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Vercel vs Render pricing
Vercel vs Render 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 |
| Render | $8.50 | $44.25 | $73.25 | $478 | $6,035 |
Monthly USD, commercial project, 1.5 MB per page view. Cheapest per column in green; hover for the plan.
Your numbers
= 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 Render cheaper?+
Vercel is cheaper for static blog, startup, growing saas; Render for side project, 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 Render charge?+
A workspace plan (Hobby $0 for one person, Pro $25 flat for a team) plus instances billed per second: Starter 0.5 CPU / 512 MB is $7/month. Static sites are free to host. Included bandwidth is small (5 GB Hobby, 25 GB Pro), then $0.15/GB. Free instances sleep after 15 minutes idle and aren’t meant for production.
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