The best home for Next.js, with new framework features supported on day one and the smoothest preview workflow, but Hobby is for non-commercial use only and Pro charges $20 per deploying seat plus metered usage.
What it is
Vercel deploys web apps from Git with a preview URL for every pull request, serverless and Fluid compute functions, ISR, image optimization, a firewall and a global CDN. Its team builds Next.js, so every Next.js feature works without an adapter, and it also hosts Astro, SvelteKit, Nuxt, Remix and static sites. Hobby is $0 for personal, non-commercial use, with fixed allowances you cannot buy more of: 1 million CDN requests, 100 GB of Fast Data Transfer, 4 hours of Active CPU and 1 million function invocations a month, and one developer seat. Pro is $20 a month per deploying seat (viewer seats are free) and includes $20 of usage credit, 10 million CDN requests and 1 TB of data transfer; beyond that, transfer starts at $0.15 per GB and requests at $2 per million, and functions, image optimization and cache reads draw on the credit and then bill on demand. Spend Management can cap the bill. Enterprise is custom. Checked on vercel.com November 13, 2026.
Best for
- Next.js apps that want every new feature first
- Frontend teams that live in pull-request previews
- Marketing sites and storefronts on Next.js
What we like
- Built by the Next.js team: ISR, middleware, image optimization and streaming work with no adapter
- Preview deployment with comments on every pull request
- 1 TB of data transfer and $20 of usage credit included in Pro
What to watch
- Hobby is personal and non-commercial only, so any business site needs Pro
- Pro charges $20 a month per deploying seat, which adds up for larger teams
- Usage beyond the credit bills across many meters, so costs are hard to predict without Spend Management
- No long-running servers, workers or managed database of its own
Where Vercel ranks
Alternatives and head-to-heads
Best Vercel alternatives
The best Vercel alternative for most teams is Netlify: Git deploys, unlimited previews and full Next.js support (including ISR and on-demand revalidation) through its open-source adapter, with Pro at $20 a month for the whole team instead of per seat. Cloudflare Workers is the best for high traffic on a budget, with no bandwidth fees and a paid plan from $5 a month, but Next.js runs through an adapter. Render is the best for full-stack apps that need always-on servers, workers and a Postgres database.
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