diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/interpret/JinjavaInterpreter.java b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/interpret/JinjavaInterpreter.java
index d58483865..475355a16 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/interpret/JinjavaInterpreter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/interpret/JinjavaInterpreter.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.tree.output.OutputNode;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.tree.output.RenderedOutputNode;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.util.EagerReconstructionUtils;
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.util.RenderLimitUtils;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.util.Variable;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.util.WhitespaceUtils;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
@@ -259,7 +260,11 @@ public String renderFlat(String template) {
    * @return rendered result
    */
   public String render(String template) {
-    return render(parse(template), true);
+    return render(template, config.getMaxOutputSize());
+  }
+
+  public String render(String template, long renderLimit) {
+    return render(parse(template), true, renderLimit);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -270,7 +275,19 @@ public String render(String template) {
    * @return rendered result
    */
   public String render(Node root) {
-    return render(root, true);
+    return render(root, true, config.getMaxOutputSize());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Render the given root node with an option to process extend parents.
+   * Equivalent to render(root, processExtendRoots).
+   * @param root
+   *          node to render
+   * @param processExtendRoots
+   * @return
+   */
+  public String render(Node root, boolean processExtendRoots) {
+    return render(root, processExtendRoots, config.getMaxOutputSize());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -280,11 +297,14 @@ public String render(Node root) {
    *          node to render
    * @param processExtendRoots
    *          if true, also render all extend parents
+   * @param renderLimit
+   *          the number of characters the result may contain
    * @return rendered result
    */
-  public String render(Node root, boolean processExtendRoots) {
-    OutputList output = new OutputList(config.getMaxOutputSize());
-
+  private String render(Node root, boolean processExtendRoots, long renderLimit) {
+    OutputList output = new OutputList(
+      RenderLimitUtils.clampProvidedRenderLimitToConfig(renderLimit, config)
+    );
     for (Node node : root.getChildren()) {
       lineNumber = node.getLineNumber();
       position = node.getStartPosition();
@@ -340,8 +360,8 @@ public String render(Node root, boolean processExtendRoots) {
         return output.getValue();
       }
     }
-    StringBuilder ignoredOutput = new StringBuilder();
 
+    StringBuilder ignoredOutput = new StringBuilder();
     // render all extend parents, keeping the last as the root output
     if (processExtendRoots) {
       Set<String> extendPaths = new HashSet<>();
@@ -406,6 +426,7 @@ public String render(Node root, boolean processExtendRoots) {
     }
 
     resolveBlockStubs(output);
+
     if (ignoredOutput.length() > 0) {
       return (
         EagerReconstructionUtils.labelWithNotes(
@@ -421,7 +442,6 @@ public String render(Node root, boolean processExtendRoots) {
         output.getValue()
       );
     }
-
     return output.getValue();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/CloseHtmlFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/CloseHtmlFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f15315bd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/CloseHtmlFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.hubspot.jinjava.lib.filter;
+
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.doc.annotations.JinjavaDoc;
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.doc.annotations.JinjavaParam;
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.doc.annotations.JinjavaSnippet;
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.JinjavaInterpreter;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
+
+@JinjavaDoc(
+  value = "Closes open HTML tags in a string",
+  input = @JinjavaParam(value = "s", desc = "String to close", required = true),
+  snippets = { @JinjavaSnippet(code = "{{ \"<p> Hello, world\"|closehtml }}") }
+)
+public class CloseHtmlFilter implements Filter {
+
+  @Override
+  public String getName() {
+    return "closehtml";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Object filter(Object var, JinjavaInterpreter interpreter, String... args) {
+    return Jsoup.parseBodyFragment(Objects.toString(var)).body().html();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/RenderFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/RenderFilter.java
index c257815a3..4cd6763cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/RenderFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/RenderFilter.java
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package com.hubspot.jinjava.lib.filter;
 
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.JinjavaConfig;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.doc.annotations.JinjavaDoc;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.doc.annotations.JinjavaParam;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.doc.annotations.JinjavaSnippet;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.JinjavaInterpreter;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.math.NumberUtils;
 
 @JinjavaDoc(
   value = "Renders a template string early to be used by other filters and functions",
@@ -24,6 +26,16 @@ public String getName() {
 
   @Override
   public Object filter(Object var, JinjavaInterpreter interpreter, String... args) {
+    if (args.length > 0) {
+      String firstArg = args[0];
+      return interpreter.render(
+        Objects.toString(var),
+        NumberUtils.toLong(
+          firstArg,
+          JinjavaConfig.newBuilder().build().getMaxOutputSize()
+        )
+      );
+    }
     return interpreter.render(Objects.toString(var));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/util/RenderLimitUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/util/RenderLimitUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61f2de594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/util/RenderLimitUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.hubspot.jinjava.util;
+
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.JinjavaConfig;
+
+public class RenderLimitUtils {
+
+  public static long clampProvidedRenderLimitToConfig(
+    long providedLimit,
+    JinjavaConfig jinjavaConfig
+  ) {
+    long configMaxOutput = jinjavaConfig.getMaxOutputSize();
+
+    if (configMaxOutput <= 0) {
+      return providedLimit;
+    }
+
+    if (providedLimit <= 0) {
+      return configMaxOutput;
+    }
+
+    return Math.min(providedLimit, configMaxOutput);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/CloseHtmlFilterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/CloseHtmlFilterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b7f3be51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/CloseHtmlFilterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.hubspot.jinjava.lib.filter;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.BaseInterpretingTest;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class CloseHtmlFilterTest extends BaseInterpretingTest {
+  CloseHtmlFilter f;
+
+  @Before
+  public void setup() {
+    f = new CloseHtmlFilter();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itClosesTags() {
+    String openTags = "<p>Hello, world!";
+    assertThat(f.filter(openTags, interpreter)).isEqualTo("<p>Hello, world!</p>");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itIgnoresClosedTags() {
+    String openTags = "<p>Hello, world!</p>";
+    assertThat(f.filter(openTags, interpreter)).isEqualTo("<p>Hello, world!</p>");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itClosesMultipleTags() {
+    String openTags = "<h1><p>Hello, world!";
+    assertThat(f.filter(openTags, interpreter))
+      .isEqualTo("<h1><p>Hello, world!</p></h1>");
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/RenderFilterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/RenderFilterTest.java
index 04e238b7a..156720a10 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/RenderFilterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/filter/RenderFilterTest.java
@@ -20,4 +20,42 @@ public void itRendersObject() {
 
     assertThat(filter.filter(stringToRender, interpreter)).isEqualTo("world");
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itRendersObjectWithinLimit() {
+    String stringToRender = "{% if null %}Hello{% else %}world{% endif %}";
+
+    assertThat(filter.filter(stringToRender, interpreter, "5")).isEqualTo("world");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itDoesNotRenderObjectOverLimit() {
+    String stringToRender = "{% if null %}Hello{% else %}world{% endif %}";
+
+    assertThat(filter.filter(stringToRender, interpreter, "4")).isEqualTo("");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itRendersPartialObjectOverLimit() {
+    String stringToRender = "Hello{% if null %}Hello{% else %}world{% endif %}";
+
+    assertThat(filter.filter(stringToRender, interpreter, "7")).isEqualTo("Hello");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itCountsHtmlTags() {
+    String stringToRender = "<p>Hello</p>{% if null %}Hello{% else %}world{% endif %}";
+
+    assertThat(filter.filter(stringToRender, interpreter, "15"))
+      .isEqualTo("<p>Hello</p>");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itDoesNotAlwaysCompleteHtmlTags() {
+    String stringToRender =
+      "<p> Hello, {% if null %}world{% else %}world!{% endif %} </p>";
+
+    assertThat(filter.filter(stringToRender, interpreter, "17"))
+      .isEqualTo("<p> Hello, world!");
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/util/RenderLimitUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/util/RenderLimitUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..898e5a40d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/util/RenderLimitUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package com.hubspot.jinjava.util;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.JinjavaConfig;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class RenderLimitUtilsTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void itPicksLowerLimitWhenConfigIsSet() {
+    assertThat(
+        RenderLimitUtils.clampProvidedRenderLimitToConfig(100, configWithOutputSize(10))
+      )
+      .isEqualTo(10);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itKeepsConfigLimitWhenConfigSetAndUnlimitedProvided() {
+    assertThat(
+        RenderLimitUtils.clampProvidedRenderLimitToConfig(0, configWithOutputSize(10))
+      )
+      .isEqualTo(10);
+    assertThat(
+        RenderLimitUtils.clampProvidedRenderLimitToConfig(-10, configWithOutputSize(10))
+      )
+      .isEqualTo(10);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itUsesProvidedLimitWhenConfigIsUnlimited() {
+    assertThat(
+        RenderLimitUtils.clampProvidedRenderLimitToConfig(10, configWithOutputSize(0))
+      )
+      .isEqualTo(10);
+
+    assertThat(
+        RenderLimitUtils.clampProvidedRenderLimitToConfig(10, configWithOutputSize(-10))
+      )
+      .isEqualTo(10);
+  }
+
+  private JinjavaConfig configWithOutputSize(long size) {
+    return JinjavaConfig.newBuilder().withMaxOutputSize(size).build();
+  }
+}