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Vercel vs Netlify

SEPT 2026 audit

A comparison of Vercel and Netlify built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 40 criteria comparedSources last checked

Adoption share

BuiltWith counts — how much more of the web runs Vercel than Netlify, among the sites BuiltWith actually detects. Measured . Source: BuiltWith.

Vercel72.5% · 4,244,009 sites
Netlify27.5% · 1,611,431 sites

The short answer

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 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.

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.
  • Netlify: You need to run containers or long-lived processes — Netlify does not document either.

Neither quite fits? Every other option, ranked by iScore: Vercel alternatives · Netlify alternatives

20 sourced criteria separate them — see where, with sources, below.

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01.

At a glance.

CriterionVercelNetlify
Pricing
Free tierYesYes
Kind of free offerFree tierFree tier
Entry paid plan$20 per developer seat / month (Pro)$9/month for 1,000 credits/month
Pricing modelPer-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 allowanceFast 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 capBilled automatically: extra usage beyond the included amount or Pro credit is charged, not throttled or suspendedSuspended: when credits run out every project is paused and visitors see a Site not available page, unless auto recharge is configured.
Limits
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 capNo 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 buildsPro: up to 500 concurrent deployments with on-demand concurrency, or 3 if on-demand concurrency is offPersonal: 1 concurrent build included, purchasable up to a maximum of 3, at $40/month per additional build
Max request durationHobby: 300s default and maximum. Pro and Enterprise: 300s default, 800s maximum, and 1800s extended maximum60 seconds (synchronous); 30 seconds (scheduled); 15 minutes (background)
Execution
Edge function timeoutEdge 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 limitEdge 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).
Deployment
Git deploymentSupportedSupported
Scheduled jobsSupportedSupported
Infrastructure
Edge networkSupportedSupported
Uptime SLA99.99% 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.
Compliance
SOC 2SOC 2 Type 2 attestation.AICPA SOC 2 Type 2; enterprise customers can access the attestation in the Trust Center.
ISO 27001ISO 27001:2013 certified.Certified; certificate viewable online by all customers.
HIPAAHIPAA compliance supported for enterprise customers.Listed among the standards Netlify says it meets through annual third-party audits.
GDPR / data residencyNo 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 restAES-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.

Only criteria both providers publish appear here; a tinted cell marks a real difference. Criteria only one of them documents are listed below, and an absence there means we found no source — not that the feature is missing. How we source this.

The small bar above a value is inetGeek's own lean toward that side — computed from the same facts shown, never a number the provider published. See the picker below "The short answer" to weigh only the criteria you care about.

02.

Where they differ.

Entry paid plan

Vercel
$20 per developer seat / month (Pro)
Netlify
$9/month for 1,000 credits/month
Sources (2) →

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.
Netlify
Monthly plan credits are included with your plan each billing cycle and reset at the start of each cycle.
Sources (2) →
  • CDN — Vercel Docs ↗

    “CDN pricing covers CDN requests, data transfer to visitors, and Fast Origin Transfer. Pricing can vary by the region where requests originate. CDN requests appear as Edge Requests in Billing and on the Usage page.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official docs · Report a correction

  • Credit-based pricing plans | Netlify Docs ↗

    “By using credits to measure and bill for usage, Netlify users have fewer metrics to track and more flexibility on how to optimize their spending.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs · Report a correction

Egress over allowance

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)
Sources (2) →

When you exceed a cap

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.
Sources (2) →
  • 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 · Report a correction

  • How credits work — Netlify Docs ↗

    “Once your credit balance is completely used up, all of your web projects (sites/apps) are paused and visitors to your web projects will find a Site not available page at each of your web project's URLs.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official docs · Report a correction

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.
Netlify
1024 MB (1 GB) default memory per function; raising it to 4096 MB (4 GB) requires a Credit-based Pro or Enterprise plan.
Sources (2) →

Sites or apps included

Vercel

200 projects on Hobby; unlimited on Pro and Enterprise.

Netlify

500 projects on the Personal plan (same limit on Free and Pro)

Sources (2) →

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.
Netlify
No visit cap; web requests are metered at 2 credits per 10,000 requests, covering all traffic to the site including edge functions.
Sources (2) →
  • 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 100 GB 1 TB [...] "resource":"Edge Requests" [...] "includedProAllotment":"First 10,000,000","includedHobbyAllotment":"First 1,000,000"”

    Read 2026-09-13 · official docs · Report a correction

  • Credit-based pricing plans — Netlify Docs ↗

    “Web Requests 10,000 requests 2 credits All traffic to your site, includes edge functions Web Bandwidth 1 GB transferred 20 credits Data delivery to your visitors worldwide”

    Read 2026-09-13 · official docs · Report a correction

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

Netlify

No limit on files per deploy, but a hard limit of 54,000 files per directory (platform-wide)

Sources (2) →
  • Limits — Vercel Docs ↗

    “The maximum number of files that can be uploaded when creating a CLI Deployment is 15,000 for source files. Deployments that contain more files than the limit will fail at the build step. Although there is no upper limit for output files created during a build, you can expect longer build times as a result”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official docs · Report a correction

  • Deploy overview ↗

    “While Netlify doesn't have a limit on the number of files per deploy, we do have a limit of 54,000 files per directory. If any directory within your publish directory has more than 54,000 files, your deploys will fail.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs · Report a correction

Concurrent builds

Vercel
Pro: up to 500 concurrent deployments with on-demand concurrency, or 3 if on-demand concurrency is off
Netlify
Personal: 1 concurrent build included, purchasable up to a maximum of 3, at $40/month per additional build
Sources (2) →
  • Managing builds — Vercel Docs ↗

    “Concurrency limits by plan Hobby: 1 concurrent deployment. Builds beyond this run sequentially. 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. Enterprise: Custom concurrency limits tailored to your organization's needs.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official docs · Report a correction

  • Credit-based pricing plans | Netlify Docs ↗

    “1 concurrent build included in plan with option to purchase more. Limited to 3 concurrent builds, meaning up to 3 builds can run at the same time. Ideal for using multiple agents and running projects that depend on each other. Add 1 additional concurrent build as an add-on at $40/month”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs · Report a correction

Max request duration

Vercel
Hobby: 300s default and maximum. Pro and Enterprise: 300s default, 800s maximum, and 1800s extended maximum
Netlify
60 seconds (synchronous); 30 seconds (scheduled); 15 minutes (background)
Sources (2) →

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.
Netlify
Response header timeout of 40 s for Edge Functions, alongside the separate 50 ms CPU execution limit.
Sources (2) →
  • Functions limitations — Vercel Docs ↗

    “Edge runtime 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 2026-09-13 · official docs · Report a correction

  • Edge Functions limits — Netlify Docs ↗

    “CPU execution time per request: 50 ms This tracks all time spent running your scripts. Execution time does not include time spent waiting for resources or responses. Response header timeout: 40 s”

    Read 2026-09-13 · official docs · Report a correction

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.
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).
Sources (2) →
  • 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 · Report a correction

  • Functions API reference ↗

    “A function can stream data to clients as it becomes available, instead of returning a buffered payload after the function finishes. To stream a response, return a ReadableStream as the body of the Response. Streaming functions have a 60-second execution limit and a 20 MB response size limit.”

    Read 2026-09-05 · official docs · Report a correction

Uptime SLA

Vercel
99.99% on Enterprise, which is custom-priced. Hobby and Pro publish no uptime SLA.
Netlify
99.99% on Enterprise, which is custom-priced. Free, Personal and Pro publish no uptime SLA.
Sources (2) →

SOC 2

Vercel
SOC 2 Type 2 attestation.
Netlify
AICPA SOC 2 Type 2; enterprise customers can access the attestation in the Trust Center.
Sources (2) →
  • Vercel Security ↗

    “Yes, Vercel has a SOC 2 Type 2 attestation.”

    Read 2026-09-12 · official site · Report a correction

  • Security — Netlify ↗

    “Netlify undergoes rigorous annual audits and certifications by independent third-party auditors, meeting industry-leading security standards such as AICPA SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27018, PCI DSS v4.0, and HIPAA. Enterprise customers can access detailed audit reports, including our SOC 2 Type 2 attestation, in the Trust Center”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official site · Report a correction

ISO 27001

Vercel
ISO 27001:2013 certified.
Netlify
Certified; certificate viewable online by all customers.
Sources (2) →

HIPAA

Vercel
HIPAA compliance supported for enterprise customers.
Netlify
Listed among the standards Netlify says it meets through annual third-party audits.
Sources (2) →
  • Vercel Security ↗

    “Vercel supports HIPAA compliance for enterprise customers.”

    Read 2026-09-12 · official site · Report a correction

  • Security — Netlify ↗

    “Netlify undergoes rigorous annual audits and certifications by independent third-party auditors, meeting industry-leading security standards such as AICPA SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27018, PCI DSS v4.0, and HIPAA.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official site · Report a correction

GDPR / data residency

Vercel
No data stored permanently inside EU regions; static assets/Serverless Function responses may cache in EU regions but only ephemerally.
Netlify
GDPR and CCPA compliance stated, with legal experts engaged to keep products aligned; no data-residency choice is offered on this page.
Sources (2) →
  • Vercel Security ↗

    “No data is stored permanently inside EU regions. Static assets and Serverless Functions responses can be cached in EU regions, but it is ephemeral.”

    Read 2026-09-12 · official site · Report a correction

  • Security — Netlify ↗

    “We prioritize privacy and compliance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), partnering with legal experts to align our products with these standards and updating practices as needed.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official site · Report a correction

PCI DSS

Vercel
Attestations for both service providers (SAQ-D) and merchants (SAQ-A) under PCI DSS v4.0, on request.
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.
Sources (2) →
  • Security — Vercel ↗

    “Attestation of Compliance (AOC) for Service Providers and a Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ)-A Attestation of Compliance (AOC) for Merchants based on PCI DSS v4.0. Contact us for more details or to access these reports.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official site · Report a correction

  • Security — Netlify ↗

    “Netlify is PCI-compliant for SAQ-A requirements, ensuring secure credit card processing, and has completed a full RoC assessment to validate compliance.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official site · Report a correction

Encryption at rest

Vercel
AES-256 at rest and HTTPS/TLS in transit, including access tokens and secrets.
Netlify
AES-256 at rest and in transit, including access tokens.
Sources (2) →

Role-based access control

Vercel
Role-based access control, assigning roles per project.
Netlify
Enterprise Team Management lets admins add and remove users org-wide, and partition teams by role.
Sources (2) →
  • Security — Vercel ↗

    “Role-based Access Control Assign roles to ensure that the right people have the right permissions to work on your projects.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official site · Report a correction

  • Security — Netlify ↗

    “Access control Enterprise Team Management empowers admins to add and remove users as needed to support organization-wide team management. Create, partition, and customize teams by role.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official site · Report a correction

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03.

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 — except where we say we read the other provider's own page on a given date and it does not state it. Those rows lean, and the provider can correct them with a link.

What the free plan includesNetlify: 300 credits a month at $0, with a hard limit and no automatic recharge.
When the free offer endsNetlify: Never — $0/month forever, with a hard limit of 300 credits a month.
Startup credit programVercel: Vercel for Startups: up to $30,000 in Flexible Commitment Amount, Enterprise-tier access, and startup-focused support for eligible teams.
Build allowanceVercel: 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 limitNetlify: 50 ms of CPU execution time per request for Edge Functions; waiting on resources or responses does not count.
Managed connection poolingVercel: Limited
Persistent processesNetlify: Not supported
Managed databasesNetlify: Supported
Scales to zeroVercel: Supported
AutoscalingVercel: Supported
RegionsVercel: 20 compute-capable regions, from Stockholm and Mumbai to Cleveland and Cape Town; functions default to iad1 (Washington, D.C.).
Points of presenceVercel: 126 points of presence across 51 countries.
Support on entry paid planNetlify: Priority email support from Personal ($9/month), the entry paid plan; 24/7 dedicated support on Enterprise.
Private networking / VPCNetlify: Private Connectivity provides allowlist-friendly IPs for builds and functions to reach a customer backend.
Dedicated infrastructureVercel: Enterprise teams get their own build infrastructure, isolated from Hobby and Pro accounts.
04.

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.

Provider pages

VercelFrontend cloud platform for modern web applications, with Git-driven deployments and a framework-aware CDN.NetlifyPlatform for building and deploying web projects from Git to a global CDN, with serverless and edge functions.

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