# Vercel vs Netlify Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/compare/vercel-vs-netlify/ Every value below is read from Vercel's and Netlify's own documentation. See https://inetgeek.com/methodology/ for how. ## At a glance | Criterion | Vercel | Netlify | | --- | --- | --- | | Free tier | Yes | Yes | | Kind of free offer | Free tier | Free tier | | Entry paid plan | $20 per developer seat / month (Pro) | $9/month for 1,000 credits/month | | Pricing model | Per-seat subscription plus metered resource usage; CDN charges cover requests, data transfer to visitors and Fast Origin Transfer, and vary by the region a request comes from. | Monthly plan credits are included with your plan each billing cycle and reset at the start of each cycle. | | Egress over allowance | Fast Data Transfer: first 1 TB included, then $0.15-$0.35 per GB depending on region. | 20 credits per GB ($0.13 per GB) | | When you exceed a cap | Billed automatically: extra usage beyond the included amount or Pro credit is charged, not throttled or suspended | Suspended: when credits run out every project is paused and visitors see a Site not available page, unless auto recharge is configured. | | Memory (entry plan) | 2 GB and 1 vCPU by default on every plan; Pro and Enterprise can raise it to 4 GB and 2 vCPU. | 1024 MB (1 GB) default memory per function; raising it to 4096 MB (4 GB) requires a Credit-based Pro or Enterprise plan. | | Sites or apps included | 200 projects on Hobby; unlimited on Pro and Enterprise. | 500 projects on the Personal plan (same limit on Free and Pro) | | 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 visit cap; web requests are metered at 2 credits per 10,000 requests, covering all traffic to the site including edge functions. | | File, inode or volume limit | 15,000 source files per CLI deployment (platform-wide); no upper limit on output files created during a build | No limit on files per deploy, but a hard limit of 54,000 files per directory (platform-wide) | | Concurrent builds | Pro: up to 500 concurrent deployments with on-demand concurrency, or 3 if on-demand concurrency is off | Personal: 1 concurrent build included, purchasable up to a maximum of 3, at $40/month per additional build | | Max request duration | Hobby: 300s default and maximum. Pro and Enterprise: 300s default, 800s maximum, and 1800s extended maximum | 60 seconds (synchronous); 30 seconds (scheduled); 15 minutes (background) | | Edge function timeout | Edge runtime: a response must begin within 25 seconds to keep streaming beyond that point, and streaming can then continue for up to 300 seconds. | Response header timeout of 40 s for Edge Functions, alongside the separate 50 ms CPU execution limit. | | 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. | Streaming (non-edge) Functions: 60-second execution limit and 20 MB response size limit. Stated without plan differentiation (applies on the cheapest paid plan). | | Git deployment | Supported | Supported | | Scheduled jobs | Supported | Supported | | Edge network | Supported | Supported | | Uptime SLA | 99.99% on Enterprise, which is custom-priced. Hobby and Pro publish no uptime SLA. | 99.99% on Enterprise, which is custom-priced. Free, Personal and Pro publish no uptime SLA. | | SOC 2 | SOC 2 Type 2 attestation. | AICPA SOC 2 Type 2; enterprise customers can access the attestation in the Trust Center. | | ISO 27001 | ISO 27001:2013 certified. | Certified; certificate viewable online by all customers. | | HIPAA | HIPAA compliance supported for enterprise customers. | Listed among the standards Netlify says it meets through annual third-party audits. | | GDPR / data residency | No data stored permanently inside EU regions; static assets/Serverless Function responses may cache in EU regions but only ephemerally. | GDPR and CCPA compliance stated, with legal experts engaged to keep products aligned; no data-residency choice is offered on this page. | | PCI DSS | Attestations for both service providers (SAQ-D) and merchants (SAQ-A) under PCI DSS v4.0, on request. | PCI-compliant for SAQ-A requirements, covering Netlify's own credit-card processing rather than a customer's, with a full RoC assessment completed. | | Encryption at rest | AES-256 at rest and HTTPS/TLS in transit, including access tokens and secrets. | AES-256 at rest and in transit, including access tokens. | | Role-based access control | Role-based access control, assigning roles per project. | Enterprise Team Management lets admins add and remove users org-wide, and partition teams by role. | ## Where they differ ### Entry paid plan - Vercel: $20 per developer seat / month (Pro) ([source](https://vercel.com/docs/plans/hobby)) - Netlify: $9/month for 1,000 credits/month ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/accounts-and-billing/billing/billing-for-credit-based-plans/credit-based-pricing-plans/)) - Lean: none. No documented basis to lean either way on this criterion. ### Pricing model - Vercel: Per-seat subscription plus metered resource usage; CDN charges cover requests, data transfer to visitors and Fast Origin Transfer, and vary by the region a request comes from. ([source](https://vercel.com/docs/cdn)) - Netlify: Monthly plan credits are included with your plan each billing cycle and reset at the start of each cycle. ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/accounts-and-billing/billing/billing-for-credit-based-plans/credit-based-pricing-plans/)) - Lean: none. No documented basis to lean either way on this criterion. ### Egress over allowance - Vercel: Fast Data Transfer: first 1 TB included, then $0.15-$0.35 per GB depending on region. ([source](https://vercel.com/docs/pricing/regional-pricing)) - Netlify: 20 credits per GB ($0.13 per GB) ([source](https://www.netlify.com/pricing/)) - Lean: none. No documented basis to lean either way on this criterion. ### When you exceed a cap - Vercel: Billed automatically: extra usage beyond the included amount or Pro credit is charged, not throttled or suspended ([source](https://vercel.com/docs/pricing)) - Netlify: Suspended: when credits run out every project is paused and visitors see a Site not available page, unless auto recharge is configured. ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/accounts-and-billing/billing/billing-for-credit-based-plans/how-credits-work/)) - Lean: none. No documented basis to lean either way on this criterion. ### Memory (entry plan) - Vercel: 2 GB and 1 vCPU by default on every plan; Pro and Enterprise can raise it to 4 GB and 2 vCPU. ([source](https://vercel.com/docs/functions/limitations)) - Netlify: 1024 MB (1 GB) default memory per function; raising it to 4096 MB (4 GB) requires a Credit-based Pro or Enterprise plan. ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/functions/usage-and-billing/)) - Lean: none. No documented basis to lean either way on this criterion. ### Sites or apps included - Vercel: 200 projects on Hobby; unlimited on Pro and Enterprise. ([source](https://vercel.com/docs/limits)) - Netlify: 500 projects on the Personal plan (same limit on Free and Pro) ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/accounts-and-billing/billing/billing-for-credit-based-plans/credit-based-pricing-plans/)) - Lean: 29% Vercel / 71% Netlify — proportional to the documented capacity. inetGeek's own reading, computed from the two values above by the rules at https://inetgeek.com/methodology/, not a provider claim. ### 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. ([source](https://vercel.com/docs/limits)) - Netlify: No visit cap; web requests are metered at 2 credits per 10,000 requests, covering all traffic to the site including edge functions. ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/accounts-and-billing/billing/billing-for-credit-based-plans/credit-based-pricing-plans/)) - Lean: none. No documented basis to lean either way on this criterion. ### File, inode or volume limit - Vercel: 15,000 source files per CLI deployment (platform-wide); no upper limit on output files created during a build ([source](https://vercel.com/docs/limits)) - Netlify: No limit on files per deploy, but a hard limit of 54,000 files per directory (platform-wide) ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/deploy/deploy-overview/)) - Lean: 22% Vercel / 78% Netlify — proportional to the documented capacity. inetGeek's own reading, computed from the two values above by the rules at https://inetgeek.com/methodology/, not a provider claim. ### Concurrent builds - Vercel: Pro: up to 500 concurrent deployments with on-demand concurrency, or 3 if on-demand concurrency is off ([source](https://vercel.com/docs/builds/managing-builds)) - Netlify: Personal: 1 concurrent build included, purchasable up to a maximum of 3, at $40/month per additional build ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/accounts-and-billing/billing/billing-for-credit-based-plans/credit-based-pricing-plans/)) - Lean: none. No documented basis to lean either way on this criterion. ### Max request duration - Vercel: Hobby: 300s default and maximum. Pro and Enterprise: 300s default, 800s maximum, and 1800s extended maximum ([source](https://vercel.com/docs/functions/limitations)) - Netlify: 60 seconds (synchronous); 30 seconds (scheduled); 15 minutes (background) ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/functions/configuration/)) - Lean: none. No documented basis to lean either way on this criterion. ### Edge function timeout - Vercel: Edge runtime: a response must begin within 25 seconds to keep streaming beyond that point, and streaming can then continue for up to 300 seconds. ([source](https://vercel.com/docs/functions/limitations)) - Netlify: Response header timeout of 40 s for Edge Functions, alongside the separate 50 ms CPU execution limit. ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/edge-functions/limits/)) - Lean: none. No documented basis to lean either way on this criterion. ### 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. ([source](https://vercel.com/docs/functions/limitations)) - Netlify: Streaming (non-edge) Functions: 60-second execution limit and 20 MB response size limit. Stated without plan differentiation (applies on the cheapest paid plan). ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/functions/api/)) - Lean: neither leads — both document the same answer. ### Uptime SLA - Vercel: 99.99% on Enterprise, which is custom-priced. Hobby and Pro publish no uptime SLA. ([source](https://vercel.com/pricing)) - Netlify: 99.99% on Enterprise, which is custom-priced. Free, Personal and Pro publish no uptime SLA. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/pricing/)) - Lean: neither leads — both document the same answer. ### SOC 2 - Vercel: SOC 2 Type 2 attestation. ([source](https://vercel.com/security)) - Netlify: AICPA SOC 2 Type 2; enterprise customers can access the attestation in the Trust Center. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/security/)) - Lean: neither leads — both document the same answer. ### ISO 27001 - Vercel: ISO 27001:2013 certified. ([source](https://vercel.com/security)) - Netlify: Certified; certificate viewable online by all customers. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/security/)) - Lean: neither leads — both document the same answer. ### HIPAA - Vercel: HIPAA compliance supported for enterprise customers. ([source](https://vercel.com/security)) - Netlify: Listed among the standards Netlify says it meets through annual third-party audits. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/security/)) - Lean: neither leads — both document the same answer. ### GDPR / data residency - Vercel: No data stored permanently inside EU regions; static assets/Serverless Function responses may cache in EU regions but only ephemerally. ([source](https://vercel.com/security)) - Netlify: GDPR and CCPA compliance stated, with legal experts engaged to keep products aligned; no data-residency choice is offered on this page. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/security/)) - Lean: neither leads — both document the same answer. ### PCI DSS - Vercel: Attestations for both service providers (SAQ-D) and merchants (SAQ-A) under PCI DSS v4.0, on request. ([source](https://vercel.com/security)) - Netlify: PCI-compliant for SAQ-A requirements, covering Netlify's own credit-card processing rather than a customer's, with a full RoC assessment completed. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/security/)) - Lean: 64% Vercel / 36% Netlify — documented support level. inetGeek's own reading, computed from the two values above by the rules at https://inetgeek.com/methodology/, not a provider claim. ### Encryption at rest - Vercel: AES-256 at rest and HTTPS/TLS in transit, including access tokens and secrets. ([source](https://vercel.com/security)) - Netlify: AES-256 at rest and in transit, including access tokens. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/security/)) - Lean: neither leads — both document the same answer. ### Role-based access control - Vercel: Role-based access control, assigning roles per project. ([source](https://vercel.com/security)) - Netlify: Enterprise Team Management lets admins add and remove users org-wide, and partition teams by role. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/security/)) - Lean: 64% Vercel / 36% Netlify — documented support level. inetGeek's own reading, computed from the two values above by the rules at https://inetgeek.com/methodology/, not a provider claim. ## Which should you choose? 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 Netlify if Teams that want Git-driven deploys onto a global CDN with a managed Postgres database built into the same platform. The free tier is 300 credits a month with a hard limit, so spend cannot surprise you. Consider something else: Vercel — The team is large enough that $20 per developer seat dominates the bill rather than the metered usage underneath it. Consider something else: Netlify — You need to run containers or long-lived processes — Netlify does not document either. ## Documented by only one One side documents these and the other does not. An absence is a missing source, not a stated "no" — except where a line says the other page was READ on a date and does not mention it, which is a sourced observation and the only one-sided case this site leans on. - What the free plan includes: Netlify: 300 credits a month at $0, with a hard limit and no automatic recharge. - When the free offer ends: Netlify: Never — $0/month forever, with a hard limit of 300 credits a month. - Startup credit program: Vercel: Vercel for Startups: up to $30,000 in Flexible Commitment Amount, Enterprise-tier access, and startup-focused support for eligible teams. - Build allowance: Vercel: No monthly build-minute allowance. Build CPU minutes are billed from $0.0035 each on Pro, against the plan's usage credit, and any single build is capped at 45 minutes. - CPU time limit: Netlify: 50 ms of CPU execution time per request for Edge Functions; waiting on resources or responses does not count. - Managed connection pooling: Vercel: Limited - Persistent processes: Netlify: Not supported - Managed databases: Netlify: Supported - Scales to zero: Vercel: Supported - Autoscaling: Vercel: Supported - Regions: Vercel: 20 compute-capable regions, from Stockholm and Mumbai to Cleveland and Cape Town; functions default to iad1 (Washington, D.C.). - Points of presence: Vercel: 126 points of presence across 51 countries. - Support on entry paid plan: Netlify: Priority email support from Personal ($9/month), the entry paid plan; 24/7 dedicated support on Enterprise. - Private networking / VPC: Netlify: Private Connectivity provides allowlist-friendly IPs for builds and functions to reach a customer backend. - Dedicated infrastructure: Vercel: Enterprise teams get their own build infrastructure, isolated from Hobby and Pro accounts. ## Questions this comparison answers **Entry paid plan: Vercel or Netlify?** Vercel: $20 per developer seat / month (Pro) Netlify: $9/month for 1,000 credits/month **Egress over allowance: Vercel or Netlify?** Vercel: Fast Data Transfer: first 1 TB included, then $0.15-$0.35 per GB depending on region. Netlify: 20 credits per GB ($0.13 per GB) **When you exceed a cap: Vercel or Netlify?** Vercel: Billed automatically: extra usage beyond the included amount or Pro credit is charged, not throttled or suspended Netlify: Suspended: when credits run out every project is paused and visitors see a Site not available page, unless auto recharge is configured. **Should I choose Vercel or Netlify?** 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 Netlify if Teams that want Git-driven deploys onto a global CDN with a managed Postgres database built into the same platform. The free tier is 300 credits a month with a hard limit, so spend cannot surprise you.