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Render welcomes Oktana as a solution partner
We're welcoming Oktana as a Render solution partner to help Oktana customers get the most out of Render's platform.
Render welcomes Showoff as a solution partner
We’re partnering with Showoff to help lean development teams build and maintain applications on Render.
Ship Custom Digital Products Faster with LaunchPad Lab and Render | Render blog
LaunchPad Lab and Render partner to help you ship custom digital products faster. Leverage expert consulting and a modern cloud platform to focus on building great products, not infrastructure.
Zero-Downtime Blue/Green Deployments on Render with Canary Traffic Splitting
Learn how to automate blue/green canary deployments on Render using Cloudflare, Dash0, and GitHub Actions, with automatic rollbacks, real traffic verification, and no manual intervention.
Dedicated IPs for your services on Render | Render blog
Dedicated IPs give your Render services static, exclusive outbound IP addresses. Meet compliance requirements, simplify allowlisting, and secure egress traffic.
Building Document Pipelines That Actually Scale
Create a distributed processing engine with LlamaIndex and Render Workflows.
Enterprise-ready MCP in minutes with Descope auth on Render
Learn how to deploy a FastMCP server on Render with full MCP authentication by Descope.
Better pricing for fast-growing teams | Render Blog
We're removing seat fees and launching new workspace plans that make it easier for fast-growing teams to ship software on Render.
Render Codex Plugin: Deploy & Debug Apps Directly from Codex
Use the Render Codex Plugin to deploy services, debug failed deployments, and manage infrastructure directly from Codex. Execute real Render workflows with CLI-backed automation, including config checks and log retrieval.
Durability as code: Introducing Workflows | Render
Build durable, long-running AI workflows and background jobs with an SDK. Now in beta for TypeScript and Python.
Sharp opinions, clean infrastructure: How Cynical Sally serves nine clients from one backend on Render
How one developer built a multi-client AI roast engine, the "Sallyverse", on Render, ditching Vercel for background workers, Docker, and EU data residency.
Render raises $100M at $1.5B valuation
With 4.5 million+ developers now on Render and more than 250,000 new developers joining every month, Render has evolved into one of the fastest-growing developer platforms in the world, and this funding will help us support our customers and expand Render’s offerings during a period of unpreceden...
Heroku Changed Everything | Render
My first job out of college was at Heroku. As it winds down, I'm reflecting on the movement it started and where we're taking that vision at Render.
Let AI debug your Render deploys with Jules by Google Labs
Building features is fun. Finding the hardcoded port that caused your most recent deploy to fail is not. Integrate Render with Jules by Google Labs to let AI fix it for you.
How Render Services Stayed Up During the AWS October Outage
Render customers' production workloads remained available during the us-east-1 incident. Read about the architectural choices that made that possible.
Your Render Password is Worthless (and that's a good thing)
Infostealers can harvest credentials without your knowledge. We're keeping your Render account safe.
How We Found 7 TiB of Memory Just Sitting Around
How we saved 7 TiB of memory across our Kubernetes clusters by disabling namespace listwatching in Vector, reducing daemonset overhead and API server load at scale.
Building with the OpenAI Apps SDK: A Field Guide
A practical guide to building with OpenAI's Apps SDK. Learn what to expect from MCP tools, widget development, debugging 424 errors, and infrastructure choices.
Our Response to the RediShell Vulnerability
We're scheduling maintenance for Render Key Value instances to patch this vulnerability and keep your infrastructure secure.
Light Up Your Builds with Render Webhooks
What if every deploy felt like a celebration? Here’s how I turned Render webhooks into a glowing light show on my desk.
Kubernetes Informers are so easy... to misuse!
Three hard-learned lessons from Render about using Informers in large clusters.
Announcing the Render MCP Server
Render is a unified cloud to build and run all your apps and websites with free TLS certificates, global CDN, private networks and auto deploys from Git.
Testing AI coding agents (2025): Cursor vs. Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini
We benchmark AI coding agents (Cursor, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, OpenAI Codex) on production codebases in 2025, comparing setup speed, cost, context, and code quality.
Lower Bandwidth Pricing on Render
We're lowering bandwidth prices and giving you more visibility into your bandwidth usage.
Render Now Supports HIPAA-Compliant Workspaces
Run HIPAA-compliant apps and workflows with built-in encryption, audit controls, and network isolation.
Scale with Confidence: SAML SSO and Organizations for the Enterprise plan
We're releasing key improvements to our Enterprise plan that give engineering leaders the control and visibility they need, while empowering their developers to ship with the speed and reliability they expect on Render.
Push, Don't Poll: New Render Webhooks & Metrics Streams
Trigger custom workflows in response to platform events, and push service metrics to your OTel-compatible observability tool.
$80M to reimagine the cloud for the AI era
Today marks two significant milestones in Render's journey: we’ve surpassed 2 million developers on the platform and added $80M in Series C funding to reimagine the cloud for the AI era.
Custom Hacker News summaries in your inbox—build an AI Agent with Inngest and Render
Learn how to build and deploy an AI-powered app that summarizes Hacker News stories based on your custom topics and questions. This hands-on tutorial covers deploying three components on Render: a PostgreSQL database with the pgvector extension, a cron job, and a full-stack Next.js web app. The a...
Introducing Render's ISO 27001 Certification and Document Center
Render is now ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified. Learn how our new Document Center streamlines access to essential security and compliance documents, including our ISO 27001 certificate, SOC 2 report, and GDPR Data Processing Agreement. Enjoy instant, self-serve access through a simplified dashboard e...
Breaking down OpenAI's outage: How to avoid a hidden DNS dependency in Kubernetes
Learn how to prevent Kubernetes outages by addressing hidden DNS dependencies and control plane issues. We break down OpenAI's recent incident, share key lessons from our own Kubernetes experience, and offer practical tips for improving cluster reliability and resilience.
Fix a top cause of slow queries in PostgreSQL (no slow query log needed)
Learn how to diagnose and fix a top cause of slow queries in PostgreSQL. Walk through a concrete scenario that illustrates how sluggish database performance can be caused by missing foreign key indexes and cascading deletes. See a real simulation with query execution times, and use the provided c...
Introducing Render's New CLI and Refreshed Dashboard
Install the Render CLI to manage your apps and data right from the command line. Jump seamlessly between resources in the Render Dashboard.
Render recognized in 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Application Platforms
Render was recognized in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Application Platforms. We’re proud to be featured alongside a select few companies as an industry-leading platform supporting innovative teams.
Render joins AWS Marketplace
Render is the perfect companion platform to your AWS infrastructure. Consolidate your cloud billing while shipping fully managed apps and datastores with Render's world-class developer experience.
Building Custom Integrations with the Render API
Explore over 50 new Render API capabilities, including datastore, service log, and Blueprint endpoints. Use the OpenAPI spec for seamless custom integrations.
How to take random samples from big PostgreSQL tables
Learn how to randomly sample large datasets in PostgreSQL while keeping your queries performant. Walk through three possible solutions and their tradeoffs, and build a deeper understanding of databases.
Distributing Global State to Serve over 1 Billion Daily Requests
Learn how Render scaled to handle over 1 billion daily requests with a robust global state distribution system, evolving from a single-region setup to five regions worldwide.
PostgreSQL Stories: From slow query to fast—via stats
Learn how understanding data and using PostgreSQL tools like EXPLAIN, join algorithms, and custom statistics solved a slow query issue in this case study.
Hello Bun: How Sveld now deploys 2x faster on GitHub and Render
Discover how migrating to Bun v1.1.3 improved Sveld's build speed by 2x on GitHub and Render. This post walks through the easy migration, highlights devX improvements, and breaks down the CI/CD speed gains.
New Region in Early Access: Virginia (US East)
Render's new Virginia region is now in early access, offering low-latency deployments for users in the US East. Create services in Virginia via the Render Dashboard or Blueprints.
Enhanced Metrics for App and Network Performance
Render's new Metrics page offers in-depth insights into app compute usage and HTTP traffic, enabling developers to monitor and troubleshoot performance with custom views across instances, response codes, and time ranges.
How Render Enforces Access Controls with Go Generics
Learn how Render uses Go Generics to enforce access controls and prevent privilege escalation in project environments. Discover how compile-time guarantees ensure security.
PostgreSQL Stories: A simple query with a big problem
How we debugged a database query using pg_stat_activity, pg_blocking_pids(), system graphs, and our knowledge of PostgreSQL.
Root Cause Analysis for Render's Extended Service Disruption on 3/26/24
Render experienced a major service disruption on 3/26/24 due to workload restarts. No data loss occurred, and full recovery was achieved by 20:00 UTC.
Using SSH keys for Private Package Management
Learn how to use SSH keys for private package management on Render. This guide covers setting up SSH keys for secure access to private dependencies in your builds.
Built on Render: 4 winners from the MIT web.lab competition
Meet four fun, quirky apps from this year's MIT web.lab competition. The winning teams talk about their favorite features, design challenges, and tech stacks.
Announcing High Availability for Render PostgreSQL
Enhance database reliability with Render PostgreSQL's High Availability. Pro users can now activate HA for fast, secure, and resilient connections—effortlessly.
New Controls for Shared Service Config
Render environment groups now integrate with team projects, enabling secure restrictions to specific environments. Share and update configs effortlessly across services.
Our Response to the Leaky Vessels Container Breakout Vulnerabilities
Render has patched all affected systems following the recent container breakout vulnerability disclosure. No user actions are needed, and no impact was detected.
Customizable Service Notifications
Set account-wide notification defaults and override them for individual services.
A New Log Explorer and HTTP Logs
Render now offers a new Log Explorer with text search, filters, and jump-to-context, plus automatic HTTP request logs for team accounts. These features enhance service issue diagnosis.
How Felt Ships 15+ Times a Day on Render
Discover how Felt ships 15+ deployments daily with Render, enabling rapid iteration and fast feedback. Learn about their culture of speed and seamless tooling.
Making Builds More Flexible and Performant
Explore two new features for service builds: pre-deploy commands for tasks like database migrations and asset uploads, and the Performance build pipeline offering more memory and CPU for faster builds.
How Render Scaled Knative to 100k+ Web Apps
Render scaled its Knative infrastructure to handle 100k+ web apps, optimizing Kubernetes for free-tier services and reducing CPU usage to improve network performance.
Render Design Doc: Reducing Free-Tier Networking Footprint
Render optimizes Kubernetes infrastructure for cost and stability by reducing networking overhead for free-tier services. The post details Knative Activator architecture changes to track pods directly instead of Kubernetes Services.
Deploy Prebuilt Docker Images to Render
Render now supports deploying prebuilt Docker images directly from container registries. Speed up your Docker-based deploys with seamless integration and faster workflows.
Announcing Point-in-Time Recovery
Announcing Point-in-Time Recovery for Render PostgreSQL! Recover lost data by restoring to a previous point with seven-day archive retention for peace of mind.
Projects
Render Projects are here! Organize app services by project and environment to streamline team collaboration and simplify cloud app management effortlessly.
Render's $50 Million Series B
Render raises a $50M Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners, marking a key milestone in building the modern cloud with support from top investors.
Render Achieves SOC 2 Type II Compliance
Render is now SOC 2 Type II compliant, reinforcing our commitment to secure and reliable cloud hosting. Build confidently with trusted data protection and compliance.
OpenSSL Patch
Render is unaffected by the OpenSSL 3.0 vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-3602 and CVE-2022-3786) patched today. Learn more about the updates and our commitment to security.
Shipping Monorepo Support
Render now supports Monorepos, enabling efficient deployments for multiple services within a single Git repository. Reduce build times and avoid unnecessary deploys for faster shipping.
It's Never Been Easier to Move from Heroku to Render
Migrating from Heroku to Render is now simpler than ever! Learn how to transition your apps seamlessly after Heroku’s free tier changes.
...It Works Fine Locally
Avoid deployment headaches with Render's checklist to ensure smooth production launches. Fix common "it works locally" issues with expert tips from our team.
SQL Insights Stripe App is Live
Render’s SQL Insights app for Stripe is live! Query real-time business data using SQL, with secure PostgreSQL syncing and tools like Tableau and Metabase.
Migrate a Django App from Heroku to Render (and get it ready for prod)
Learn how to seamlessly migrate a Django app from Heroku to Render, optimize for production, and ensure your online store stays fast and reliable for customers.
Sneak Peek: SQL Insights Stripe App
The SQL Insights Stripe App is coming soon to help you quickly get access to your Stripe data in a managed SQL database.
Migrate a Rails App from Heroku to Render
Learn how to migrate a Ruby on Rails app from Heroku to Render with this step-by-step guide, using an open-source Rails app example to simplify the process.
Render, Remix, and Strapi: Let's Build a Productivity Tips App
In this post, learn how to build a Productivity Tips app using Strapi and Remix on Render. It walks you through the StrapiConf 2022 workshop, covering content management with Strapi and fast, resilient UI with Remix.
Expanding Global Reach: APAC & U.S. East
Render expands its cloud hosting services to new U.S. East and Asia-Pacific regions, enabling faster performance for end users globally. The announcement details the benefits, use cases, and customer feedback for the regional expansions.
Design Patterns for Building Reusable Svelte Components
Unlock the power of reusable Svelte components! Learn design patterns that streamline development, boost collaboration, and maximize Svelte's concise syntax.
Remote Debugging with SSH and VS Code
Explore how SSH and VS Code enable secure remote debugging. Learn powerful tools to enhance developer productivity with encrypted connections and advanced features.
Password Protection with OAuth2 Proxy
Learn to password-protect services on Render using OAuth2 Proxy. Explore how reverse proxies secure deployed apps, expanding beyond static site protection.
SSH, API, Redis...oh my!
Render announces new features to enhance the developer experience, including a powerful API, native SSH connectivity, Redis early access, and free DDoS protection. The post highlights key benefits and customer feedback.
Password Protect Static Sites with PageCrypt
Securely password-protect static sites with PageCrypt, an open-source tool that encrypts HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, keeping your content safe from prying eyes.
Git Organized: A Better Git Flow
Learn how to improve your Git workflow and avoid introducing new bugs when reverting commits. Discover strategies for maintaining a clean, efficient Git flow.
Free DDoS Protection for All Users
Render provides free DDoS protection for all apps and sites, using Cloudflare's robust infrastructure. Enjoy enhanced security with zero downtime and vulnerability mitigation.
All New Free Instance Types On Render
Explore new tech with Render's free instance types! Build and deploy web services or PostgreSQL databases at no charge, with features like custom domains and TLS.
Render's $20 Million Series A
Render raises $20M Series A led by Addition, enabling rapid growth and new Free instance types for services and databases. Simplifying DevOps for developers.
Use One-Click Deploys for Secure Online VS Code
Discover how Render's one-click deploys make setting up a secure online VS Code environment seamless. Learn how to streamline workflows with zero friction!
From Hypervisor to Next Generation Cloud: Uma Chingunde on Cloudflare TV
Uma Chingunde's career journey from VMware to Stripe, and now VP of Engineering at Render, showcases her expertise in cloud technology. Learn how her leadership shapes Render’s success in this interview.
How to Build an Anycast Network
Learn how to build an Anycast network to optimize global traffic routing. Explore how to efficiently direct requests to the best server, regardless of location.
So, You Want to Hire a UX Engineer?
Hiring a UX Engineer is crucial for crafting a seamless, engaging user experience that keeps visitors on your site. Learn why UX is vital and how to get started.
Host a Dev Environment on Render with VS Code and Tailscale
Learn how to host a dev environment on Render with VS Code and Tailscale. Improve your workflow by accessing a cloud-based setup that's easy to configure and share.
What's New in PostgreSQL 14?
Explore PostgreSQL 14's new features, including JSON syntax enhancements, the multirange data type, and performance boosts that improve apps with no code changes.
Why Render
Discover why Render focuses on minimizing DevOps overhead. Learn how the platform allows teams to avoid the heavy lifting of managing cloud infrastructure and boosts productivity.