# Render Design Doc: Reducing Free-Tier Networking Footprint

DevFeed: [Render Design Doc: Reducing Free-Tier Networking Footprint](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/render-design-doc-reducing-free-tier-networking-footprint-81895.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://render.com/blog/knative-design-doc>)

Published: 2023-10-02T18:22:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Render](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/render.md>)

Topics: [Service fabric](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/service-fabric.md>), [Cloud Architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-architecture.md>), [cloud cost management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-cost-management.md>)

Tags: [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [kubernetes-services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes-services.md>)

## AI overview

Render's design doc proposes reducing networking overhead for free-tier services by eliminating per-revision Kubernetes Services and having the Knative Activator track backing Pods directly. It describes the existing Activator flow, the proposed Pod-based updates, configuration changes, and a gradual rollout plan.

## Source excerpt

Render optimizes Kubernetes infrastructure for cost and stability by reducing networking overhead for free-tier services. The post details Knative Activator architecture changes to track pods directly instead of Kubernetes Services.