One Redis-compatible Key Value instance (Valkey 8) per workspace with 25 MB of RAM and 50 connections. Data is held only in memory and lost on every restart; clients outside Render can connect over TLS once their IPs are allow-listed.
Verified ·Oct 15, 2026
Free allowance
What the free plan includes, as the provider states it.
- memory
- 25 MB
- Holds the whole dataset. At the limit the instance follows its maxmemory policy: allkeys-lru (the Blueprint default) evicts least recently used keys, while noeviction makes writes fail with an error.
- connections at once
- 50
- instances
- 1
- One active Free Key Value instance per workspace.
- egress / month
- 5 GB
- Outbound bandwidth included in a Hobby workspace and shared by all its services. Only responses to clients outside Render count; external access stays off until you allow-list IP ranges. With a payment method on file, extra bandwidth is billed; without one, Render suspends free services for the rest of the month.
Before you rely on it
Read with the default assumptions: a project that may grow and may make money.
- Notice: Commercial use is restricted on the free plan
The fine print
Each verdict links to the quote it rests on.
- Free for
- As long as you stay within the limits
- At the limit
- The project is paused
- Spending cap
- Built in: usage stops at the free limit
- Idle projects
- No pause rule documentedRender's docs set no expiry or inactivity rule for Free Key Value, but its data lives only in memory: Render may restart or maintain the instance at any time, and a restart, a suspension or an upgrade to a paid plan erases all data.
- Data retention
- No deletion rule documented
- Card at sign-up
- Not documentedThe Render docs, pricing page and terms checked do not say whether creating a free instance needs a card.
- Identity check
- An email address
- Commercial use
- RestrictedRender's docs say not to use Free instances for production applications; they are meant for testing new technology, hobby projects and previewing Render.
- Mainland China
- Not verified
- Sign-up regions
- No restrictions documented
- Quotas apply per
- Organization
Alternatives
Other free plans for the same need, ranked by the same neutral rules.
Changes
- New
Changed: Render Key Value Free added to the catalog
- Oct 15, 2026
- Awaiting review
- Free