Render Instance Types

A Render service's instance type determines its RAM and CPU specs. For most service types, you specify an instance type during service creation and can change it later:

If you scale a service to run multiple instances, each instance uses the same instance type.

A couple of service types handle instance types differently from the others:

• A workflow service defines multiple runnable tasks, each of which can use a different instance type. You specify each task's instance type directly in your code. Learn more.
• Static sites do not have an instance type at all, because they do not perform server-side processing.

Changing a service's instance type

Render Postgres and Key Value instances require brief downtime when changing their instance type.

See details for each:

• Render Postgres
• Render Key Value

Other service types redeploy with zero downtime, unless they have an attached persistent disk.

Change your service's instance type using any method listed below.

Note that your service's instance type does not change until the first successful deploy after you update it.

Available instance types

For pricing details on instance types, see the pricing page.

Available instance types vary by service type. Select a tab below to view instance types for a particular service type.