Alternatives to Vercel
Frontend deployment platform optimized for Next.js and serverless
Pricing: Free (hobby), $20/user/mo Pro, Enterprise custom From $20/mo
Common pain points:
- ✗ Vendor lock-in — tightly coupled with Next.js and Vercel infrastructure
- ✗ Serverless function execution limits can surprise you with bills
- ✗ Bandwidth and build minute overages are expensive
- ✗ Pro plan required for team collaboration features
2 Alternatives to Vercel
Coolify
Self-hostable PaaS for deploying apps, databases, and services on your own servers
Free and open-source. Only cost is server infrastructure (~$5/mo on Hetzner). Cloud version ~$10/mo.
- ✓ 280+ one-click deployable services and templates
- ✓ Dramatically cheaper than Vercel/Heroku ($5/mo vs $850/mo)
- ✓ Automatic SSL, Git deployments, and Docker support
Dokploy
Free self-hostable PaaS with Docker Swarm scaling and automated backups
Completely free and open-source. Only cost is your server infrastructure.
- ✓ Docker Swarm multi-node scaling built in
- ✓ Automated database backups to external storage
- ✓ Real-time CPU, memory, storage, and network monitoring