Vercel 🧾 Service

What you get

Vercel hosts web apps and sites (it is the company behind Next.js) with deploys from Git, preview URLs, a global CDN and serverless functions. Plans on the pricing page:

• Hobby: $0 a month, for personal, non-commercial use. Includes 1M CDN requests, 100 GB of fast data transfer, 4 hours of active CPU and 1M function invocations a month.
• Pro: $20 a month per developer seat, with unlimited viewer seats and one billing seat. Includes a $20 monthly usage credit, 10M CDN requests and 1 TB of fast data transfer; further usage is billed at published rates.
• Enterprise: custom.

Who qualifies

Anyone can use Hobby for non-commercial projects. A startup's commercial product needs Pro or above.

Good to know

• Vercel for Startups: the startups page offers eligible teams up to $30,000 in Flexible Commitment Amount, with Enterprise-tier access and startup support. Eligibility criteria are not listed; you express interest through the Contact the Startups Team form.
• Usage beyond the included amounts is billed, so set spend alerts on Pro.
• Hobby's non-commercial rule matters: do not run your paid product on it.
• The Pro plan's per-seat price applies to developers who deploy; teammates who only view can use free viewer seats.

Verdict

Vercel is the fastest path from a Next.js or frontend repo to a live product, and Pro is cheap for a small team. Apply for the startups programme once you have a real product; watch usage costs as traffic grows.

1. Sign up on vercel.com and import your Git repository.
2. Deploy on Hobby to test, then upgrade to Pro for commercial use.
3. Add your custom domain and environment variables.
4. For credits, open the Vercel for Startups page and use the Contact the Startups Team form.
5. Set spend management alerts on Pro.