Vercel or Netlify for a European team in 2026

Pick Vercel if your app is built on Next.js and you want to choose a European compute region on every plan, accepting a price per developer. Pick Netlify if more than a couple of people deploy, your sites are mostly static or frontend, and you want deploy previews on every plan with unlimited members on Pro. Both are US companies under California law, so if your customers or your contract require a European provider, neither fits and Eurobase is the option to look at.

Vercel and Netlify at a glance

Vercel lists its prices in US dollars excluding VAT. Netlify shows dollar prices and its pricing page doesn't say whether VAT is included. Prices are from each provider's own page, checked on 9 and 10 November 2026.

What to check for a team in Europe

• Where code runs by default. Both platforms put new functions on the US east coast unless you change it, and on Netlify the region setting needs Pro or Enterprise. Set the region before launch, not after the first user complains about latency.
• Who the contract is with. A Frankfurt region doesn't change the company you sign with. Both are US businesses, and both rely on transfer mechanisms such as the Standard Contractual Clauses. The article on EU regions versus EU companies explains why that matters.
• How many people deploy. Vercel Pro charges for each developer seat, while viewer seats cost nothing. Netlify Pro covers unlimited members for one plan price, so the gap widens with every developer you add.
• How usage turns into money. Vercel bills metered resources past its included credit, and its spend management can pause projects at a budget you set. Netlify converts everything to credits. Read spend caps compared if a surprise bill is your main worry.
• Which framework features you use. Both deploy Next.js. List the parts you depend on, such as image optimization, incremental regeneration and middleware, and test them on the platform before you commit.

1. Vercel

Vercel deploys from Git to a global CDN with 126 points of presence and 19 compute regions. Five of those regions are in Europe: Stockholm, Paris, Dublin, Frankfurt and London. Functions run in Washington, D.C. unless you pick another region, so a European team should set Frankfurt or Paris, ideally next to the database. Hobby projects get one function region and Pro projects up to five.

Its pricing page lists SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS and the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Its data processing addendum includes the 2021 Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers from the EEA, and its terms carry a DORA addendum for customers in financial services.

• Best for: Next.js teams of one to a few developers who want EU compute on any plan.
• Price: the free Hobby tier is limited to personal, non-commercial projects. Pro is $20 a month per developer seat with $20 of usage credit included, then metered resources such as function CPU from $0.128 per hour. A Flat Rate CDN option on Pro gives a fixed monthly price for CDN traffic.
• What it lacks: a European legal entity. The terms are with Vercel Inc. under California law, and the Hobby plan can't be used for a commercial project.

2. Netlify

Netlify builds sites and apps from Git and gives every plan unlimited deploy previews and branch deploys. Functions deploy to Ohio by default. On Pro and Enterprise you can move them to Frankfurt, Ireland or London yourself, and support can set up Paris or Milan.

Usage is measured in credits: 15 per production deploy, 20 per GB of bandwidth, 10 per GB-hour of compute and 2 per 10,000 requests. Its security page lists SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27018 and PCI DSS audits, HIPAA is an add-on, and the DPA is incorporated into its terms by reference.

• Best for: teams of several people shipping static and frontend sites who review every change on a preview link.
• Price: Free is $0 with 300 credits a month. Personal is $9 a month with 1,000 credits. Pro is $20 a month with unlimited members and 3,000 credits, with higher tiers up to 20,000 credits.
• What it lacks: EU functions on the cheaper plans, since region choice starts at Pro. The self-serve subscription agreement is with Netlify, Inc. under California law.

3. Eurobase

Eurobase answers a different version of the question: what if the provider itself must be European? The company is registered in Warsaw, Poland, and your apps run on European infrastructure operated by Scaleway, a French provider. You connect a repository on GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Forgejo or Gitea. Next.js, Astro, Nuxt and other frameworks run on V8 isolates, and servers in Node.js, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, PHP and .NET run as containers beside them. An MCP server and a CLI let coding agents ship for you.

• Best for: European teams whose customers, contracts or procurement require an EU provider, and who want one flat price instead of seats or credits.
• Price: Free to start, then €10 a month for Starter or €20 a month for Pro, both + VAT and covering the whole workspace, members included. Nothing is billed for usage today: work over a limit is refused, apps on V8 isolates and Functions pause until the monthly reset, and containers and static sites keep serving.
• What it lacks: preview deployments, since each project deploys one branch. No managed Postgres, MySQL or Redis, and no Dockerfile builds. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 are still being worked on, not certified. If you connect GitHub or GitLab, GitHub and GitLab Inc. become US subprocessors.

How to choose

• Choose Vercel if Next.js is the center of your stack, you have few developers and an EU region is enough for your customers.
• Choose Netlify if you have many contributors, mostly static or frontend sites, and you want deploy previews on every plan.
• Choose Eurobase if the company you sign with has to be in the EU, or you'd rather pay a fixed amount than count seats or credits, and you can work without previews.
• On either US platform, move functions to a European region on day one and keep your database in the same city.

If you've decided to leave either one, the longer lists are in European Vercel alternatives and European Netlify alternatives. The detailed tables are in Eurobase vs Vercel and Eurobase vs Netlify.

Frequently asked questions

Is Vercel or Netlify better for GDPR?

Neither is a European company, so the GDPR question is about your contract and transfer safeguards, not the platform name. Vercel's DPA includes the Standard Contractual Clauses and it lists the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Netlify incorporates its DPA into its terms. You still need to list either one as a subprocessor and run functions in an EU region.

Can I keep everything in the EU on Vercel or Netlify?

You can run functions in a European region on both, on any Vercel plan and on Netlify Pro or Enterprise. Their CDNs serve users from points of presence worldwide, and the contract stays with a US company. If you need an EU business behind the service, look at a European provider.

Which is cheaper for a team of five developers?

On list prices, Netlify Pro is $20 a month with unlimited members, while Vercel Pro is $20 per developer seat, so $100 a month for five before usage. Real bills depend on traffic, compute and builds, so estimate both with your own numbers.

Do both support Next.js?

Yes, both deploy Next.js apps. Check image optimization, incremental regeneration and middleware on whichever you pick. Eurobase runs Next.js on V8 isolates too, with a migration guide from Vercel.

Which one has deploy previews?

Both. Vercel creates a preview when you push to a branch other than production or open a pull request, and Netlify includes unlimited deploy previews on every plan. Eurobase doesn't offer previews yet. See preview deployments explained for European options that do.

Sources

• Vercel pricing, Vercel regions, Vercel function regions, Vercel environments, Vercel DPA and Vercel terms
• Netlify pricing, Netlify Functions regions, Netlify security, Netlify GDPR and DPA and Netlify self-serve subscription agreement
• Eurobase pricing, Eurobase vs Vercel, Eurobase vs Netlify and Eurobase subprocessors