Vercel vs Netlify vs Cloudflare Pages: I Deployed the Same App to All 3 Free Tiers — One Is a Trap

说明与用途

Cloudflare Pages 提供无限带宽、无商业使用限制，并且在免费套餐中拥有最快的 TTFB，成为商业项目的首选。Vercel 适合 Next.js 的最新功能，Netlify 在表单处理和 A/B 测试方面表现出色，但构建分钟数有限。

问题

Choosing a free hosting tier for a Next.js app with ~40 pages, API routes, and 15k monthly visitors while avoiding commercial use restrictions and ensuring good performance.

结果

Cloudflare Pages offers unlimited bandwidth, no commercial use restriction, and the fastest TTFB (97 ms) among the three free tiers, making it the preferred choice for commercial projects. Vercel is best for bleeding-edge Next.js features, while Netlify excels in form handling and split testing but has limited build minutes.

工作流

• Deploy the same Next.js app to Vercel Hobby, Netlify Free, and Cloudflare Pages free tiers.
• Run the app for 90 days, collecting metrics on bandwidth, build minutes, serverless invocations, and performance (TTFB).
• Track any upgrade pressure emails received from each provider.
• Analyze the collected data and compare the results.
• Make a decision based on commercial use policy, performance, and feature set.
• Migrate projects to the chosen provider if necessary.
• Monitor post-migration performance and billing.

证据

Vercel Hobby: 100GB bandwidth, 6,000 build minutes, 125k serverless invocations, commercial use not allowed.

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Cloudflare Pages: Unlimited bandwidth, 500 builds/month, 3M serverless invocations/month, commercial use allowed.

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TTFB from Frankfurt: Vercel 184ms, Netlify 231ms, Cloudflare 97ms.

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