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Vercel vs AWS Amplify Hosting pricing
Vercel vs AWS Amplify Hosting at five traffic levels
| Host | Side project · 10k views | Static blog · 300k views | Startup · 200k views, 3 devs | Growing SaaS · 2M views | Went viral · 20M views |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel | $20 | $20 | $60 | $265 | $6,804 |
| AWS Amplify Hosting | $2.96 | $45.90 | $51.36 | $524 | $6,458 |
Monthly USD, commercial project, 1.5 MB per page view. Cheapest per column in green; hover for the plan.
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= 300 GB transfer · 4M CDN requests · 400k function calls · 3 CPU-hours / month
Click a row for the breakdown. Monthly list prices in USD, before tax and credits.
FAQ
Is Vercel or AWS Amplify Hosting cheaper?+
Vercel is cheaper for static blog, growing saas; AWS Amplify Hosting for side project, startup, went viral. The calculator above prices your exact traffic; small teams with static sites and large teams with heavy server code often get opposite answers.
How does Vercel charge?+
Pro is $20 per deploying seat and includes $20 of usage credit plus a Flat Rate CDN tier (1M requests, 1 TB). Functions bill Active CPU ($0.128/h), provisioned memory ($0.0106/GB-h, 2 GB default) and invocations ($0.60/1M). Hobby is free but non-commercial and pauses at its limits.
How does AWS Amplify Hosting charge?+
Pay as you go, no seats: $0.15/GB served, SSR at $0.30/1M requests plus $0.20/GB-hour of request time (1 GB assumed), builds $0.01/minute. New AWS accounts get up to $200 of Free Tier credits instead of the old 12-month free tier, so it isn’t counted here. No spend cap, only budget alerts.
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