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Pantheon vs Vercel [EOL] comparison

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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 (6th)
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."
"Vercel is a good platform for deployment of websites."
"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."
"Vercel provides a better user experience and easier deployment than other platforms."
"I think the speed of the tool is good."
"Vercel is easy to use and not as complex as AWS."
"It is easy to learn. If you want to deploy your site, it's easy to do."
"Vercel is easy to use, and it has a flexible user interface."
"Most of the product features are free, which is quite advantageous."
 

Cons

"The Multidev environment is very costly compared to other tools like AWS and GCP."
"I have seen a bottleneck in Vercel regarding socket servers. According to their documentation, Vercel doesn't support WebSocket. While Vercel is great for creating a cloud application, if you need socket operations, the current platform won't accommodate that. I would like the Vercel team to add this feature."
"Initially, Vercel was great for hosting projects built with frameworks like Next.js or React.js, with NPM or Node.js as the backend. Now, they seem to be expanding into offering templates and ready-made front-end and back-end setups, making it possible to host a website without writing any code. Personally, I don't like this shift because it reduces scalability and the ability to create unique, customized experiences. Code is essential, and moving towards more user-friendly, code-free tools might limit deeper development possibilities."
"Vercel fails to provide a database to its users, making it in an area where improvements are required."
"Vercel cannot handle big projects like shopping applications."
"There is room for improvement in terms of error logging. It has some bugs."
"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."
"If I could add a feature to Vercel to make my life easier, I would add a user journey feature for new users."
"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 solution's pricing depends on the size of the project."
"The solution is expensive for React projects."
"Vercel is basically free. It's free of cost for new developers."
"Most of the product features are free, which is quite advantageous."
"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."
"I use the solution's free version."
"I'm a free user."
"I haven't paid for the solution yet. You need to pay to invite team members."
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Top Industries

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Healthcare Company
12%
Construction Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
University
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise3
 

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