Vercel vs Zeabur.
Prices checked
Zeabur is cheaper on 1 of the 2 shapes both sell, the widest gap pro tier at $19/mo against $20/mo, checked .
Where to start
Vercelall 2 prices →It builds your site, serves it from a network of its own and runs your functions beside it.
Starts at
$20/mo
Pro
Zeaburall 4 prices →It takes your code or an image and runs a container of it for you.
Starts at
$5/mo
Dev
Side by side
| Fact | Vercel | Zeabur |
|---|---|---|
| Kind of platform | Frontend cloud | App platform |
| Prices published | 2 | 4 |
| Entry price | $20/mo | $5/mo |
| Cheaper of the two | 0 of 2 | 1 of 2 |
| Free tier | Hobby, always on | Free, sleeps when idle |
| Transfer per GB | not published | not published |
| One build minute | 0.7¢ per minute | not published |
| One extra member | $20 per member a month | $24 per member a month |
| A GB of disk a month | 2.3¢ per GB a month | not published |
Every shape both sell
2 shapes, sizes first, smallest first. Monthly prices.
| Shape | Vercel | Zeabur |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby tier | freeHobby1 seatalways on | $5Dev1 seatalways on |
| Pro tier | $20Proper seatalways on | $19Pro1 seatalways on |
How we count
Zeabur is cheaper on 1 of the 2 shapes both sell, Vercel on 0, and 1 are level or have a free tier on one side. Vercel builds your site, serves it from a network of its own and runs your functions beside it; Zeabur takes your code or an image and runs a container of it for you. The two catalogues overlap without matching.
A shape is a runtime with the same stated memory at both, smallest first, or a subscription at the same step of both ladders. A seat and a gigabyte are never put in the same row.
Where one side of a row costs nothing, neither is marked as the cheaper: free is a limit rather than a price. What each platform meters on top is listed beside the prices and never folded into them, and a rate that is not published is not a rate of zero.
Frequently asked
- Is Vercel cheaper than Zeabur?
- On the 2 shapes both sell, Vercel is cheaper on 0, Zeabur on 1, and 1 are level or have a free tier on one side. Prices exclude tax and were read on 29 Sept 2026.
- What is the difference between Vercel and Zeabur?
- Vercel: It builds the site, serves the static half from its own network and runs the dynamic half as functions beside it. There is no instance to size, so what the price buys is an account with allowances attached, and the compute is metered on top of it. Zeabur: You push a repository or an image and the platform builds it, runs it and keeps it running. There is no operating system to look after and no root, which is the point: the container is replaced rather than repaired. What you size is memory and a share of a processor.
- Does Vercel or Zeabur stop your app when nothing calls it?
- Vercel: its free tier stays on. Zeabur: its free tier sleeps when idle.
- What does each one charge on top of the plan price?
- Vercel: transfer not published, builds 0.7¢ per minute, members $20 per member a month. Zeabur: transfer not published, builds not published, members $24 per member a month. A rate that is not published is not a rate of zero, and none of these is folded into the monthly figures above.
- How current are these prices?
- Both catalogues are read every day. Vercel was last read 29 Sept 2026 and Zeabur 29 Sept 2026; the whole index was refreshed 29 Sept 2026. Prices exclude tax, and a tier that costs nothing is listed here and is the cheaper of two nowhere.
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