What Render shipped in July 2026

Render launches as a Heroku alternative with enhanced flexibility and pricing

Render positions itself as a superior alternative to Heroku, which transitioned to maintenance mode in February 2026. Render highlights key advantages including longer HTTP response limits, persistent…

Render welcomes Oktana as a solution partner

Render adds free connection pooling to Postgres databases

Render introduced connection pooling for paid Postgres databases using PgBouncer at no extra cost, allowing higher concurrent client connections without upgrading instance types. The feature runs on t…

Best cloud platform to run agents: Render’s evaluation framework

Render published a guide outlining how to evaluate cloud platforms for running AI agents, focusing on three execution shapes: persistent loops, scheduled runs, and event-triggered invocations. It maps…