The short version
Three reasons teams move to G7Cloud
Per seat + usage vs flat
Vercel Pro is around $20 per user per month plus usage (bandwidth, function invocations, image optimisation). The bill is a function of your team size and your traffic. G7Cloud Pro is £59/mo whether one person deploys or ten, whatever your traffic does.
Functions vs a real server
On Vercel your code runs as serverless and edge functions. On G7Cloud it runs as a persistent Node 18/20/22 process in a dedicated container: WebSockets, long-running jobs and cron work natively, and there are no cold starts because nothing has to start.
Database adjacent vs included
On Vercel, data means marketplace or third-party services with their own bills. G7Cloud includes managed PostgreSQL 15 and Redis 7 instances from the Business plan, on the same platform as your app, with WireGuard private networking on Pro.
Keep the workflow
The Vercel workflow, without the Vercel bill
Push a branch, get a preview, merge, it ships: the git workflow comes with you. Connect your GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket repo and G7Cloud builds on every push with live build logs. On Pro, every pull request gets its own preview environment. Rollback is a redeploy. Deploy webhooks post to Slack or Discord.
What changes is what your code runs on: a dedicated, always-on container instead of functions. That makes WebSockets, background work and cron jobs ordinary, and makes your bill a fixed number instead of a formula.
$ git push origin main
→ Build started · Next.js detected · Node 20
→ next build … done
✓ Deployed to yourapp.apps.g7cloud.com
# PR #42 opened
✓ Preview environment ready (Pro)
# end of month
Invoice: £59.00 · same as last month
Feature comparison
Vercel Pro is around $20 per user per month plus usage charges (bandwidth, functions, image optimisation). G7Cloud plans are flat GBP with no per-seat or usage components.
Flat plans for teams that ship
No seats, no usage line items. Fixed GBP, monthly or annual (save 20%), 30-day money-back on paid plans.
Business
Up to 3 sites plus full-stack AI apps: shop, bookings, CMS.
- 3 hosted sites: any type, incl. WooCommerce & Magento
- Full-stack AI apps: online shop, bookings, CMS & more
- Database plus admin panel on AI-built sites
- Stripe checkout on your AI-built shop (your own keys)
- AI Website Builder · 5 projects, publish 3
Just one app? Starter hosts a git-deployed app for £12/mo · see all plans
What you get by moving
A real server, a database that comes with it and a bill that stays put. Here is what changes when you host with us:
Where your site is served from
G7Cloud serves your site from UK infrastructure with ScaleShield in front of it. For UK and European audiences the response times are fast, TLS terminates close to your users and bots are filtered before they reach your app. Building for a worldwide audience? Talk to us about your setup.
A persistent container, not functions
Your app runs as an always-on Node process in a dedicated container. That removes cold starts and makes WebSockets, cron and long-running jobs ordinary, so your app behaves like the server your framework was tested against.
Next.js as a standard Node build
G7Cloud runs Next.js as a standard Node server build: solid and predictable, across 14 frameworks or your own Docker image. One platform for every project, not a per-framework special case.
Plans start at Starter
On G7Cloud the Free plan covers the AI Website Builder, and hosting your own git-deployed app starts at Starter (£12/mo) for a flat, predictable bill that reads the same at renewal as it did at signup.
Weighing it up in more depth? Read the full Vercel alternative guide.
Who should switch
Teams paying per seat
If your Vercel bill is mostly seats, a flat £59/mo for the whole team is an easy calculation. Agency (£179/mo) adds real team roles: owner, admin, developer, editor, viewer.
Apps that are really full-stack
If you are stitching together a function host, a database provider and a Redis provider, one platform with managed Postgres 15 and Redis 7 included simplifies both the architecture and the bill.
UK businesses with UK users
When your audience is here, the global edge network you are paying usage rates for is mostly idle. UK infrastructure, fixed GBP billing and UK-based engineers fit the actual workload.
Switching from Vercel: FAQ
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Host your site on managed UK infrastructure from £12/mo, or build something new with the AI Website Builder on the Free plan. Fixed prices, and you own the code.