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Vercel

Frontend-focused cloud provider

Vercel is a cloud platform focused on frontend development. It was originally founded in 2015 as ZEIT by Guillermo Rauch, with the aim of making it easy for frontend developers to launch a web app without worrying about infrastructure.

What makes it stand out is its focus on developer experience and performance. You can hook up a Git repo and quickly get a global CDN distribution, free SSL, serverless functions, and automated deploys.

Example customers include Box, Runway, Sonos, eBay, The Washington Post. More here.

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What's good about 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

Vercel pricing examples

Vercel offers a mixed billing model: you subscribe to a specific plan and then pay for any resources you consume each month.

There are three plans available, including a free tier available which is generous enough to host smaller projects:

  • Hobby: $0/mo
  • Pro: $20/user/mo
  • Enterprise: custom pricing

In addition to that, you pay for the resources you consume each month (eg. bandwidth, serverless functions, image optimizations).

Below are some example configurations and their estimated costs:

Example configuration Estimated cost
Object Storage $23.55 / mo 1 TB
Managed PostgreSQL $151.38 / mo 1440h compute, 50 GB storage, 10 GB read/mo 5 GB write/mo
Managed Redis®* $90.72 / mo 10 req/s @ $0.35 per 100k reqs
Serverless 25M Executions $108.75 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Free egress allowance 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $150.00 $0.15 / GB (Edge)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & 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 & exact specs with the provider before provisioning. You can find Vercel's latest pricing here.

Which services does Vercel offer

Here are some of the services that Vercel offers:

Data center locations

Based on our records, Vercel has at least 18 data centers:

Country Location Slug
Australia Sydney syd1
Brazil São Paulo gru1
France Paris cdg1
Germany Frankfurt fra1
Hong Kong Hong Kong hkg1
India Mumbai bom1
Ireland Dublin dub1
Japan Tokyo hnd1
Japan Osaka kix1
Singapore Singapore sin1
cpt1 South Africa Cape Town
icn1 South Korea Seoul
arn1 Sweden Stockholm
lhr1 UK London
cle1 USA Cleveland
iad1 USA Washington, D.C.
pdx1 USA Portland
sfo1 USA San Francisco

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