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Temps vs Vercel

Vercel charges per seat. Temps is free to self-host.

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Monthly cost at a glance

Temps
Vercel
Solo developer
$0
$0 Hobby
5-person team
Free
$100/mo+
10-person team
Free
$200/mo+
High traffic (10 TB/mo)
~$25–50/mo
$1,550+/mo
With full observability stack
Free
$291+/mo
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The short answer

Vercel
Vercel is a managed platform billed at $20 per seat per month, so a five-person team pays $100 before bandwidth, and error tracking, session replay and uptime monitoring are separate subscriptions on top of that.
Temps
Temps is open-source software you run on your own server: the same git-push workflow, preview deployments and automatic SSL, with those four observability tools included in the binary and no per-seat or bandwidth metering.
What Vercel has that Temps doesn't
A global edge network with sub-50ms cold starts worldwide, zero server maintenance, and platform-specific features like Edge Middleware and the image optimization CDN.

Scored, dimension by dimension

  • Cost, 5-person team

    Temps

    Temps

    Free + your server (~$10–30/mo)

    Vercel

    $100/mo + bandwidth + add-ons

  • Observability included

    Temps

    Temps

    Errors, replay, analytics, uptime

    Vercel

    Analytics only; Sentry etc. billed separately

  • Global edge network

    Vercel

    Temps

    Runs where your servers are

    Vercel

    Edge POPs worldwide, sub-50ms cold starts

  • Operations burden

    Vercel

    Temps

    You run the server

    Vercel

    Fully managed, zero ops

  • Git-push deploys, previews, auto SSL

    Tie

    Temps

    Yes

    Vercel

    Yes

Why teams switch from Vercel

Vercel Pro costs $20 per seat per month, so a 5-person team pays $100/mo before bandwidth. Temps is the self-hosted alternative: the same git-push workflow with error tracking, session replay, analytics, and uptime monitoring built in. The trade-off: Vercel gives you a global edge network and zero ops; Temps gives you flat pricing and your own hardware.

No per-seat pricing
Add your whole team for free. Vercel charges $20/seat/month — a 10-person team pays $200/mo before any usage fees. Temps has no per-seat model: unlimited collaborators on any plan.
Built-in observability stack
Sentry-compatible error tracking (data stays on your server — no Sentry.io), first-party analytics (visitor ID via a first-party cookie, _temps_visitor_id, plus localStorage), rrweb-based session replay, and 60s uptime monitoring are all included. On Vercel, you'd pay $26+/mo for Sentry, $9+/mo for analytics, and $50+/mo for session replay.
No bandwidth bills
Vercel Pro includes 1 TB/mo then charges $0.15/GB — a high-traffic app at 10 TB/mo costs $1,350 in overages alone. Temps has no bandwidth metering; your only cost is the VPS.
Own your infrastructure
Deploy on any server — Hetzner, DigitalOcean, AWS, bare metal. Data stays in your jurisdiction. Self-host free (MIT / Apache 2.0) on a VPS you provide.

Feature comparison

What each platform includes out of the box, and what needs a separate subscription.

  • Git push deployments

    Temps

    Yes

    Vercel

    Yes

  • Preview deployments

    Temps

    Yes

    Vercel

    Yes

  • Automatic SSL (Let's Encrypt)

    Temps

    Yes

    Vercel

    Yes

  • Custom domains

    Temps

    Yes

    Vercel

    Yes

  • One-command rollbacks

    Temps

    Yes

    Vercel

    Yes

  • Zero-downtime deploys

    Temps

    Yes
    Pingora proxy, 5s HTTP timeout, 2 consecutive successes required

    Vercel

    Yes
    Atomic swap on Vercel infra

  • Edge functions

    Temps

    No
    Not available

    Vercel

    Yes
    Global edge network (Vercel Functions)

  • Error tracking

    Temps

    Yes
    Sentry-compatible DSN — data stays on your server

    Vercel

    No
    Requires Sentry ($26+/mo)

  • Web analytics

    Temps

    Yes
    First-party cookie (_temps_visitor_id) plus localStorage

    Vercel

    Yes
    Vercel Analytics — limited on free, paid on Pro

  • Session replay

    Temps

    Yes
    rrweb-based via @temps-sdk/react-analytics, no third-party

    Vercel

    No
    Requires FullStory ($50+/mo) or PostHog

  • Uptime monitoring

    Temps

    Yes
    60s check interval, configurable alerting

    Vercel

    No
    Requires Pingdom / BetterUptime ($15+/mo)

  • Managed databases

    Temps

    Yes
    PostgreSQL (WAL-G PITR), Redis, S3/RustFS on your server

    Vercel

    Yes
    Vercel Postgres, KV, Blob (powered by third parties)

  • Per-seat pricing

    Temps

    No
    Unlimited team members

    Vercel

    Yes
    $20/seat/month on Pro

  • Build minutes

    Temps

    Unlimited (runs on your server)

    Vercel

    6,000/mo on Pro, then $0.01/min

  • Bandwidth

    Temps

    Unlimited (your VPS bandwidth)

    Vercel

    1 TB/mo on Pro, then $0.15/GB

  • WireGuard multi-node

    Temps

    Yes
    Embedded WireGuard mesh via defguard_wireguard_rs — no wireguard-tools needed

    Vercel

    No
    Not applicable (managed cloud)

  • Self-hosted / open source

    Temps

    Yes

    Vercel

    No

What it actually costs

Vercel's per-seat pricing ($20/seat/month) and bandwidth overages ($0.15/GB after 1 TB on Pro) make costs unpredictable at scale. A 5-person team with 2 TB/mo pays $100 seats + $150 bandwidth = $250/mo minimum — before adding Sentry ($26/mo), session replay ($50+/mo), and uptime monitoring ($15/mo). Temps runs the same workload on a small Hetzner server with all observability built in. No per-seat fees, no bandwidth metering, unlimited seats.

ScenarioTempsVercel
Solo developer$0 (self-hosted)$0 Hobby (no commercial use) or $20/mo Pro
5-person teamFree (your server cost only)$100/mo + bandwidth + add-ons
10-person teamFree (your server cost only)$200/mo + bandwidth + add-ons
High traffic (10 TB/mo)~$25–50/mo (larger VPS)$200 base + $1,350 bandwidth = $1,550+/mo
With full observability stackFree (all included)$200 base + $26 Sentry + $50+ session replay + $15 uptime = $291+/mo

Which one should you choose?

Choose Temps if you…

  • You're a team and don't want $20/seat/month pricing
  • You want error tracking, analytics, session replay, and uptime monitoring included
  • Your app has significant traffic (Vercel bandwidth overages add up fast)
  • You need data residency — error tracking and analytics data stays on your server
  • You have compliance requirements (HIPAA, SOC2, GDPR)
  • You want predictable flat-rate pricing instead of usage-based billing
  • You want to self-host free under an MIT / Apache 2.0 open-source license

What Vercel does better than Temps

  • You need Vercel's global edge network and sub-50ms cold starts worldwide
  • You want zero-ops — no server to maintain
  • You rely on Vercel-specific features: Edge Middleware, ISR, image optimization CDN
  • You need enterprise SLAs with 99.99% uptime guarantees
  • You want a mature platform and ecosystem — Temps is young (v0.1.0)

Migrating from Vercel

Easy difficulty

Standard Next.js, Remix, and Astro apps need zero code changes — point your git repo at Temps and deploy. If you use Vercel-specific features (Edge Middleware, ISR with on-demand revalidation, or next/image depending on Vercel's CDN), plan 1–4 hours of adjustments. Edge functions are not available in Temps. Everything else — git push deploys, preview environments, custom domains, automatic SSL, rollbacks — works identically. Run `bunx @temps-sdk/cli deploy <project-slug> -b main -e production -y` to deploy from any CI pipeline.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Vercel cost per month in 2026?

Vercel Pro costs $20/seat/month. A solo developer pays $20/mo; a 5-person team pays $100/mo; a 10-person team pays $200/mo — before bandwidth ($0.15/GB after 1 TB), build minutes ($0.01/min after 6,000), or any observability add-ons. The Hobby plan is free but prohibits commercial use. Temps is the self-hosted alternative free on your own VPS, with no per-seat fees.

Does Vercel have built-in error tracking or uptime monitoring?

No. Vercel does not include error tracking, uptime monitoring, or session replay. You need Sentry ($26+/mo) for error tracking, Pingdom or BetterUptime ($15+/mo) for uptime, and a session replay tool like PostHog or LogRocket ($50+/mo) on top. Temps includes equivalents to all four — Sentry-compatible DSN (error tracking), 60s uptime checks, rrweb-based session replay, and first-party analytics — in a single binary, free.

What is a self-hosted alternative to Vercel?

Temps is the closest self-hosted Vercel alternative. It delivers the same git-push deployment workflow, preview environments, automatic SSL, custom domains, and rollbacks — plus built-in error tracking (Sentry-compatible DSN), session replay (rrweb-based), analytics, and uptime monitoring that Vercel requires third-party tools for. Temps is MIT / Apache 2.0 open source, free to self-host on any VPS you provide.

How does Temps handle health checks and zero-downtime deploys?

Temps uses Pingora — the open-source reverse proxy Cloudflare built and uses internally. Before traffic is switched to a new container, Temps requires 2 consecutive successful health check responses (5-second timeout per check). If the new container cannot pass health checks, the deployment is marked failed and cleaned up — the previous version continues serving traffic.

Can I migrate from Vercel to Temps?

Standard Next.js, Remix, and Astro apps need zero code changes — point your git repo at Temps and deploy. Vercel-specific features that need adjustment: Edge Middleware (requires code refactor), ISR with on-demand revalidation (plan 1–4 hours), and next/image with Vercel's CDN. Edge functions are not available in Temps. Everything else — git push deploys, preview environments, custom domains, automatic SSL, rollbacks — works identically.

Ready to switch from Vercel?

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