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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Upsun

    Score10 out of 10
    N/APlatform.sh helps companies of all sizes, from SaaS entrepreneurs looking to build, run, and scale their websites and web applications.

    $15

    per month

    Vercel

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/A​Vercel (made by the creators of Next.js) is a cloud platform for static sites and Serverless Functions for a workflow. It enables developers to host websites and web services that deploy instantly, scale automatically, and requires no supervision, all with no configuration. The platform aims to enable frontend teams to work while combining the best developer experience with a focus on end-user performance.N/A
    Pricing
    UpsunVercel
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    UpsunVercel
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
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    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Upsun and Vercel
    Feature
    Upsun
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Vercel
    7.9
    3 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Scalability9.01 Ratings8.43 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration9.01 Ratings8.43 Ratings
    Development environment creation10.01 Ratings8.43 Ratings
    Development environment replication10.01 Ratings8.43 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification9.01 Ratings7.83 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes9.01 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    UpsunVercel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    UpsunVercel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Upsun
    In our organisation we are the only team that uses Platform.sh to host any site. This was a cost effective way for us as we were using Acquia Cloud earlier for these websites. We mostly use Platform.sh for those sites which are always in development as it is simpler and faster to handle these operations in Platform.sh. Then we do a lift and shift to Acquia as we move more towards the go live and post production maintenance side.
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    VERCEL
    I've had nothing but positive experiences with Vercel, and while their business offering is great, it's also worth touching on their free plan. Their free plan allows me to tinker with web development in my free time without having to worry about paying for a costly linux box. I just link a GitHub repository and it's done!
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    Pros
    Upsun
    • As this is a PaaS it mitigates the complexities of a Cloud infrastructure like Acquia
    • We are easily able to integrate our sites with different technologies like Python and Rest
    • Helps us in providing Continuous Development cloud deployment hosting solution
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    VERCEL
    • Deploy Site
    • Integrate Giithub
    • Functions to use at scale and free
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    Cons
    Upsun
    • Platform.sh is not for beginners in my opinion. It has a good amount of learning curve in my opinion.
    • As this is a PaaS, teams habituated with cloud infrastructure may miss the server side support from their cloud teams. I believe you will have to work on server bugs more on your own.
    • During normal maintenance periods, integrations may fail if you are working on your sites in that time, in my experience.
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    VERCEL
    • Interface Revamp
    • Cost reduction
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Upsun
    No answers on this topic
    VERCEL
    Vercel's good usability and developer experience make me happy to visit their website when I need to configure my deployments. It's very easy to navigate, configure, and manage my projects, and the developer experience is so seamless that I don't have to think much when I push changes to git.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Upsun
    In our team we use Platform.sh mostly while sites are in developmental phase. Then we do a lift and shift to either Acquia or AWS depending on the type of sites we have. Platform.sh is really cost effective and more fluid in terms of Continuous Development hence the usage. After said development is done, we generally lift and shift to Acquia for more content heavy sites and to AWS for more transaction oriented sites.
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    VERCEL
    Vercel beats Heroku and DigitalOcean by a mile with pricing. Since Vercel uses serverless infrastructure, we don't pay for servers that don't get used, which is great for smaller platforms. Vercel Support is also very quick to respond, unlike DigitalOcean who took a while to get back to me after they didn't honor platform credits they sent me.
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    Return on Investment
    Upsun
    • Continuous development for sites in build has been fluid
    • Platform.sh is really cost effective when comparing to AWS or Acquia Cloud
    • On the other side, lack of server side support demands a big learning curve from its users in my opinion.
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    VERCEL
    • Reduced amount of staff time required to deploy applications and websites
    • Improved staging environments by automatically deploying changes on pull requests
    • Allowed for collaboration from members of the open source community with strong git integrations
    Incentivized
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