Vercel vs AWS Amplify
A comparison of Vercel and AWS Amplify built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
The short answer
- Pick Vercel if
- Teams building on a framework the CDN understands natively, who want a predictable per-seat cost with metered usage on top. The Git integration covers GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps, so it drops into an existing review workflow.
- Pick AWS Amplify if
- Front-end apps deployed from Git onto AWS with usage-based pricing and no monthly minimum, including 1,000 build minutes and 15 GB of transfer under the free tier.
8 sourced criteria separate them:
- Pricing model
- Vercel: Per-seat subscription plus metered resource usage
- AWS Amplify: Usage-based; pay for what you use, with no monthly minimum
- Egress over allowance
- Vercel: Fast Data Transfer: 1 GB for $0.15 - $0.35 (after First 1 TB included)
- AWS Amplify: $0.15 per GB served
- When you exceed a cap
- Vercel: Billed automatically: extra usage beyond the included amount or Pro credit is charged, not throttled or suspended
- AWS Amplify: Billed automatically: pay-as-you-go with no monthly minimums; storage charges keep recurring until the app is deleted
- Sites or apps included
- Vercel: Unlimited Projects on Pro (200 on Hobby)
- AWS Amplify: 25 apps per Region by default (adjustable via a quota increase request); 50 branches per app
- Monthly visits cap
- Vercel: No hard visit cap on Pro. Pro includes the first 10,000,000 Edge Requests and the first 1 TB of Fast Data Transfer, with additional consumption billed on demand.
- AWS Amplify: No monthly visit cap, but a per-app rate quota of 20,000 request tokens per second (adjustable). SSR requests are free up to 500,000 per month, then $0.30 per 1 million requests.
- Concurrent builds
- Vercel: Pro: up to 500 concurrent deployments with on-demand concurrency, or 3 if on-demand concurrency is off
- AWS Amplify: 5 concurrent jobs per Region by default, adjustable via a quota increase request
- Max request duration
- Vercel: Hobby: 300s default and maximum. Pro and Enterprise: 300s default, 800s maximum, and 1800s extended maximum
- AWS Amplify: 15 minutes (maximum execution time of an SSR compute execution instance)
- Streaming response limit
- Vercel: Edge runtime streaming: up to 300 seconds, provided the response starts within 25 seconds. For Node.js/Bun/Python runtimes the docs state that max duration covers streamed responses too (Pro: 300s default, 800s maximum). Not plan-differentiated for the Edge figure.
- AWS Amplify: Next.js streaming is listed as an unsupported feature of the Amplify Hosting compute SSR provider — i.e. streamed responses are not available at all, rather than bounded by a duration or size. Platform-wide (Amplify Hosting has no plan tiers).
At a glance.
| Criterion | Vercel | AWS Amplify |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing model | Per-seat subscription plus metered resource usage | Usage-based; pay for what you use, with no monthly minimum |
| Egress over allowance | Fast Data Transfer: 1 GB for $0.15 - $0.35 (after First 1 TB included) | $0.15 per GB served |
| When you exceed a cap | Billed automatically: extra usage beyond the included amount or Pro credit is charged, not throttled or suspended | Billed automatically: pay-as-you-go with no monthly minimums; storage charges keep recurring until the app is deleted |
| Limits | ||
| Sites or apps included | Unlimited Projects on Pro (200 on Hobby) | 25 apps per Region by default (adjustable via a quota increase request); 50 branches per app |
| Monthly visits cap | No hard visit cap on Pro. Pro includes the first 10,000,000 Edge Requests and the first 1 TB of Fast Data Transfer, with additional consumption billed on demand. | No monthly visit cap, but a per-app rate quota of 20,000 request tokens per second (adjustable). SSR requests are free up to 500,000 per month, then $0.30 per 1 million requests. |
| Concurrent builds | Pro: up to 500 concurrent deployments with on-demand concurrency, or 3 if on-demand concurrency is off | 5 concurrent jobs per Region by default, adjustable via a quota increase request |
| Max request duration | Hobby: 300s default and maximum. Pro and Enterprise: 300s default, 800s maximum, and 1800s extended maximum | 15 minutes (maximum execution time of an SSR compute execution instance) |
| Execution | ||
| Streaming response limit | Edge runtime streaming: up to 300 seconds, provided the response starts within 25 seconds. For Node.js/Bun/Python runtimes the docs state that max duration covers streamed responses too (Pro: 300s default, 800s maximum). Not plan-differentiated for the Edge figure. | Next.js streaming is listed as an unsupported feature of the Amplify Hosting compute SSR provider — i.e. streamed responses are not available at all, rather than bounded by a duration or size. Platform-wide (Amplify Hosting has no plan tiers). |
| Deployment | ||
| Git deployment | Supported | Supported |
| Infrastructure | ||
| Edge network | Supported | Supported |
Where they differ.
Pricing model
- Vercel
- Per-seat subscription plus metered resource usage
- AWS Amplify
- Usage-based; pay for what you use, with no monthly minimum
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Vercel CDN overview ↗
“CDN pricing covers three billable resources: Edge Requests, Fast Data Transfer, and Fast Origin Transfer.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
- AWS Amplify Pricing | Front-End Web & Mobile | Amazon Web Services ↗
“Pay for what you use. Includes multiple sites per project and public SSL certificates at no additional cost.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official pricing
Egress over allowance
- Vercel
- Fast Data Transfer: 1 GB for $0.15 - $0.35 (after First 1 TB included)
- AWS Amplify
- $0.15 per GB served
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Regional Pricing - Vercel Docs ↗
“| Fast Data Transfer | First 1 TB | 1 GB for $0.15 - $0.35 |”
Read 2026-09-05 · official pricing
- AWS Amplify Pricing | Front-End Web & Mobile | Amazon Web Services ↗
“Data transfer out | No cost up to 15 GB per month | $0.15 per GB served”
Read 2026-09-05 · official pricing
When you exceed a cap
- Vercel
- Billed automatically: extra usage beyond the included amount or Pro credit is charged, not throttled or suspended
- AWS Amplify
- Billed automatically: pay-as-you-go with no monthly minimums; storage charges keep recurring until the app is deleted
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing on Vercel ↗
“Some resources include an amount of usage your projects can use within your billing cycle. Pro teams also receive a monthly usage credit and can use many resources on demand. If you exceed an included amount or credit, Vercel charges for the extra usage.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
- AWS Amplify Pricing | Front-End Web & Mobile | Amazon Web Services ↗
“No monthly minimums - simply pay for what you use. [...] $0.023 per GB per month (this charge recurs until the app is deleted)”
Read 2026-09-05 · official pricing
Sites or apps included
- Vercel
- Unlimited Projects on Pro (200 on Hobby)
- AWS Amplify
- 25 apps per Region by default (adjustable via a quota increase request); 50 branches per app
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Limits ↗
“| Projects | 200 | Unlimited | Unlimited |”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
- Amplify Hosting service quotas ↗
“| Apps | Each supported Region: 25 | Yes | The maximum number of apps that you can create in AWS Amplify Console in this account in the current Region. |”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
Monthly visits cap
- Vercel
- No hard visit cap on Pro. Pro includes the first 10,000,000 Edge Requests and the first 1 TB of Fast Data Transfer, with additional consumption billed on demand.
- AWS Amplify
- No monthly visit cap, but a per-app rate quota of 20,000 request tokens per second (adjustable). SSR requests are free up to 500,000 per month, then $0.30 per 1 million requests.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Limits ↗
“Pro includes a credit that you can use across billable resources and a pay-as-you-go model for additional consumption. Vercel automatically charges extra usage at the following rates: [...] | [Fast Data Transfer](/docs/pricing/regional-pricing) | Regional | First 1 TB | [...] | [Edge Requests](/docs/pricing/regional-pricing) | Regional | First 10,000,000 |”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
- Amplify Hosting service quotas ↗
“| Request tokens per second | Each supported Region: 20,000 | Yes | The maximum number of request tokens per second for an app. Amplify Hosting allocates tokens to requests based on the amount of resources (processing time and data transfer) that they consume. |”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
Concurrent builds
- Vercel
- Pro: up to 500 concurrent deployments with on-demand concurrency, or 3 if on-demand concurrency is off
- AWS Amplify
- 5 concurrent jobs per Region by default, adjustable via a quota increase request
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Managing Builds ↗
“**Pro:** Up to 500 concurrent deployments with on-demand concurrency (3 if on demand is off). You are billed for the build minutes you use.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
- Amplify Hosting service quotas ↗
“| Concurrent jobs | Each supported Region: 5 | Yes | The maximum number of concurrent jobs that you can create in this account in the current Region. | [...] New AWS accounts have reduced apps and concurrent jobs quotas. AWS raises these quotas automatically based on your usage.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
Max request duration
- Vercel
- Hobby: 300s default and maximum. Pro and Enterprise: 300s default, 800s maximum, and 1800s extended maximum
- AWS Amplify
- 15 minutes (maximum execution time of an SSR compute execution instance)
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Vercel Functions Limits - Vercel Docs ↗
“Maximum duration | Hobby: 300s default and maximum. Pro and Enterprise: 300s default, 800s maximum, and 1800s extended maximum .”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
- Using the Amplify Hosting deployment specification to configure build output - AWS Amplify Hosting ↗
“Execution instances are limited to a maximum execution time of 15 minutes, and the only writable path within the execution instance is the /tmp directory.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
Streaming response limit
- Vercel
- Edge runtime streaming: up to 300 seconds, provided the response starts within 25 seconds. For Node.js/Bun/Python runtimes the docs state that max duration covers streamed responses too (Pro: 300s default, 800s maximum). Not plan-differentiated for the Edge figure.
- AWS Amplify
- Next.js streaming is listed as an unsupported feature of the Amplify Hosting compute SSR provider — i.e. streamed responses are not available at all, rather than bounded by a duration or size. Platform-wide (Amplify Hosting has no plan tiers).
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Vercel Functions Limits ↗
“Vercel Functions using the Edge runtime must begin sending a response within 25 seconds to maintain streaming capabilities beyond this period, and can continue streaming data for up to 300 seconds.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
- Amplify support for Next.js ↗
“The following list describes the specific features that the Amplify Hosting compute SSR provider supports. … Unsupported features: Edge API Routes (Edge middleware is not supported); On-Demand Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR); Next.js streaming; Running middleware on static assets and optimized images; Executing code after a response with unstable_after.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
Which should you choose?
Choose Vercel if…
Teams building on a framework the CDN understands natively, who want a predictable per-seat cost with metered usage on top. The Git integration covers GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps, so it drops into an existing review workflow.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Choose AWS Amplify if…
Front-end apps deployed from Git onto AWS with usage-based pricing and no monthly minimum, including 1,000 build minutes and 15 GB of transfer under the free tier.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Consider something else if…
- Vercel: The team is large enough that $20 per developer seat dominates the bill rather than the metered usage underneath it.
- AWS Amplify: Egress beyond the free allowance is $0.15 per GB, which is the highest of the platforms compared here, and SSR compute is capped at 15 minutes.
Documented by only one.
These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.