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Cloudflare vs Vercel

Same estimated price: Est. $20/mo.

$240/year each.

Cloudflare logo: DNS, a CDN, Workers, and object storage in front of the rest of the stack.
Cloudflare logo: DNS, a CDN, Workers, and object storage in front of the rest of the stack.

Cloudflare

Est. $20/mo

DNS, a CDN, Workers, and object storage in front of the rest of the stack.

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Pros of Cloudflare

  • The free DNS and CDN tier covers a lot of small sites

  • Workers can handle a request without your origin server

  • One dashboard for the domain and the cache

Cons of Cloudflare

  • Workers are not a full replacement for a normal backend

  • Caching rules can hide a bug until you bypass them

Vercel logo: Hosting that builds a preview URL for every Git push, especially Next.js apps.
Vercel logo: Hosting that builds a preview URL for every Git push, especially Next.js apps.

Vercel

Est. $20/mo

Hosting that builds a preview URL for every Git push, especially Next.js apps.

Try it

Pros of Vercel

  • A branch gets a URL without extra setup

  • Next.js features work without a custom server

  • Connects to the GitHub repo directly

Cons of Vercel

  • Long-running workers and custom VMs are a poor fit

  • The bill climbs once you leave the hobby limits