Worked on an e-commerce shop on Vercel with about 50,000 orders a month that cost around 10,000 dollars a month, suggesting parts of the backend belonged on AWS.
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A score out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews, so a handful of glowing reviews can’t beat a product many people like.
51% Positive11%38% Negative
Customers praise how easy it is to deploy, especially Next.js, and many pay little for small or moderate sites.
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Customer reviews (198)
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Spends about 1,000-1,500 dollars a month on Vercel and rates it great, but finds the enterprise sales people naggy and will probably eject once larger.
Still committed to Vercel and loves the platform, but per-seat pricing makes each new hire costly for a small startup.
Describes Vercel as selling a platform and infrastructure team; a rip-off if you can run infra yourself, but a decent, Heroku-like product for small teams who just want a deploy button.
On a large Next.js project Vercel cut builds to 3-5 minutes from 10-25 with Jenkins and gave previews and GitHub integration for free, though it costs about 100 dollars per team member.
Common questions about Vercel
What do customers say about Vercel?
Customers praise how easy it is to deploy, especially Next.js, and many pay little for small or moderate sites. The main complaint is unexpected bills from traffic spikes, bots, image optimisation or edge requests, sometimes hundreds or thousands of dollars, with mixed results getting them reduced. Per-seat costs also sting small teams.
Is Vercel worth it?
Of the 138 reviews with a clear verdict, 51% are positive, 11% mixed and 38% negative. The praise mentioned most is easy to use. The most common complaint is surprise bill.
What do people like about Vercel?
The praise reviewers mention most: easy to use (40 reviews), great value (31 reviews) and good free plan (13 reviews). For example: Their Next.js site has been painless on Vercel, usually just a git push, and the convenience keeps them there.
What are the most common complaints about Vercel?
The complaints reviewers mention most: surprise bill (39 reviews), hidden fees (14 reviews) and upsells (8 reviews). For example: Their work Vercel Pro plan produced a last bill of around 10,000 dollars, so they are looking for alternatives.
What does the signal score of 75 mean?
It's how well reviewed Vercel is, out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews: a service needs plenty of them, compared with the most-reviewed services here, to reach the high 80s and 90s. It's worked out from reviews only, needs at least 5 of them, and updates as new ones come in.
What are the specs of Vercel?
Category: Static & frontend hosting. Free plan: Yes.
Where do these Vercel reviews come from?
197 are quotes from Reddit, each linked to the original. 1 was written by customers here. Customer reviews are checked for spam before they appear. Every review, written here or quoted, is read as positive, mixed or negative.