RenderReviews of render.com

Horrible illegal practices locking you into the platform. You pay once, they charge forever, no way to get out!

Awful and dangerous!! signed up with free tier to self-host n8n. Moved all my workflows over there. After a week... everything was gone. Terrible service, lost weeks of work.

Don't waste your time on Render’s free tier. I spent hours setting up and deploying a data dashboard, only to find out that the app goes to sleep and doesn’t reliably wake up. The initial deployment worked, but after some idle time, it just stopped responding — returning “Bad Gateway” errors for anyone trying to access it. The worst part? There’s no clear warning upfront. You only realize the limitations after you’ve committed real time and energy into getting things running. The free tier is not just limited — it’s broken. It gives the illusion of being portfolio-friendly or good for testing, but it simply isn’t stable enough to trust for anything public-facing. Save yourself the frustration and use another platform.

Fake prices, instead of charging you 4.50 an hour for one GPU, it charges you $5.00 to use 7 GPUs for three minutes. It's ridiculous.

Beware - Do not sign up for the free plan! Avoid. The free plan that they offer requires a credit card and promises no fees, but after you begin trying it out, they will begin charging your CC. I went from discovering their free plan to $40 being charged to my CC and they refused to refund. Then when I cancelled my account, they continuously bill you more charges - it's a joke. I've flagged them with my payment provider and blocked any further payments, but the charges keep coming in every day. Like every day i get a new one. This is a trap and sharp practice, trust me, avoid this site and do not give them your CC details no matter what. I've never had anything like this happen before but wanted to write about my experience to show others what to expect.

My app is not building and not retrive any errors, i jump on their chat maybe they can help me, nothing... 2 days with ticket created my app still not running. My honest experience about them is they are big and doesn't care anymore is just one fish on a big sea....

I closed my Render account, thinking that all services would be canceled, but to my shock, I was still charged immediately after the account was closed. It’s incredibly frustrating to see charges continue even when you believe your account is inactive. Their complicated billing practices lack transparency, and it feel deceptive. I cannot recommend Render based on my experience.

My account was deleted without my permission and payments still being processed. The customer care has been absolutely shocking without any support on the issues raised