Forte vs. Vercel

Vercel hosts your frontend. Forte runs your whole app, including how you get paid.

Vercel is excellent for frontends and Next.js, and it wins on that deployment experience. Forte takes a different shape: it runs any container and adds user sign-in and payments, so the platform that hosts your app also signs in your users and bills them.

Feature by feature

A straightforward look at how Forte compares to Vercel.

	Vercel	Forte
Deploy model	Frontend and serverless functions	Any container, always-on
Sign in your users	Bring your own (Auth.js library)	Built in (email, SMS, Google)
Charge your users	Not included	Built in, powered by Stripe
Debugging	Per-deployment logs	Request-to-log debugging
Pricing	Usage-based, can be hard to predict	Usage-based, transparent
Lock-in	Tuned for Next.js	Runs any container

Deploy model

VercelFrontend and serverless functions

ForteAny container, always-on

VercelBring your own (Auth.js library)

ForteBuilt in (email, SMS, Google)

Charge your users

VercelNot included

ForteBuilt in, powered by Stripe

Debugging

VercelPer-deployment logs

ForteRequest-to-log debugging

Pricing

VercelUsage-based, can be hard to predict

ForteUsage-based, transparent

Lock-in

VercelTuned for Next.js

ForteRuns any container

Migrate from Vercel in 15 minutes

No special tooling. No migration scripts. Just point Forte at your existing repository.

Connect your GitHub repo

Forte connects to GitHub and builds any container. Next.js, another framework, or a plain backend all work.

Push your code

git push to your branch. Forte builds and deploys automatically.

Move your environment variables

Copy your project's environment variables into Forte. Same keys, same values.

Add sign-in and payments

Turn on authentication for your users and start charging them through Stripe.

Point your domain

Update your DNS to Forte's endpoint. TLS is automatic.

Start building.

Deploy an app and take your first payment today.