Cleura
vs
Vercel
What's good about each
- All infrastructure located in EU (Sweden and Germany) for full data sovereignty
- OpenStack-based platform with no vendor lock-in
- Transparent pricing with per-second billing
- €50 free trial credit for new users
- Strong focus on compliance and regulated industries
- Built-in support for Next.js and other frontend frameworks
- API for issuing custom domains to your own customers
- Functions bill CPU time, not time spent waiting on I/O
- 20 compute regions, 120+ edge locations
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cleura | Vercel | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $15.05 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Public) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $87.58 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Public) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $175.16 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Public) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $11.30 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $33.11 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | $36.40 /mo 1 TB (Vercel Blob) | 9% cheaper on Cleura |
| Load balancer | $38.91 /mo Octavia LBaaS | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $170.42 /mo 25M invocations, 2 GB RAM (minimum), 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB (Hobby) to 1 TB (Pro) | |
| Egress | $32.48 /TB €0.02875 / GB | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB (Fast Data Transfer) | 78% cheaper on Cleura |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Cleura | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 20 |
| Example customers | Miljödata, Clavister, Spintr, Boost.ai | Shopify, Notion, Stripe, Ramp, The Weather Company |
| Website | cleura.com | vercel.com |
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Our data for Cleura was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Vercel on Sept. 18, 2026.