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Vercel vs Laravel Cloud

Pre-calculated from hand-checked data — Vercel checked 2026-08-07, Laravel Cloud checked 2026-08-06.

The short version

Vercel wins more of our comparison points, but Laravel Cloud still fits if laravel teams that want the framework, database, queues, scheduler, cache, and deploy workflow managed as one platform describes you.

Price Vercel

Vercel is cheaper at most of the stages we model.

Ease Tie

Both take similar effort to get a first deploy live.

Features Vercel

Vercel comes out ahead on 5 of the 15 features we track, versus 1.

What developers say about this matchup

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At a glance

Vercel Laravel Cloud
Best for Next.js and frontend apps where you want deploys and previews to just work. Laravel teams that want the framework, database, queues, scheduler, cache, and deploy workflow managed as one platform.
How deploys work Connect the Git repo; every push builds and deploys with a preview URL per branch. Connect a Git repository or run cloud ship; Laravel Cloud builds the supported runtime and deploys every push with zero downtime.
The tradeoff Usage pricing past the credit can climb fast with real traffic, especially data transfer. The excellent Laravel experience comes from an opinionated runtime, so arbitrary containers and server-level access are out.
Free tier Hobby: free for personal, non-commercial projects — 100 GB data transfer, 1M function invocations, and 4 active CPU hours per month. New Starter subscriptions get their first month free; after that, Starter costs $5/month and includes $5 in monthly usage credit.

What you'd realistically pay

Free $5 $20 $12 $40 $68.90 Just starting Steady traffic Growing
Vercel Laravel Cloud
Estimated monthly cost at each project stage. Estimates use each provider's real plans; euro prices are compared at a rough exchange rate.
Project stage Vercel Laravel Cloud Cheaper
Just starting Free Hobby — Personal projects only; commercial use requires Pro at $20/month. ≈$5/mo Starter — The $5 subscription includes $5 of monthly usage credit; a small app and database that scale to zero can stay inside it. Vercel
Steady traffic ≈$20/mo Pro — Includes $20/month of usage credit, which covers modest traffic. ≈$12/mo Starter + always-on Flex 1GB — One always-on Flex 1GB app instance reaches a $12 monthly compute cap; the $5 usage credit offsets the $5 Starter fee. Laravel Cloud
Growing ≈$40/mo Pro + usage — The $20 fee plus typical usage overages; heavy traffic or extra seats push it higher. ≈$68.90/mo Growth + medium SaaS resources — The official medium-SaaS example is about $53.90 in usage; add the $20 Growth fee and subtract its $5 usage credit. Vercel

Vercel pricing notes

  • Hobby has no paid overage — features pause when an allowance runs out.
  • Databases come from partners (Neon, Supabase, and others) and bill separately.

Laravel Cloud pricing notes

  • Every paid plan includes $5 in monthly usage credits, which reset each billing cycle.
  • Flex compute bills per second while awake, scales to zero when idle, and is capped at 28 days of runtime per billing cycle.
  • Each compute size earns a data-transfer allowance; overage is $0.10/GB.
  • Managed databases, caches, queues, object storage, and WebSockets have separate usage charges.

Our ratings

Ease of use

Vercel 5/5
Laravel Cloud 5/5

Pricing clarity Laravel Cloud

Vercel 2/5
Laravel Cloud 3/5

Free tier Vercel

Vercel 3/5
Laravel Cloud 2/5

Scaling Vercel

Vercel 5/5
Laravel Cloud 4/5

Control

Vercel 2/5
Laravel Cloud 2/5

Feature by feature

Vercel wins 5, Laravel Cloud wins 1, with 9 even.

Deploy workflow

Vercel Laravel Cloud
Deploy from Git push Yes Connect GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket; every push deploys. Yes Connect a Git repository and every push to the configured branch deploys automatically.
Preview deploys Yes Automatic preview URL for every branch and pull request. Partial Starter includes one preview environment; broader preview workflows are available on higher plans.
Official CLI Yes The vercel CLI deploys, manages env vars, and streams logs. Yes The cloud CLI deploys apps and manages environments, resources, logs, and commands.
Instant rollbacks Yes Instant rollback to any previous deployment from the dashboard. Partial You can redeploy an older Git commit, but there is no documented one-click rollback workflow.

Platform

Vercel Laravel Cloud
Custom domains + HTTPS Yes Unlimited domains with automatic TLS on all plans. Yes Custom domains and automatically renewed TLS certificates are included on every plan.
Built-in CDN / edge network Yes Global edge network serves static assets and caches responses. Yes A Cloudflare-powered global edge network caches static assets and cacheable responses automatically.
Serverless functions Yes Serverless and edge functions are the core compute model. No Laravel Cloud runs server-based application compute rather than serverless functions.
Docker containers No No container deploys — code must fit the serverless build. No The platform builds its own optimized images and does not accept arbitrary Docker images.
SSH / shell access No No shell; debugging happens through logs and tracing. No There is no SSH shell; use one-off commands, Tinker, logs, or the CLI instead.
EU hosting region Yes Function region is selectable, including EU locations. Yes Frankfurt, Ireland, and London regions are available alongside North America and Asia Pacific.

Runtime & operations

Vercel Laravel Cloud
Automatic scaling Yes Serverless scales per request with no configuration. Partial Growth can autoscale up to 10 replicas; unlimited scaling requires Business or higher.
Scale to zero Yes Functions cost nothing while idle by design. Yes Flex app compute scales to zero when idle and wakes in under 500 milliseconds.
Scheduled jobs Yes Cron jobs trigger functions; Hobby is limited to 2 daily crons. Yes Laravel scheduled tasks are supported and automatically wake sleeping environments.
Managed database Partial No own database — the marketplace resells Neon, Supabase, Upstash, and others. Yes Managed Laravel MySQL and serverless Postgres are provisioned directly from the platform.
Logs & metrics built in Yes Runtime logs and Web Analytics built in; deeper observability is a paid add-on. Partial Application logs and CPU and memory metrics are built in, with retention tied to the plan.

Watch out for

Vercel

  • The free Hobby plan does not allow commercial projects.
  • Pro usage beyond the included $20 monthly credit bills on demand: edge requests from $2 per million, fast data transfer from $0.15/GB after the first 1 TB.
  • Every additional team member who deploys costs $20/month.

Laravel Cloud

  • Starter costs $5/month plus usage, although its $5 monthly usage credit can cover a tiny app that frequently scales to zero.
  • Autoscaling and dedicated worker clusters require the $20/month Growth plan or higher.
  • The platform supports a defined set of frameworks and runtimes; it is not a general-purpose Docker host.
  • Databases, caches, object storage, and WebSockets bill separately from app compute.

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