Netlify
Vercel's older sibling — broader framework support, more even-keeled pricing.
Netlify started the JAMstack movement and remains the most framework-agnostic of the modern PaaS-for-frontend hosts. SvelteKit, Astro, Eleventy, Hugo, Next.js — they all "just work" with sensible defaults. The free Starter tier allows commercial use, which Vercel's Hobby tier explicitly doesn't.
For static sites and lightly-dynamic apps, Netlify and Vercel are interchangeable; pick the one whose ecosystem fits. For Next.js-heavy stacks, Vercel pulls ahead. For a designer or content team using a non-Next.js framework, Netlify is friendlier.
Pros & cons
- + First-class support for many SSGs, not just Next.js
- + Forms, identity, and Edge Functions wrapped into one bill
- + Free tier is generous and commercial use is allowed
- + Atomic deploys with instant rollback
- − Build minute overages bite for monorepos
- − Functions are AWS Lambda under the hood; cold starts apply
- − Less aggressive at frontier features than Vercel — you'll lag on cutting-edge framework support
Plans & pricing
| Plan | Price | CPU | RAM | Disk | Bandwidth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter 100 GB bandwidth + 300 build minutes | Free | — | 0 GB | — GB | 100 GB |
| Pro per seat | $19/mo | — | 0 GB | — GB | 1 TB |
Free tier: 100 GB bandwidth, 300 build minutes, commercial use allowed
Features at a glance
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