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SaaSGuard Risk Report
Render
render.com
Generated May 4, 2026
Grade B
Score: 70 / 100
Executive summary
We analyzed Render’s Terms of Service across 8 risk dimensions and found 13 flagged clauses across 4 categories.
Flagged clauses by category
Termination friction (4)
Severity 3 · notable
“We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend your access to the Service without notice and liability for any reason, including if in our sole determination you violate any provision of this Agreement, or for no reason.”
Render can terminate or suspend your access to the Service without notice for any reason, including if you violate the agreement.
You could lose access to the Service unexpectedly.
Severity 3 · notable
“In the event that Render suspends or terminates your User Account or this Agreement, you understand and agree that you shall receive no refund or exchange for any Render Property, any unused time on a subscription, any license or subscription fees for any portion of the Service, any content or data associated with your User Account, or for anything else.”
If Render suspends or terminates your account or the agreement, you will not receive a refund for any Render Property, unused subscription time, licenses, fees, content, or data.
You forfeit all value associated with your account upon termination.
Severity 2 · minor
“You are solely responsible for exporting your User Content from the Service prior to termination of your account for any reason.”
You are responsible for exporting your content before your account is terminated.
You risk losing your data if you do not back it up before closing your account.
Severity 2 · minor
“You may cancel your User Account at any time; however, there are no refunds for cancellation.”
You can cancel your account at any time, but Render does not offer refunds for cancellations.
You will not get your money back if you cancel your subscription early.
Liability caps (3)
Severity 4 · material
“In no event shall Render, its affiliates, agents, directors, employees, suppliers, or licensors be liable to you for any claims, proceedings, liabilities, obligations, damages, losses or costs in an amount exceeding the amount you paid to Render hereunder or $100.00, whichever is greater.”
Render's total liability to you is limited to the amount you paid or $100.00, whichever is greater.
Your ability to recover damages from Render is capped at a low amount.
Severity 4 · material
“To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Render, its affiliates, agents, directors, employees, suppliers or licensors be liable for any indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including without limitation damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses, arising out of or relating to the use of, or inability to use, the Service.”
Render is not liable for indirect, punitive, special, consequential, or exemplary damages related to your use or inability to use the Service.
You cannot recover certain types of damages from Render if the Service causes you losses.
Severity 4 · material
“Under no circumstances will Render be responsible for any damage, loss or injury resulting from hacking, tampering or other unauthorized access or use of the Service or your account or the information contained therein.”
Render is not responsible for any damage or loss resulting from unauthorized access or use of the Service or your account.
You bear the risk of loss if your account is compromised.
Indemnification (1)
Severity 3 · notable
“You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Render and its subsidiaries, agents, licensors, managers, and other affiliated companies, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Service, including any data or content transmitted or received by you; (ii) your violation of any term of this Agreement, including without limitation your breach of any of the representations and warranties above; (iii) your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any right of privacy or Intellectual Property Rights; (iv) your violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation; (v) User Content or any content that is submitted via your User Account including without limitation misleading, false, or inaccurate information; (vi) your willful misconduct; or (vii) any other party’s access and use of the Service with your unique username, password or other appropriate security code.”
You will defend and pay Render for any claims or damages arising from your use of the Service, violation of the agreement, infringement of third-party rights, violation of law, or your User Content.
You may have to pay for legal claims against Render that are related to your actions.
Right to silently change terms (5)
Severity 4 · material
“Render may assign this Agreement, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, without restriction.”
Render can transfer this agreement and its rights to another party without restriction.
Your contract and rights may be transferred to a new vendor without your consent.
Severity 3 · notable
“Render reserves the right to modify these terms and will provide notice of these changes as described below.”
Render reserves the right to change these terms and will notify you of any changes.
You may be bound by new terms you have not agreed to.
Severity 3 · notable
“We may, without prior notice, change the Service; stop providing the Service or features of the Service, to you or to Users generally; or create usage limits for the Service.”
Render changes the Service, stops providing it, or sets usage limits without prior notice.
Your workflow may be disrupted without warning.
Severity 3 · notable
“Render may, in its sole discretion, modify or update this Agreement from time to time, and so you should review this page periodically.”
Render may change this agreement at any time and encourages you to review it periodically.
You may be bound by new terms you have not actively agreed to.
Severity 3 · notable
“Your continued use of the Service after any such change constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms of Service.”
Your continued use of the Service after Render makes changes means you accept the new terms.
You may unknowingly agree to new terms by continuing to use the Service.
Methodology
SaaSGuard uses an automated pipeline: a daily Playwright crawler captures each vendor’s public Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and DPA. Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash classifies each clause into one of 8 risk categories with a severity score (1–5). Clauses are cross-referenced against a curated database of real lawsuits and FTC actions via embedding-based similarity matching. Grades are computed from per-category max severity; full source code is available on request.