Hosting Strapi on Vercel
Pricing data as of 2026-10-12 · refreshed weekly
Vercel is a serverless platform. Strapi needs roughly 1024MB RAM for a production server process, so the cheapest plan that actually fits depends on your traffic. Below is the cheapest Vercel plan that fits each traffic level, computed from current list prices.
Note: the 1024MB figure is for serving the built app. Production builds (next build and friends) are heavier and belong in CI or on your laptop — run them on the same small instance and you'll hit out-of-memory errors that say nothing about its serving capacity.
Cheapest fitting plan by traffic
| Traffic | Plan | $/month | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby / side project (~5,000/mo) | Hobby | $0 | Non-commercial personal use only (Vercel fair-use guidelines, re-checked 2026-10-14) — so our totals use it only for the hobby scenario; 1M function invocations |
| Startup / small business (~50,000/mo) | Pro | $20 | Per seat ($20 per extra paid seat); Flat Rate CDN base tier (default for new Pro teams since 2026-09-08) includes 1TB + 1M CDN requests. Past 1TB we charge on-demand $0.15/GB (US rate; $0.15–0.35 by region) or the $20 flat tier below, whichever is cheaper. Active CPU billed. Verified 2026-09-25 |
| E-commerce (~200,000/mo) | Pro | $20 | Per seat ($20 per extra paid seat); Flat Rate CDN base tier (default for new Pro teams since 2026-09-08) includes 1TB + 1M CDN requests. Past 1TB we charge on-demand $0.15/GB (US rate; $0.15–0.35 by region) or the $20 flat tier below, whichever is cheaper. Active CPU billed. Verified 2026-09-25 |
| High traffic (~1,000,000/mo) | Pro + Flat Rate CDN 10M | $40 | $20 Pro seat + $20/mo Flat Rate CDN tier: 50TB transfer, 10M CDN requests, spike protection (fair use). Next tiers $100 (50M req) / $300 (150M req). Request counts not modelled. Verified 2026-09-25 |
FAQ
How much does it cost to host Strapi on Vercel?
Hobby / side project: free (Hobby, non-commercial use only); Startup / small business: $20/month (Pro); E-commerce: $20/month (Pro); High traffic: $40/month (Pro + Flat Rate CDN 10M).
Is Vercel a cheap place to host Strapi?
At startup traffic Vercel ranks 13 of 18 providers that fit; the cheapest is OVHcloud VPS ($4.54/month, VPS-1). Cheaper usually means more setup and maintenance on your side.
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.