Connect Render
You need API key. About two minutes.
1Get your API key
API key
rnd_…- Open Account Settings in the Render Dashboard and find API Keys.
- Click Create API Key and give it a name.
- Copy the rnd_… key now: it is shown in full only once.
Render dashboard, Account Settings, API Keys.
Open the pagehttps://dashboard.render.com/u/settings?add-api-key
2Add it to CreditBar
- Open CreditBar from the menu bar and choose Settings, then Accounts.
- Click Add account and pick Render.
- Paste the API key into the matching field, and give the account a label you will recognise.
- Click Test connection, then Add. Numbers appear in the menu bar within a minute.
Keys are stored in your Mac's Keychain and only ever sent to Render. Nothing passes through a CreditBar server.
3What it reads
- Reports
- lists the services this key can see
- Calls
- https://api.render.com/v1/services
- Refreshes
- At most every 15 minutes
- API docs
- Render reference, checked 2026-09-18
Outbound bandwidth in gigabytes, rounded to two places. Instance hours are a flat plan cost and are not reported here. At most 25 services.