Cost Calculator
Vercel vs self-hosted
A rough estimate of what you could save by running your apps on a cheap VPS with Better-PaaS. Actual Vercel pricing depends on your exact usage and plan.
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10k
50 GB
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VPS tier:
Estimated Vercel cost
$20/mo
Hobby plan may fit
Better-PaaS on Growth VPS
$10/mo
2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM
Estimated monthly savings
$10/mo
$120 per year
How this estimate works
- Vercel Hobby is free but has limits. We flag Pro ($20/seat) when you have a team, more than 3 apps, more than 100k visits, or more than 1 TB bandwidth.
- Vercel bandwidth overage is estimated at $0.40/GB beyond 1 TB/month.
- Function execution is estimated at 5 invocations per visit, with overage beyond 1M invocations.
- Managed database is estimated at $20/month. With Better-PaaS, databases run as containers on the same VPS.
- Self-hosted pricing is just your VPS cost. Better-PaaS itself is free and open source.
These are rough numbers. Use them for directional comparison, not exact budgeting.