Best PaaS / App Hosting · pricing · Updated June 2026
Vercel pricing (2026)
Vercel starts at $0/mo (Hobby), across 4 plans. Best for Frontend and full-stack Next.js / React deployments at global edge. Every figure links to Vercel's own page and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $0/mo (Hobby)
- Free tier: Yes
- Compliance: HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: Frontend and full-stack Next.js / React deployments at global edge; Teams needing enterprise compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, TISAX) on a single platform; Product teams wanting instant preview deployments per PR
Vercel plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $0 | — | flat | Free for personal projects. 1M edge requests/month, 100 GB data transfer/month, 1M function invocations/month, 3 custom firewall rules. Web Application Firewall, global CDN, DDoS mitigation, automatic CI/CD. No teams, no HIPAA. | vercel.com |
| Pro | $20 | — | per_seat | $20/user/month plus usage overages beyond included $20 monthly credit. 10M edge requests/month, 1 TB data transfer/month, 40 custom firewall rules. Team collaboration, faster builds, cold start prevention, advanced spend management. HIPAA BAA available as add-on for $350/month extra. Compute overage $0.128/CPU-hour. | vercel.com |
| Pro HIPAA BAA Add-on | $350 | — | flat | $350/month add-on on top of Pro plan subscription to enable HIPAA BAA. Vercel explicitly states 'Vercel supports HIPAA compliance as a business associate.' | vercel.com |
| Enterprise | Quote-only | — | custom | Custom pricing. Critical security, performance, observability, 99.99% SLA, SCIM/directory sync, managed WAF rulesets, multi-region compute with failover, advanced support, audit logs, SAML SSO. HIPAA BAA included. | vercel.com |
Last verified 2026-06-14. https://vercel.com/pricing accessed 2026-06-14. HIPAA BAA available on Pro ($350/month add-on) and Enterprise (custom). Pro plan $20/user/month confirmed from same page.
Capabilities
Integrations: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, AWS (infrastructure), Datadog, Sentry, Supabase, PlanetScale, Neon, MongoDB.
Key features: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, GDPR DPA, PCI DSS SAQ-D/SAQ-A, TISAX AL2; HIPAA BAA available on Pro ($350/month add-on) and Enterprise; acts as business associate; Vercel Firewall + Web Application Firewall + BotID on all plans; Edge Network with 20 AWS regions + Anycast; automatic failover across regions; DDoS mitigation and Deployment Protection built-in.
Plan limits: Hobby (free): 1M edge requests/month, 100 GB transfer/month, 1M function invocations, 3 custom firewall rules — personal projects only; Pro: $20/user/month + usage; HIPAA BAA requires $350/month add-on; Enterprise HIPAA includes Secure Compute (isolated VPC) at additional cost.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Vercel cost?
Vercel starts at $0/mo (Hobby); it has 4 published plans. Verified 2026-06-14.
What are cheaper alternatives to Vercel?
Cheaper paas / app hosting than Vercel (entry $0/mo) include Heroku at $5/mo, Railway at $5/mo, DigitalOcean App Platform at $5/mo. Verified 2026-06-14.
Does Vercel support HIPAA?
Vercel HIPAA support: Yes. SOC 2: Yes. GDPR: Yes.
Does Vercel have a free plan?
Vercel free tier: Yes.
Vercel vs alternatives
Cheaper paas / app hosting alternatives
- Heroku from $5/mo
- Railway from $5/mo
- DigitalOcean App Platform from $5/mo
- Sevalla from $5/mo