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AWS vs Vercel

AWS provides a comprehensive suite of cloud services for various enterprise needs, while Vercel specializes in front-end deployment, optimizing performance for static sites and serverless functions.

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What's good about...

Amazon Web Services logo AWS

  • Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
  • Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
  • 30+ datacenter locations around the world

Vercel logo Vercel

  • Superb developer experience, from git push to deployed globally in seconds
  • First class support for Next.js and other frontend frameworks
  • Great API to issue custom domains for SaaS projects
  • Very active community and plenty of learning resources

Price comparison

How do AWS's prices compare against Vercel?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)
Vercel Vercel
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VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)
Vercel Vercel
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VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Amazon Web Services AWS
$248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge)
Vercel Vercel
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Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$8.00 / mo 100 GB
Vercel Vercel
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Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.63 / mo 1 TB
Vercel Vercel
$23.55 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer
Vercel Vercel
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Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium)
Vercel Vercel
$151.38 / mo 1440h compute, 50 GB storage, 10 GB read/mo 5 GB write/mo

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small)
Vercel Vercel
$90.72 / mo 10 req/s @ $0.35 per 100k reqs

Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Vercel Vercel
$108.75 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration

Free egress allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
100 GB / mo
Vercel Vercel
100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)
Vercel Vercel
$150.00 $0.15 / GB (Edge)

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Amazon Web Services AWS
$0.19/hr
Vercel Vercel
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Billing Options

Amazon Web Services AWS
On-DemandReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)
Vercel Vercel
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Available Models

AWS offers 15 GPU models.

Amazon Web Services AWS
H100(6) A100(6) H200(1) L40S(24) B200(1) RTX Pro 6000(6) V100(6) L4(24) B300(1) T4(21)
View all 15 GPUs
Vercel Vercel
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Heads up: We do our best to keep these prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that AWS and Vercel offer:

Service AWS Vercel
Analytics
App Testing
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Realtime Databases
Remote Config
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Amazon Web Services AWS
aws.amazon.com
Vercel Vercel
vercel.com
Headquarters
Amazon Web Services AWS
United States of America
Vercel Vercel
United States of America
Founded
Amazon Web Services AWS
2006
Vercel Vercel
2015
Data Center Locations
Amazon Web Services AWS
31
Vercel Vercel
18
Example Customers
Amazon Web Services AWS
Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro
Vercel Vercel
Box, Runway, Sonos, eBay, The Washington Post

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for AWS was last updated on June 7, 2026, and for Vercel on Feb. 12, 2026.

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