Cheaper Vercel alternatives
Pricing data as of 2026-10-12 · refreshed weekly
Baseline: a Next.js app with startup-level traffic (~50,000 visits/month) costs $20/month on Vercel (Pro). Every provider below can run the same workload — ranked by real list price. Cheaper is not always better: a serverless platform and a raw VPS differ in how much ops work lands on you.
| Provider | Type | Plan | $/month | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orkestr | paas | Starter | $0 | Vercel vs Orkestr → |
| DigitalOcean Droplets | vps | Basic 512MB | $4 | Vercel vs DigitalOcean Droplets → |
| OVHcloud VPS | vps | VPS-1 | $4.54 | Vercel vs OVHcloud VPS → |
| Vultr | vps | Cloud Compute 1GB | $5 | Vercel vs Vultr → |
| Railway | paas | Hobby | $5 | Vercel vs Railway → |
| Linode (Akamai) | vps | Nanode 1GB | $5 | Vercel vs Linode (Akamai) → |
| AWS Lightsail | vps | $5 bundle | $5 | Vercel vs AWS Lightsail → |
| Heroku | paas | Eco | $5 | Vercel vs Heroku → |
| Fly.io | paas | shared-cpu-1x 512MB | $5.17 | Vercel vs Fly.io → |
| DigitalOcean App Platform | paas | Shared 1 vCPU / 512MB | $5.48 | Vercel vs DigitalOcean App Platform → |
| Hostinger VPS | vps | KVM 1 | $6.49 | Vercel vs Hostinger VPS → |
| Scaleway | vps | DEV1-S | $7.1 | Vercel vs Scaleway → |
| Netcup | vps | VPS 500 G12.5 | $7.79 | Vercel vs Netcup → |
| Render | paas | 512 MB / 0.5 CPU | $17.35 | Vercel vs Render → |
| Netlify | serverless | Pro | $20 | Vercel vs Netlify → |
| Hetzner Cloud | vps | CPX22 (Regular Performance) | $23.59 | Vercel vs Hetzner Cloud → |
| Koyeb | paas | eco-micro | $29 | Vercel vs Koyeb → |
FAQ
What is the cheapest alternative to Vercel?
For a Next.js app at startup traffic: Orkestr (Starter) at free versus $20/month on Vercel, $20 less per month. It is a PaaS, so check what you give up before switching.
Is there a cheaper serverless platform than Vercel?
Not in our data: no other serverless platform fits this workload for less, so the options below are different kinds of platform.
How is this comparison calculated?
Workload: Next.js needing ~512MB RAM for serving, ~50,000 visits and ~74GB of transfer a month. For each provider we take the cheapest plan that fits RAM, bandwidth and visit limits, plus metered egress where the provider charges it. Providers whose largest plan does not fit are left out.
How current are these prices?
They are official list prices as of 2026-10-12, re-checked against each provider's pricing page on a weekly cycle. Intro promos and coupons are not used in totals; taxes are not included unless a plan note says so.