hosting
Vercel
Vercel hosts web apps. Hobby is $0 for personal, non-commercial use. Pro is $20 a month and includes a $20 usage credit.
Quick verdict
Vercel Hobby is $0 a month for a personal, non-commercial project. Pro is $20 a month and includes a $20 usage credit, with pay-as-you-go past that credit. Enterprise is custom. Hobby cannot buy extra usage once you hit the included caps. Those points are from vercel.com/pricing on 15 October 2026.
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Interval | Notes | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $0 | month | Personal, non-commercial. Includes 1M CDN requests and 100 GB fast data transfer a month, among other caps. No extra usage for sale. | Official source | 2026-10-15 |
| Pro | $20 | month | Includes a $20 usage credit. CDN requests start at 10M included, then from $2 per million. Fast data transfer includes 1 TB, then from $0.15 per GB. | Official source | 2026-10-15 |
| Enterprise | Custom | contract | Security, SLAs, and support. No list price on the pricing page. | Official source | 2026-10-15 |
Who it's for
- A first personal project that needs a public URL and is not a business.
- Someone whose app builder already offers a Vercel deploy, which v0's pricing page lists.
- A professional or a business that needs the Pro credit and team features and can pay for usage past the credit.
Pros
- Hobby is $0 and includes a global network, HTTPS, and a stated set of included usage.
- Pro's included credit is a dollar amount, $20, instead of only a slogan.
- The pricing FAQ says you can upgrade to Pro from the dashboard.
Cons
- Hobby is for personal, non-commercial use. A business project is not the free plan.
- Hobby stops at the included caps. You cannot buy more usage without upgrading.
- Pro can run past $20 because extra usage is pay-as-you-go and uncapped.
Test log
No hands-on run is recorded. The lab protocol on the methodology page (a CRUD app, a seeded bug, a refactor, and a Vercel deploy) has not been executed for this page. There is no time, success rate, cost, screenshot, or score to show.
What it is
Vercel is the hosting layer. It is not an app builder by itself. v0, from the same company, is the prompt-to-UI product and has its own page. This page is the bill for putting a web app on Vercel's network.
The pricing page is long. This summary keeps the plan prices and a few included amounts that answer "what does free actually include?" The rest of the meters, from image optimization to sandbox CPU, stay on the source page.
What this page does not claim
There is no uptime measurement and no comparison of deploy speed. A free deploy still has to fit the Hobby rules, including the non-commercial line.
Questions
Can I deploy a client project on Hobby?
The pricing FAQ says Hobby is for personal, non-commercial use. Pro is the plan it describes for professional developers, freelancers, and businesses.
What happens when Hobby runs out of included usage?
The FAQ says a free Hobby account is limited to the usage caps and cannot buy more. Pro can pay as you go on top of the included credit.
Is this a speed test of Vercel?
No. Included amounts and prices are from the pricing page checked on 15 October 2026.