Free tool · 2026
Vercel pricing, and what your app will really cost
Pro’s headline price is $20 a month, but the bill depends on your CDN tier and your compute. Put in your traffic and see what it comes to, or start with the table below.
Prices from vercel.com/pricing and Vercel’s docs, checked November 4, 2026
Too much for Hobby, and a business needs Pro anyway.
| Platform fee and extra seats | $20.00 |
| Flat Rate CDN tier 10M-request tier | $20.00 |
| Compute, origin transfer and images | $2.40 |
| Monthly usage credit | −$2.40 |
| Same usage with Flat Rate off | $38.41 |
We take the $20 credit off usage, not off a paid CDN tier, which is a subscription. Add-ons aren’t included.
What it costs as you grow
| Visits a month | CDN requests | Data transfer | Flat Rate tier | Compute etc. | Pro total | With Flat Rate off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | 0.3M | 20 GB | Included | $0.24 | $20.00 | $20.00 |
| 100,000 | 3M | 200 GB | $20 | $2.40 | $40.00 | $38.41 |
| 1,000,000 | 30M | 2,000 GB | $100 | $24.05 | $124 | $384 |
| 5,000,000 | 150M | 10,000 GB | $300 | $120 | $420 | $1,920 |
Our assumptions, not Vercel’s: a visit is 30 CDN requests, 2 MB of data and 3 function calls of 50 ms CPU and half a second of 1 GB memory; origin transfer is 10% of data transfer; one seat.
Requests decide your tier, not bandwidth. On these assumptions you use up Pro’s 1M requests at about 33,333 visits a month, with only 67 GB of its 1 TB gone. So if your bill climbs, look at how many requests a page makes before you look at image sizes.
The plans
| Hobby | Pro | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $20 a month, with 1 deploying seat and $20 of usage credit | Custom |
| Who it’s for | Personal, non-commercial projects only | Anyone with a business or a team | Larger companies with security and SLA needs |
| Extra seats | None | $20 a month each to deploy; viewers free | Custom |
| CDN | 1M requests and 100 GB | Flat Rate: 1M requests and 1 TB, or a paid tier | Custom |
| Functions | 4 CPU-hours, 360 GB-hours, 1M calls | Billed on demand, against your credit | Custom |
| Images | 5,000 transformations | From $0.05 per 1,000 | Custom |
| Past the limit | It stops, usually for up to 30 days | You pay on demand | Custom |
Flat Rate CDN tiers
| Price a month | CDN requests | Data transfer |
|---|---|---|
| Included with Pro | 1M | 1 TB |
| $20 | 10M | 50 TB |
| $100 | 50M | 50 TB |
| $300 | 150M | 50 TB |
Past the top tier, Vercel moves you to on-demand pricing. A one-day spike doesn’t change your bill; a tier change starts at the next billing cycle. Origin transfer, compute and images are billed separately.
On-demand rates on Pro
| What | Rate, from |
|---|---|
| CDN requests (with Flat Rate off) | $2 per 1M |
| Data transfer (with Flat Rate off) | $0.15 per GB |
| Origin transfer | $0.06 per GB |
| Active CPU | $0.128 per hour |
| Provisioned memory | $0.0106 per GB-hour |
| Function calls | $0.60 per 1M |
| Image transformations | $0.05 per 1,000 |
| Blob storage | $0.023 per GB |
| Build minutes on Elastic machines | $0.0035 per CPU minute |
Add-ons on top: Password Protection $20 per project, Web Analytics Plus $10, Speed Insights Plus $10 per project plus events, SAML SSO $300, HIPAA BAA $350 a month.
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Vercel pricing questions
How much does Vercel cost?
Hobby is free for personal, non-commercial projects. Pro is $20 a month, which includes one deploying seat and $20 of usage credit; extra deploying seats are $20 each and viewer seats are free. Above that you pay for a bigger CDN tier ($20, $100 or $300 a month) and for usage past the credit. Enterprise is custom.
Can I use Vercel’s free plan for a business?
No. Vercel’s fair use guidelines limit Hobby to non-commercial, personal use. If your project makes money, it needs Pro.
What happens if I go over the Hobby limits?
There’s no bill. In most cases the feature stops and you wait until 30 days have passed before you can use it again.
What is Flat Rate CDN?
A fixed monthly price for a set amount of CDN requests and data transfer, instead of paying per unit. Pro includes 1M requests and 1 TB. A one-day spike doesn’t change your bill: if your month’s total goes over, Vercel moves you up a tier from the next billing cycle. You turn it on in your team’s billing settings. Bulk file or media delivery isn’t eligible.
Why is my Vercel bill high with an AI app?
Often it’s memory. Active CPU pauses while your function waits for a database or a model, but Provisioned Memory keeps billing for the whole instance lifetime, including during that wait. A long AI stream costs little CPU and a lot of GB-hours.
Can I stop Vercel charging me too much?
Yes. Spend management lets you set a limit, get alerts and stop usage before you go over. New customers get notifications at $200 per billing cycle by default, but check your settings: a notification doesn’t stop anything.
Do you need a Vercel seat for every teammate?
Only for people who deploy or configure projects. Viewer seats are free and unlimited, and they can view deployments, check analytics and comment on previews.
How do I see Vercel’s cost per product?
Glow has no direct Vercel connection yet. If you pay Vercel on a Ramp card, Glow maps the charge to your products and sets it against revenue. Money in vs money out.
Is each product worth its hosting bill?
Glow sets each product’s hosting, AI and SaaS costs against its revenue, so you know what you actually keep.