. Every review, written here or quoted, is read as positive, mixed or negative.
