Hikube
vs
Vercel
What's good about each
- Storage replicated across datacenters in Geneva, Gland and Lucerne
- H100, H200 and A100 GPUs on VMs or Kubernetes
- Managed Postgres, Redis, ClickHouse, Kafka and RabbitMQ
- ISO 27001 certified company and datacenters
- 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 | Hikube | Vercel | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $28.89 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (s1.small) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $115.55 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (s1.large) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $231.10 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (s1.xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $21.97 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $24.41 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | $36.40 /mo 1 TB (Vercel Blob) | 33% cheaper on Hikube |
| PostgreSQL | $59.13 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB (large) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $24.08 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (medium) | -- 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 | Free and unlimited | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB (Fast Data Transfer) |
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.
GPUs
Hikube offers 6 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Vercel. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hikube | Vercel | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config
|
$3.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hikube only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hikube only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$4.71 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hikube only |
|
A100
1 config
|
$3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hikube only |
|
L40S
1 config
|
$1.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hikube only |
|
L4
1 config
|
$0.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hikube only |
Hikube bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
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 | Hikube | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 20 |
| Example customers | -- | Shopify, Notion, Stripe, Ramp, The Weather Company |
| Website | hikube.cloud | vercel.com |
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Our data for Hikube was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Vercel on Sept. 18, 2026.