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.
Vercel Homepage
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 |
|---|---|
| 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) |
Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing. You can find Vercel's latest pricing here.
Which services does Vercel offer
Data center locations
Based on our records, Vercel has 18 data center locations:
| Slug | Country | Location |
|---|---|---|
| syd1 | Australia 🇦🇺 | Sydney |
| gru1 | Brazil 🇧🇷 | São Paulo |
| cdg1 | France 🇫🇷 | Paris |
| fra1 | Germany 🇩🇪 | Frankfurt |
| hkg1 | Hong Kong 🇭🇰 | Hong Kong |
| bom1 | India 🇮🇳 | Mumbai |
| dub1 | Ireland 🇮🇪 | Dublin |
| hnd1 | Japan 🇯🇵 | Tokyo |
| kix1 | Japan 🇯🇵 | Osaka |
| sin1 | Singapore 🇸🇬 | Singapore |
| 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 |
Alternatives to Vercel
Amazon Web Services🇺🇸
AWS is a good alternative to Vercel if you're looking for a cloud provider that offers a wider range of services, relatively more affordable prices, and don't mind having to hook up your own infrastructure components.
Render🇺🇸
Render is a good alternative to Vercel if you want to host your backend within the same cloud provider, while still having a streamlined deployment experience.
Netlify🇺🇸
Netlify offers a similar platform as Vercel, plus various managed services for identity and form submissions.
Flightcontrol🇺🇸
Flightcontrol gives you the developer experience of a platform like Vercel but it runs alongside your AWS account - so you can save on compute and directly access to everything AWS has to offer.
Cloudflare🇺🇸
Cloudflare Pages is a good alternative to Vercel if you're already on their platform and are looking to host a static site.
Fly.io🇺🇸
Consider Fly.io if you're looking to deploy container-based apps closer to your users.
Our data for Vercel was last updated on Sept. 28, 2024.