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Render Free Plan Persistent Disk
Free Tier Killed — October 2023
What was it?
Free tier disk storage for Render web services and databases. Used by thousands of side projects for simple file persistence.
What happened?
Render removed persistent disk from the free tier and began spinning down free PostgreSQL databases. Free web services still available but with no persistent storage.
Migration Guide
Render paid plans ($7/mo), Supabase for Postgres (free tier), or Fly.io volumes for block storage.