Pyo vs Vercel
Deploy on every push, with rollbacks, domains and analytics, on servers you own. Pyo is open source, and free to run for as many services as your servers can hold.
| Feature | Pyo | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | ||
| Runs on your own servers | Yes: A VPS, dedicated server or homelab | No: Vercel's cloud, or your AWS account on Enterprise |
| Open source | Yes: Apache 2.0 | No: Proprietary |
| Free to use | Yes: You only pay for your servers | Partly: Free for personal projects. Paid plans for teams |
| Runs on any provider | Yes: Or several at once | No: Vercel, or AWS on Enterprise |
| Your data on your hardware | Yes: Yes | No: On Vercel's infrastructure |
| No plan limits | Yes: Every feature, on every install | No: Some features need Pro or Enterprise |
| Deploying | ||
| Deploy from Git | Yes: On every push | Yes: Yes |
| Deploy any container image | Yes: Yes | Partly: As functions, in beta |
| Zero-downtime deploys | Yes: With 2 or more replicas | Yes: Yes |
| One-click rollback | Yes: To any earlier version | Yes: Yes |
| Automatic rollback | Yes: A failed deploy undoes itself | Yes: Failed builds never go live |
| Cron jobs | Yes: With run history and failure alerts | Yes: Once a day at most on the free plan |
| Health checks | Yes: HTTP, TCP or command | Partly: Checks before a deploy goes live |
| One-click templates | Yes: Databases, tools and apps | Yes: Yes |
| Scaling | ||
| Services move if a server fails | Yes: Stateless services, automatically | Yes: Yes |
| Autoscaling | Yes: On CPU and memory, from min to max | Yes: Yes |
| Choose where services run | Yes: By location, tag or server | Partly: By Vercel region |
| Add your own servers | Yes: Over Tailscale, from anywhere | Partly: Your AWS account, on Enterprise |
| Networking | ||
| Custom domains and HTTPS | Yes: Automatic certificates | Yes: Yes |
| Private networking | Yes: Between services, and over Tailscale | Partly: Secure Compute, on Enterprise |
| Traffic | ||
| Web application firewall | Yes: OWASP and custom rules, off by default | Partly: Custom rules. OWASP rules on Enterprise |
| Observability | ||
| Analytics | Yes: Built in, no script to add | Yes: Add a package to your site |
| CPU and memory metrics | Yes: Servers and services, no Prometheus | Partly: Function metrics. More on paid add-ons |
| Live logs | Yes: Yes | Yes: Kept longer on paid plans |
| Terminal into a service | Yes: From the dashboard | No: Not for deployments |
| Security | ||
| Encrypted secrets | Yes: A separate key for each team | Yes: Yes |
| External secret stores | Yes: Vault, OpenBao, Infisical, AWS, GCP, Azure and Doppler | Partly: Synced in by Doppler or Infisical |
| Team roles | Yes: On every install | Partly: On Pro and Enterprise |
| Automation | ||
| CLI | Yes: Yes | Yes: Yes |
| API | Yes: Yes | Yes: Yes |
| MCP for AI assistants | Yes: 131 tools, covering the whole API | Yes: Yes |
Based on Vercel's public docs, checked November 9, 2026. Features and plans change, so check their site for the latest. Vercel is a trademark of its owner. Pyo isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Vercel. Vercel, the Vercel design, Next.js and related marks, designs and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Vercel, Inc. or its affiliates in the US and other countries.
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