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Pantheon vs Vercel [EOL] comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Pantheon
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (27th), Web Hosting Services (7th)
Vercel [EOL]
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Abhinand Gokhala K - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at Bigone Technologies
The product is user-friendly and performs well, but it is very costly compared to other tools
We are a software development company. We recommend solutions to our clients, but they ask us to compare it with other solutions. Clients compare the monthly costs of Pantheon with other servers and ask us to create the same environment in dedicated servers. If Pantheon reduces its cost, we can confidently suggest it to clients. Overall, I rate the tool a seven out of ten.
BG
Senior DevOps Engineer at Miles Education
A serverless solution with good performance
Due to RBI guidelines, we're facing issues with billing in India. Credit card payments often get declined even when we try to pay from the backend. Another problem is paying 20 dollars for each new project, even under one account. This seems odd since we already pay for one project with multiple hosts. The tool should improve its support. The time zone difference causes delays in communication, which can significantly impact production websites and servers. I'd rate the platform itself higher, but they still need improvements. They need to work on their billing system and create more understandable plans that clearly show costs based on bandwidth usage. A major challenge we faced was an unexpectedly high bill of 25 lakhs for one month when we usually pay only one or two lakhs (100,000-200,000 rupees). While they showed the bandwidth usage, we lacked support on optimising or implementing changes to reduce costs.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Pantheon has the most valuable workflow model."
"The product allows users to create multiple development environments."
"It provides continuous integration and continuous deployment capabilities."
"What I like most about Vercel is that it's easy to set up CI/CD. I can get my site running and sharing with just a few clicks. It automatically builds and deploys new code when I commit to my repository. It provides temporary domains for each deployment, making sharing and previewing changes easy. I get three subdomains under the tool that I can use to share my site. I can easily view logs, too. It's great for starting projects, as I can use it for free as an individual. I find it simple to share repositories and deployments with anyone worldwide."
"I like Vercel because it is very easy to use and deploy. Unlike Firebase, which can be complex to understand, Vercel is straightforward. It also allows you to easily enable analytics, check page speed, and manage SEO meta tags. You can also share the deployment directly. The solution is also beginner-friendly."
"Vercel provides hands-on experience they provide for hosting services. Initially, we started with hosting, and I found it impressive that Vercel identifies even minor issues in your project that might prevent your website from being hosted correctly. For example, if there is a small problem in your front end, Vercel will notify you that your site hasn’t been hosted yet and provide the specific file and line number where the issue is occurring. It is definitely an easy tool to use. It provides clear instructions on how to handle everything, even if you're not very familiar with coding. It has a seamless integration with GitHub. We connected our private repository to Vercel, and it directly indicates any issues with the website whenever we commit code. Even if we've done all the changes and committed to the repo, Vercel lets us know about any flaws that would prevent the website from functioning fully. Once the final commit happens, Vercel gives a green tick, indicating no issues. It was a very easy and good experience, with great integration with other tools."
"Vercel is an easy-to-use platform, and we can easily deploy the app."
"Vercel is a very user-friendly solution, and new users can go through its documentation to learn to use it for the first time."
"I think the speed of the tool is good."
"I like most that whatever you make in GitHub is directly linked, it does CI/CD, continuous integration and continuous deployment, and whatever changes you make in GitHub and commit will be reflected in that website, making it very easy for anyone to use."
 

Cons

"The Multidev environment is very costly compared to other tools like AWS and GCP."
"Personally, I don't like this shift because it reduces scalability and the ability to create unique, customized experiences."
"I would rate it seven out of ten because there are things missing in Vercel."
"Vercel cannot handle big projects like shopping applications."
"The tool could have some built-in support for a wide variety of frameworks. I have seen that the tool is majorly biased towards Next.js because it is one of Vercel's products."
"There is room for improvement in terms of error logging. It has some bugs."
"What I could feel is that it should have some work for when we commit some type of error."
"I've been using the solution for a while now, and while I haven't encountered major issues, there is room for improvement. The main problem I've noticed is with the error logs. They often lack information and only indicate that a file is missing without specifying the actual cause of the error. This makes troubleshooting difficult, as running the app locally might show the error in the console, but on Vercel, it just crashes without providing useful details."
"In future releases, I would like to see AI-based capabilities in Vercel."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The platform has reasonable pricing compared to other systems."
"The tool's billing allows 200 deployments per day, but if you want to do more work with the solution, you can opt for the pro plan offered by the tool."
"I haven't paid for the solution yet. You need to pay to invite team members."
"As a DevOps person who has to consider the commercial aspects, I find it odd that we must pay $20 per user for each new project under a pro account. That's not what I expected. Additionally, there are charges based on bandwidth usage. We incur additional charges if we go beyond 1 TB or 2 TB. However, we can choose plans based on our specific requirements. So, while the per-project pricing and bandwidth-based charges can add up, we have some flexibility in selecting plans that fit our needs."
"It's quite expensive for enterprise use, but it's worth the price."
"The solution's pricing depends on the size of the project."
"Most of the product features are free, which is quite advantageous."
"Vercel is a bit costlier than other solutions like AWS."
"Vercel is basically free. It's free of cost for new developers."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
11%
Healthcare Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Non Profit
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
University
9%
 

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Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise3
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Vercel?
As a DevOps person who has to consider the commercial aspects, I find it odd that we must pay $20 per user for each new project under a pro account. That's not what I expected. Additionally, there ...
What needs improvement with Vercel?
Due to RBI guidelines, we're facing issues with billing in India. Credit card payments often get declined even when we try to pay from the backend. Another problem is paying 20 dollars for each new...
What is your primary use case for Vercel?
I mainly use Vercel for React and Next.js projects. We've done all our web hosting for these projects on Vercel. It's a wonderful platform for hosting web applications built with Next.js and React-...
 

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