Vercel vs Cody
Frontend cloud for Next.js and modern web frameworks
vs. AI coding assistant by Sourcegraph — code graph + enterprise codebase context
Pricing tiers
Vercel
Hobby (Free)
Free forever. 100 GB bandwidth, 1M functions, 360 GB-hrs memory, 1M edge requests. 1 developer. Hard caps.
Free
Pro
$20/user/month. 1 TB bandwidth, pay-as-you-go overages. Team seats, concurrent builds.
$20/mo
Enterprise
Custom pricing. SLA, SSO, audit logs, dedicated support.
Custom
Cody
Cody Free
$0. 500 autocompletes + 20 chat messages/mo. Claude Sonnet + GPT-4o-mini.
Free
Cody Pro
$9/user/mo. Unlimited autocomplete, unlimited chat, premium LLMs (Claude Opus, GPT-5).
$9/mo
Enterprise Starter
$19/user/mo. Adds advanced context (code graph), SSO, centralized billing.
$19/mo
Enterprise
$59/user/mo. On-prem deploy option, full Sourcegraph platform, audit logs, SLA.
$59/mo
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing hobby on Vercel vs free on Cody.
| Metric | Vercel | Cody |
|---|---|---|
| bandwidth gb month | 100 GB/month | — |
| edge requests | 1000000 requests/month | — |
| function invocations | 1000000 invocations/month | — |
| memory gb hrs | 360 GB-hrs/month | — |
| team members | 1 users | — |
Features
Vercel · 15 features
- Cron Jobs — Scheduled serverless functions. JSON config in vercel.json.
- Edge Functions — V8-isolate serverless functions at edge locations. Lower cold start than Lambda.
- Edge Middleware — Intercept requests at edge before hitting origin — auth, routing, A/B tests.
- Git-based Deploys — Auto-deploy from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket on every push. Preview URLs for every…
- Image Optimization — On-the-fly resize, format conversion (AVIF, WebP), CDN caching.
- Incremental Static Regeneration — Re-generate static pages on-demand or via revalidate. Next.js-native.
- Log Drains — Stream logs to Datadog, Axiom, Logtail, HTTP endpoints.
- Preview Deployments — Unique URL per Git branch/PR. Password-protect or share. Infinite.
- Serverless Functions — Node.js, Python, Go. AWS Lambda under the hood. Up to 15 min duration.
- Speed Insights — Real User Monitoring. FCP, LCP, CLS, INP per page.
- Vercel Blob — Managed object storage (S3-compatible API).
- Vercel KV (Redis) — Managed Redis via Upstash. Edge-accessible.
- Vercel Marketplace — One-click integrations: Supabase, Clerk, Sentry, PostHog, Resend, 100+ services.
- Vercel Postgres — Managed Neon Postgres. Edge-accessible with @vercel/postgres.
- Web Analytics — Privacy-friendly web analytics. Core Web Vitals, visitors, pages.
Cody · 17 features
- Audit Logs — Enterprise compliance.
- Autocomplete — Inline code completion.
- Batch Changes (Enterprise) — Large-scale automated refactors.
- Chat — Conversational AI with @-context.
- Code Graph Context — Automatic dependency-aware context.
- Commands (Slash) — Pre-built prompts (/explain, /doc, /test).
- Custom Prompts — Shareable team-level prompt library.
- Inline Edit — Highlight code → edit via natural language.
- JetBrains Plugin — IntelliJ/PyCharm/WebStorm/etc.
- @ Mentions — Add files/symbols/URLs as context.
- Multi-LLM Selection — Pick Claude/GPT/Gemini per request.
- Neovim Plugin — Nvim integration.
- On-Prem Deploy (Enterprise) — Self-host full Sourcegraph + Cody.
- OpenCtx Extensions — Third-party context providers.
- Prompts Library — Team-wide reusable prompts.
- SSO (Enterprise) — SAML + OIDC.
- VS Code Extension — Primary IDE.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Vercel | Cody |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | Vercel CLI | src CLI (context tool) |
| SDK | @vercel/client | — |
| REST | Vercel REST API | Cody API (Enterprise) |
| MCP | Vercel MCP | — |
| OTHER | Edge Runtime Bindings | Cody for JetBrains, Cody for Neovim, Cody for VS Code, Sourcegraph Cloud Web |
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