Vercel alternatives
Kofi Agyem, Founder and CEO, CloudzyroPublished
What to look for when you move off Vercel, and how the main alternatives compare, from each company's own pricing pages.
| Feature | Cloudzyro | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Launch: free, business use included | Hobby: free, for personal, non-commercial use only |
| Paid plan | Boost: $20 a month per site, team members included | Pro: $20 a month per developer seat |
| Charged per team member | Never | Yes, $20 a month per developer seat on Pro |
| Over your traffic allowance | Slowed down, never taken offline or charged extra | Hobby stops at 100 GB and can't buy more; Pro includes 1 TB, then from $0.15 per GB |
Other companies' figures from Vercel pricing, Netlify pricing, Render: updated workspace plans, Railway pricing, checked October 31, 2026. Prices change, so check their pages before you decide.
Why people look for a Vercel alternative
The common reasons are price per developer seat on Pro ($20 a month each), a free plan that's for personal, non-commercial use only, and traffic charges beyond Pro's 1 TB.
What to compare
Whether the free plan allows business use, whether team members cost extra, what happens when a site goes over its traffic, whether quiet sites sleep, and whether your framework runs as a real server.
Netlify
Pro is $20 a month for the team with unlimited members. Usage runs on credits, and when a free account's credits run out, every project is paused until the next month.
Render
Pro is $25 a month flat plus compute. Free web services spin down after 15 minutes without traffic and take about a minute to wake.
Railway
Hobby is $5 and Pro $20 a month per workspace, each including that much usage, then CPU, memory and traffic are billed as you use them.
Cloudzyro
Launch is free with business use included, and Boost is $20 a month per site with the team included. Sites never sleep, and a busy site is slowed, never taken offline or charged extra. You can deploy straight from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Codex.
Moving from Vercel
Next.js apps run with next start on Node 24 on Cloudzyro. Connect your GitHub repository, add your environment variables and point your domain. See Cloudzyro vs Vercel for the details.