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Skyline vs Vercel
Short answer: Pick Skyline if you want alerting and visibility for Laravel queues; pick Vercel if you want full-stack frontend hosting with serverless functions. Skyline is paid; Vercel has a free plan, paid from $20/month.
SkylineSkyline adds the missing alerting layer to Laravel Horizon
VercelFrontend cloud to build and deploy web appsWhich to pick
Pick Skyline if you want…
- Alerting and visibility for Laravel queues
- Integrations with Laravel Horizon, Redis or Slack (on Skyline's list, not Vercel's)
Pick Vercel if you want…
- Full-stack frontend hosting with serverless functions
- Frontend deployment
- A free plan to start with (Hobby)
- Integrations with GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket (on Vercel's list, not Skyline's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Skyline:Skyline is a drop-in replacement for Laravel Horizon that adds alerts, lock management, metrics and job logging.
- Vercel:Vercel is a cloud platform for building, deploying and scaling frontend web apps and AI agents.
- Best for
- Skyline:Alerting and visibility for Laravel queues
- Vercel:Full-stack frontend hosting with serverless functions
- Who it’s for
- Skyline:Laravel developers who use Horizon for queue management.
- Vercel:Frontend developers, teams building web apps or AI-enabled services.
- Pricing
- Skyline:Paid
- Vercel:Freemium
- Starting price
- Skyline:—
- Vercel:$20/month (Pro)
- Free plan or trial
- Skyline:—
- Vercel:Free plan (Hobby) · Free trial
- Plans
- Skyline:—
- Vercel:Hobby $0/mo. · Pro $20/mo. per month
- Works with
- Skyline:Laravel Horizon, Redis, Slack, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Prometheus, Grafana
- Vercel:GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Google, Vercel CLI
Skyline features
- Drop-in Horizon replacement. Installs via Composer, keeps the same config, namespace and dashboard URL.
- Queue alerts. Notifies via Slack, email, SMS, PagerDuty or Opsgenie when queues stall, workers crash or Horizon stops.
- Unique lock management. Shows held ShouldBeUnique locks, their age and provides a Release button.
- Memory & CPU metrics. Shows per-job-class memory and CPU usage and worker restart reasons.
- Job lifecycle logging. Writes a log line for every job transition (queued, reserved, released, failed, etc.).
- Job search. Search jobs by class name or dispatched arguments across pending, completed and failed jobs.
- Prometheus & Grafana support. Exports metrics via a Prometheus endpoint and includes a Grafana dashboard.
- Queue controls. Pause/resume individual queues, run delayed jobs now, delete jobs or empty queues from the UI.
Vercel features
- Global Delivery. Ultra-fast, secure CDN with automatic routing and TLS encryption.
- Serverless Functions. Dynamic, scalable functions with fluid compute pricing.
- AI Model Gateway. Secure inference and token-based pricing for AI features.
- Sandboxed Environments. Isolated compute sandboxes for agents and custom workloads.
- Preview URLs. Instant preview deployments for every git branch.
- Custom SSL & Domain Management. Automatic certificates and domain handling per project.
- Spend Management. Usage budgets, alerts and auto-pause to control costs.
- Team Collaboration. Roles, MFA, SSO and viewer seats for shared development.
Skyline vs Vercel FAQ
What is the difference between Skyline and Vercel?+
Vercel hosts front-end apps; it does not manage Laravel queues or provide Horizon alerts.
Should I use Skyline or Vercel?+
Pick Skyline if you want alerting and visibility for Laravel queues or integrations with Laravel Horizon, Redis or Slack (on Skyline's list, not Vercel's). Pick Vercel if you want full-stack frontend hosting with serverless functions, frontend deployment or a free plan to start with (Hobby).
Is Skyline or Vercel free?+
Skyline is paid. Vercel has a free plan (Hobby); paid plans start at $20/month (Pro).
Do Skyline and Vercel integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Skyline lists Laravel Horizon, Redis, Slack, PagerDuty and 3 more; Vercel lists GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Google and 1 more.
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