Cost rescue guide

Vercel pricing does not make sense for your small app

VercelVPS

Short answer

The same app running on a $5-10 VPS with predictable cost, no seat limits, and full ownership.

Why this matters

You built a small app and Vercel wants $20 per seat per month, or your usage exceeded free tier and now every request costs extra.

Walkthrough

01
Add up what Vercel actually costs
Do not just look at the plan price. Add every bill that stacks with Vercel.
- Frontend hosting: free to $20 per seat per month.
- Database: Supabase, Neon, or similar adds another bill.
- Analytics, storage, logs, and monitoring are separate services.
02
Compare to a single VPS
One VPS can run your app, database, analytics, and backups on one bill.
- A $5-10 VPS runs multiple small apps.
- No seat limits. No usage anxiety. No surprise invoices.
- Database, analytics, and backups live on the same box.
03
Migrate without downtime
Deploy on the VPS first, test, then switch the domain.
- Deploy from the same GitHub repo to a temporary VPS URL.
- Copy all environment variables and test every integration.
- Point the domain to the VPS and keep Vercel alive for rollback.

Where RepoAssistant fits

RepoAssistant moves small apps from Vercel to VPS when predictable cost matters more than platform convenience.