Sproobo vs Vercel.
Two very different bills.
These aren't the same kind of product, and we won't pretend they are. Vercel is a managed serverless platform with superb DX; Sproobo runs your apps and databases on a server you own. The comparison that matters is what each model does to your monthly bill, especially the database part.
Different bets, same job.
Both exist so a team can push code and see it live behind TLS, with preview deployments per pull request. Vercel's bet is that you never want to think about infrastructure, and it meters what you use. Sproobo's bet is that one server you own is plenty for most products, and that the meter is the problem.
One bill scales with usage.
The other doesn't.
On a managed platform, every moving part is its own meter: seats, bandwidth, compute time, and each database is a separately billed product from a marketplace partner. On Sproobo the meter is your server. One mid-range VPS runs the app, the staging copy, and every database you give it, for the same flat price your host quoted.
- Flat plan price per organization, in EUR
- Your server bill is whatever your host charges, and we never touch it
- Databases add zero line items
sproobo
The database line disappears.
Teams on serverless platforms usually end up with a Neon, Supabase, PlanetScale or Upstash subscription next to the platform bill: one per product, sometimes one per environment. On Sproobo a database is just another container on hardware you already pay for.
No per-database price
Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, Redis, MongoDB and Elasticsearch run as pinned containers on your server. The second instance costs what the first did: nothing new.
Spin instances freely
A staging copy, a per-client database, a throwaway box for an experiment. On usage-billed platforms each is a decision with a price tag. Here it's a click.
Data you can point at
Every byte sits on a bind-mounted host path on your machine. Back it up with tools you already trust, and take it with you if you ever leave.
Honest fine print: plan tiers cap how many services you can create (2 on Free, 10 on Pro, unlimited on Team), but no tier ever prices a database individually. See pricing and databases & services.
Sproobo vs Vercel.
Green on both sides where it's deserved. Vercel does things we structurally can't, and the table says so.
| Sproobo | Vercel | |
|---|---|---|
| Where your app runs | Your server, in Docker | Vercel's managed cloud |
| Cost shape | Flat: plan + your server | Per seat + metered usage |
| Databases | Containers, no per-DB fee | Separate paid products |
| A second database costs | Nothing new | Another subscription |
| Bandwidth | Whatever your host includes | Metered past allowance |
| Burst autoscaling | No, your server is the capacity | Yes, serverless |
| Global edge network | No, one origin or your own CDN | Yes, built in |
| PR preview deployments | Built-in, on your server | Built-in |
| Where your data lives | Your box, on host paths | Spread across vendors |
| If you leave | Stack keeps running as Docker + Caddy | Re-platform functions, move data out |
Vercel capabilities and pricing structure described from public documentation and change over time. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.
Where Vercel genuinely shines.
Zero-infrastructure DX
Push a branch and it's live. No server exists anywhere in your mental model, and the preview-deployment experience set the standard the rest of the industry copies.
A global edge network
Your app is served near your users worldwide without you configuring anything. A single origin server, ours or anyone's, simply cannot match that without extra work.
Elastic under burst
Traffic can multiply a hundredfold in a minute and the platform absorbs it. Capacity planning stops being your job, and that is a real engineering achievement.
Stay with Vercel if…
We'd rather you pick the right tool than the wrong Sproobo.
You never want a server
If owning a box is a burden you refuse on principle, even one that Sproobo provisions, watches and keeps patched via containers, then serverless is your model and Vercel does it best.
Your traffic is truly spiky
Viral launches, flash sales, unpredictable hundred-x bursts: elastic serverless capacity is worth paying for. A fixed server means picking a size, and bursts past it are yours to handle.
Edge latency is the product
If shaving round-trips for a global audience is a core requirement, Vercel's edge network is the whole point. One origin in one region can't honestly compete on that axis.