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Vercel alternatives

1 open-source project that already does this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

coollabsio/coolify60,195Apache-2.0Self-hostable PaaS to deploy static sites, databases, and full-stack applications with one-click services.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Fluid Compute / Active-CPU billing and integrated serverless platform
AI Gateway, Agent Stack, and Sandbox features
Built-in global deployment orchestration and tenant isolation
Managed WAF, Bot Management, BotID and advanced security add-ons
Integrated preview environments, toolbar comments, and one-click rollbacks with Vercel polish

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Vercel, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.