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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.

Framing it fairly

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.

The cost model

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
two stacks · the shape of the bill
managed platform
Platformper seat / mo
Usagebandwidth + compute, metered
Postgres (partner)per project + storage
Redis / KV (partner)per request
Staging copymultiplies the above

sproobo
Control planeflat / org / mo
Your serverflat, any host
Databases, staging, previews€0 extra
The part people underestimate

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.

Point by point

Sproobo vs Vercel.

Green on both sides where it's deserved. Vercel does things we structurally can't, and the table says so.

Sproobo compared with Vercel
 SprooboVercel
Where your app runsYour server, in DockerVercel's managed cloud
Cost shapeFlat: plan + your serverPer seat + metered usage
DatabasesContainers, no per-DB feeSeparate paid products
A second database costsNothing newAnother subscription
BandwidthWhatever your host includesMetered past allowance
Burst autoscalingNo, your server is the capacityYes, serverless
Global edge networkNo, one origin or your own CDNYes, built in
PR preview deploymentsBuilt-in, on your serverBuilt-in
Where your data livesYour box, on host pathsSpread across vendors
If you leaveStack keeps running as Docker + CaddyRe-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.

Being fair

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.

Honest advice

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.

Straight answers

Sproobo vs Vercel questions.

Yes. Apps build off-box into containers, from your Dockerfile if you have one or automatically via Railpack if you don't, then deploy blue-green with TLS handled for you. The honest caveat: your app runs as a long-lived server process on your machine, so edge functions and serverless-only APIs don't carry over.
There is no per-database price on any plan. Plan tiers cap how many services you can create (2 on Free, 10 on Pro, unlimited on Team), but a database never carries its own monthly bill. The real limits are your server's disk and RAM.
Yes. Pull requests get real preview URLs on your own server, each with its own database, torn down when the PR closes. They're containers on hardware you already pay for, so they don't add a usage bill.
The edge network, burst autoscaling and true zero-ops. If your traffic is global and spiky, those are worth real money. What you get back is a flat bill, as many databases and environments as your server holds, and data on hardware you own.
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