# Platform.sh vs Vercel

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Vercel

| Attribute | Platform.sh | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 63.7 (61% (medium)) | 86.7 (72% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A managed platform-as-a-service that handles infrastructure and security while enabling development teams to test, experiment, and deploy applications at scale. Offers independent resource allocation and scaling for different project components. | A cloud platform that enables developers and AI agents to build, deploy, and scale web applications and services globally. Offers integrated developer tools, serverless functions, container deployment, and infrastructure for coordinating intelligent agents. |
| features.capabilities | `{"runtimes":"Diverse application types supported","autoscaling":"horizontal","cli_and_api":true,"preview_deploys":true,"custom_domains_tls":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","regions":"global_edge","edge_cdn":true,"runtimes":"TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Next.js","autoscaling":"scale_to_zero","cli_and_api":true,"build_system":"dockerfile","git_push_deploy":true,"preview_deploys":true,"container_deploy":true,"custom_domains_tls":true}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Bitbucket"}]` | `[{"name":"Statsig"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Project resources","summary":"Pay for resources provisioned: CPU/memory per hour, storage per GB, plus £7.50/project/month","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.029,"currency":"GBP"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.086,"currency":"GBP"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.011,"currency":"GBP"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.42,"currency":"GBP"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":7.5,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"}],"description":"Usage-based: CPU, memory, disk storage, bandwidth, and fixed project fee","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"egress":"10GB","ingress":"500,000 requests","build_cpu":"2.5 hours","profiling":"15 minutes","build_memory":"5 hours","metrics_history":"30 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"User license","features":["Custom project/environment permissions","Teams management","MFA enforcement","SSO: Google, OIDC"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"user","amount":8.5,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Advanced user management","features":["Advanced permissions","Teams management","MFA enforcement","SSO: Google, OIDC (Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, PingID, Ory)"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"user","amount":7.5,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"}],"contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Organization support","components":[{"of":"global spend","kind":"percentage","rate":10}]}],"summary":"From £7.50/project + £8.50/user/month. Pay-as-you-go for resources. 15-day free trial with credits, no card required.","currency":"GBP","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://platform.sh","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T22:44:43.161Z","freeTrialDays":15,"startingPrice":{"amount":0.011,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hobby","summary":"Free tier with included usage","features":["Deployment","Functions","Image Optimization","Web Analytics","Speed Insights"],"description":"Free tier with included resource limits","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"active_cpu":"4 hours/month","invocations":"1 million/month","bulk_redirects":"1000","image_cache_reads":"300000/month","image_cache_writes":"100000/month","provisioned_memory":"360 GB-hrs/month","web_analytics_events":"50000/month","image_transformations":"5000/month","speed_insights_events":"10000 first events","microfrontends_routing":"50000 requests/month","microfrontends_projects":"2"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"Pay-as-you-go usage pricing per resource","features":["All Hobby features","On-demand usage pricing","12-month reporting window","Custom events"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"1K image transformations"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"1M image cache reads"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.4,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"1M image cache writes"},"kind":"metered","amount":4,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"1K web analytics events"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.03,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"10K speed insights events"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.65,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"drains volume"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.5,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"1M observability events"},"kind":"metered","amount":1.2,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"1M microfrontends routing requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":2,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"additional microfrontend project"},"kind":"metered","amount":250,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"CPU minute build"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0035,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Pay-as-you-go usage beyond included amounts","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing - contact sales","features":["Custom metrics","Custom features","SLA guarantees"],"description":"Custom pricing and features","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free Hobby tier with usage-based Pro/Enterprise. Transparent per-resource pricing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://vercel.com/docs/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T09:28:51.660Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.0035,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.pci | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (PaaS & Hosting)

| Capability | Platform.sh | Vercel |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deploy** |  |  |
| Git-push auto-deploy | - | ✓ |
| Deploy arbitrary container image | - | ✓ |
| Per-PR preview environments | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Build** |  |  |
| Build system | - | Dockerfile |
| Runtime / language breadth | Diverse application types supported | TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Next.js |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Autoscaling | Horizontal | Scale-to-zero |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Geographic reach | - | Global edge |
| Hosting | - | Cloud only |
| **Data** |  |  |
| Bundled managed data services | - | - |
| **Delivery** |  |  |
| Built-in global CDN / edge | - | ✓ |
| Custom domains + automatic TLS | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Env vars & secrets management | - | - |
| Instant rollbacks | - | - |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| CLI + deploy API | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:02:46.670Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*