Heroku enables developers to deploy, manage, and scale applications quickly with minimal server management, supporting multiple languages and frameworks.
1M visits/mo-1.5%
Best Vercel Alternatives
Vercel: A cloud platform for deploying, scaling, and managing web apps and AI workloads with Git-based CI/CD and edge functions. Below are the tools in our catalog that cover the same features, grouped by the job they replace, with pricing side by side.
Web app deployment & hosting
Replaces Vercel for: Git-based CI/CD with automatic builds and preview environments · Globally distributed CDN with Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR) · Custom domains and wildcard subdomains for multi-tenant products
AI-powered PaaS for deploying, scaling, and managing apps on AWS with automated CI/CD and cost-optimized infrastructure.
65K visits/mo+12.6%
AI workloads & serverless compute
Replaces Vercel for: Edge and serverless compute via Edge Functions and Routing Middleware · Managed Postgres and key-value databases · Vercel Blob object storage for backend data
Build, deploy, and optimize AI models with ultra-fast, scalable solutions.
998K visits/mo+27.1%
An AI inference platform for deploying, serving, and scaling open-source and custom models in production via web and API tooling.
443K visits/mo+16.8%
Novita AI offers 200+ model APIs, custom deployment, GPU instances, and serverless GPUs to scale AI workloads efficiently.
303K visits/mo-4.1%
Serverless AI infrastructure for deploying and autoscaling GPU-backed model APIs with low cold starts and multi-region support.
55K visits/mo+53.3%
Database & backend infrastructure
Replaces Vercel for: Managed Postgres and key-value databases · Globally distributed CDN with Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR)
Backend platform providing Postgres databases, authentication, storage and compute for applications and agents
1.4M visits/mo-6.6%
Unified backend platform combining database, auth, file storage and real-time features
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Vercel vs. alternatives at a glance
| Tool | Pricing | Monthly visits | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel | Free Trial, from Free | 31M | |
| Heroku | Paid, from $0.04 | 1M | Compare |
| Kuberns | Free Trial, from Free | 65K | Compare |
| Together AI | Paid, from $0.00 | 998K | Compare |
| Baseten | Paid, from $0.01 | 443K | Compare |
| Novita AI | Freemium, from $0.01 | 303K | Compare |
| Cerebrium | Paid, from $0.05 | 55K | Compare |
| Neon | Subscription, from $15/mo | 1.4M | Compare |
| Aurabase Cloud | Freemium, from $25/mo | — | Compare |
Questions
- What is the best alternative to Vercel?
- Heroku is the top pick in our catalog, followed by Kuberns and Together AI. Picks are based on the features each listing describes.
- Is there a free alternative to Vercel?
- None is completely free, but Novita AI and Aurabase Cloud have a free plan.
- Which Vercel alternative is the most popular?
- Neon, with about 1.4M visits a month — the highest measured traffic among the tools on this page.
- How are these alternatives chosen?
- We compare what each tool in our catalog says it does against Vercel's own feature list — category is ignored, so a tool filed elsewhere can still qualify. Matches are grouped by the job they replace. Nobody pays to appear here.