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Vercel pricing. Free limits, real cost.
What Vercel’s plans include, the limits its own docs state, and what a small project pays there each month. From Vercel’s pricing pages, checked Oct 3, 2026.
The plans
The plans a small project chooses between. Larger and enterprise plans are left out.
| Plan | What you get | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| HobbyFree | 100 GB transfer, 1M requests, 1M function calls and 4 CPU-hours a monthSource · checked Oct 3, 2026 | Personal, non-commercial use only.Past a limit, that feature stops until 30 days have passed. |
| ProPaid | $20 per developer, with $20 of usage, 1 TB transfer and 10M requests includedSource · checked Oct 3, 2026 | — |
What a small project pays at Vercel
The same example projects as the comparison, priced on each Vercel plan for one developer.
Static site
20 GB sent to visitors, 500,000 requests and 10 deploys a month. Compare every provider →
- Hobby$0.00 a monthInside the included 100 GB and 1M requests
- Pro$20.00 a month$20 per developer. Transfer and requests are inside the included 1 TB and 10M
Small web app
50 GB sent to visitors, 1,000,000 requests and 20 deploys a month. Compare every provider →
- Hobby$0.00 a monthInside the included 100 GB and 1M requests; server code has 4 CPU-hours a month
- Pro$20.00 a month$20 per developer. Transfer and requests are inside the included 1 TB and 10M. Server code is paid from the $20 usage credit ($0.128 per CPU-hour, $0.60 per million calls)
API with scheduled jobs
5 GB sent to visitors, 300,000 requests and 5 deploys a month. Compare every provider →
- Pro$20.00 a month$20 per developer. Transfer and requests are inside the included 1 TB and 10M. Server code is paid from the $20 usage credit ($0.128 per CPU-hour, $0.60 per million calls)
- HobbyDoesn’t fitScheduled jobs on Hobby can run once a day at most.
Price changes at Vercel
None recorded since we began checking on Oct 3, 2026. We re-check every month.
List prices in US dollars, monthly billing, before tax. If Vercel’s own page says something different, Vercel’s page is right. This page has no affiliate links. Connecting your domain to Vercel? Get the DNS records and a live check →
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