TL;DR: Render is lowering bandwidth prices and giving you more visibility into your bandwidth usage.
What’s Changing
Lower Prices
Starting August 1, we are reducing our bandwidth pricing from $30 per 100 GB to $15 per 100 GB. We will continue to charge only for bandwidth usage above the amount included in your workspace plan. If you stay within your included bandwidth, these changes won't affect your bill.Accurate Billing
Until now, bandwidth billing only included HTTP responses sent from your web services and static sites to browsers and other clients over the public Internet. We are correcting this behavior to align with industry standards. Outbound bandwidth billing will now include the following in addition to HTTP responses:- Service-initiated outbound traffic: Network communication initiated by any of your Render services over the public Internet, for example, calls to an external database, or uploads to a public cloud storage service
- Service-initiated Private Link traffic: Same as the above, but over a Private Link connection
- WebSocket responses: WebSocket responses sent from your web services to browsers and other clients over the public Internet
Better Visibility
Starting July 1, service metrics in your dashboard will display a detailed breakdown of all types of outbound bandwidth. This will help you identify and optimize both your traffic and costs.What This Means for You
Most Customers Will Save
99% of customers will see lower or unchanged bandwidth costs. If your bandwidth is primarily client-facing, you’ll benefit directly from the pricing reduction.If You're Affected
A small number of customers with high service-initiated or WebSocket traffic may see an increase in bandwidth costs. We’re taking a proactive approach to help you take action and minimize the impact of these changes. We’re working with you closely- Customers facing large increases have already heard from us: Our team is engaged with you to review your traffic patterns and identify cost-reduction opportunities.
- If your bandwidth bill is projected to increase by 10% or more: You will receive an email along with specific next steps you can take to address bandwidth usage and minimize cost changes.
- Updated documentation and metrics: Use service metrics in your Render Dashboard to identify sources of high traffic.
- PrivateLink: We’ve launched AWS PrivateLink support for secure, cost-effective private connections between your Render services and your AWS resources without routing over the public Internet. PrivateLink is both less expensive and more secure for service-initiated traffic. Contact Support in your dashboard to explore setting up a private link.
- Bill credits: Any customer with a bill increase of 10% or more will be notified and receive bandwidth support credits for August and September to give you time to optimize and adjust your usage. For these customers, new pricing will go into effect on October 1, 2025.