Render Instance Types

1. From your service's Settings page in the Render Dashboard, find the Instance Type setting under General:

   

2. Click Update and select a new instance type.

3. Click Save Changes.

Render automatically triggers a new deploy to apply the new instance type.

1. Send a request to the Render API endpoint that corresponds to your service type:

   • Update service (all non-datastore services)
   • Update Postgres instance
   • Update Key Value instance

   In your request body, provide the new instance type in the plan field. For Update service only, this field is nested under serviceDetails:

2. For Update service only, follow up with a request to the Trigger deploy endpoint to apply the new instance type.

   • The Update service endpoint does not trigger a new deploy.

In your Blueprint file (usually render.yaml), set your service's plan field to a new instance type:

See all Blueprint-formatted plan names for services and databases.

The next time you sync your Blueprint, Render triggers a new deploy to apply the new instance type.

All workspaces can use the following instance types for workflow tasks:

If you need to handle more resource-intensive workloads, you can request access to the following larger instance types for your workspace:

Request larger workflow instances