Render Has a Free Hosting Platform — Deploy Web Apps With Automatic SSL

Simple Hosting Without Complexity

AWS has 200+ services. GCP has 100+. You just want to deploy a web app with a database.

Render: Cloud Hosting That Makes Sense

Render deploys web services, static sites, databases, and cron jobs with zero DevOps.

Free Tier

• Static sites: Unlimited
• Web services: 1 free (750 hours/month)
• PostgreSQL: 1 free (90 days, then $7/mo)
• Cron jobs: 1 free
• Automatic SSL on all plans
• Auto-deploy from GitHub/GitLab

Deploy Workflow

1. Connect GitHub repo
2. Select branch
3. Render detects framework
4. Auto-builds and deploys
5. Custom domain + SSL in one click

Blueprint (Infrastructure as Code)

# render.yaml
services:
  - type: web
    name: my-api
    runtime: node
    buildCommand: npm install && npm run build
    startCommand: npm start
    envVars:
      - key: DATABASE_URL
        fromDatabase:
          name: my-db
          property: connectionString

databases:
  - name: my-db
    plan: free

Define your entire stack in one YAML file.

Render vs Vercel vs Railway

Feature	Render	Vercel	Railway
Backend	Yes	Serverless	Yes
Database	PostgreSQL	None	Multiple
Static sites	Unlimited free	Yes	N/A
Docker	Yes	No	Yes
Cron jobs	Yes	Via API	Yes
Free tier	Generous	Generous	$5 trial

---

Host scrapers and APIs. 88+ scrapers on Apify. Custom: [e-mail]