A Vercel alternative, hosted in Europe
The git push your developers know, on a managed Kubernetes cluster at a European provider. Your Next.js application becomes a container, the server is at the provider's price, the platform is priced by resource.
No credit card, no commitment.
The verdictKeep Vercel for its global network and per-branch previews; choose Fransys for a European operator, servers at the public price and standard Kubernetes.
What Vercel asks for when the application grows
Vercel made deploying Next.js almost invisible: a git push, and the application runs. What is up for debate is what comes next. The Hobby plan is reserved for personal, non-commercial use. The Pro plan costs $20 per month and per deploying seat, with $20 of usage credit, then usage is paid by resource. And Vercel Inc. is in San Francisco, under California law, even when your functions run in Paris or Frankfurt. With Fransys, the git push stays, and the foundation becomes standard Kubernetes at a European provider.
- 20 $per month and per deploying seat, on Vercel Pro
- 4European providers to choose from
- 0rewrites of your application
What changes when you come from Vercel
What your Vercel habits become at Fransys.
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git push, unchanged
Deployment still starts from the repository: a build on every push, the new version verified, and an automatic rollback on failure.
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Next.js becomes a container
A Docker container supports all Next.js features. You need a Dockerfile at the root of the repository: the Next.js guide gives the settings.
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Images and cache move to your side
What Vercel set up for you is set in your application: sharp for images, Redis for the cache between instances.
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Usage becomes resources
You reserve vCPUs and memory between a floor and a ceiling you set, instead of a meter per request, per image and per compute hour.
Vercel or Fransys, point by point
| US PAASVercel | EUROPEAN PLATFORMFransys | |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment from Git | ✓ | ✓ |
| Next.js deployed without a Dockerfile | ✓ | ✕ |
| Automatic preview for each branch | ✓ | ✕ |
| Global network of over 126 points of presence | ✓ | ✕ |
| Data and operator under European law | ✕ | ✓ |
| Machine cost at the provider's public price | ✕ | ✓ |
| Exit in standard Kubernetes format | ✕ | ✓ |
| Choice of infrastructure provider | ✕ | ✓ |
The other European alternatives
Depending on your situation, one of these may serve you better than Fransys. Here is how we place them.
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Scalingo
A French PaaS, in Strasbourg, hosted in Paris at Outscale, with a Next.js guide. The right choice for a classic git push with data in France, without touching Kubernetes.
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Clever Cloud
A French PaaS, in Nantes: a git push starts the build, without a Dockerfile. Relevant when your applications fit its templates and you need health data hosting.
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Koyeb
A French platform, in Boulogne-Billancourt, with regions in Paris and Frankfurt and a Next.js guide. Suited to an API or an AI service with GPUs.
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Upsun
A platform of French origin, in Paris, designed for per-branch environments, with a Next.js guide. The closest if your reviews rely on Vercel previews.
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Fransys
The choice if you want PaaS simplicity with a real Kubernetes cluster underneath: reversible, machines at cost, with the European provider you pick.
“We no longer need a dedicated DevOps team.”
What people ask before leaving Vercel
Do I have to rewrite the Next.js application?
No. The Next.js documentation states that a Node.js server or a Docker container supports all its features. You need standalone mode and a Dockerfile, then a shared cache on Redis from the second instance on. The details are in the guide to deploying Next.js.
Does Fransys cost less than Vercel?
Not always. A small low-traffic application with a single developer often stays cheaper on Vercel Pro: $20 per month, with 1 TB of transfer and 1 million requests included. The gap appears when seats and usage go up. The infra plan gives a first price, servers included: compare it with your Vercel bill.
What happens when you reach your budget?
At Vercel, setting an amount stops nothing on its own. You have to turn on the pause, and production deployments then stop serving traffic, sites, APIs and functions included. At Fransys, you set a ceiling: the platform never allocates beyond it, you get an alert and you decide whether to raise it.
Isn't putting my functions in Paris or Frankfurt enough?
It brings compute closer to your users. Vercel offers Paris and Frankfurt, with Washington as the default. The operator remains Vercel Inc., in San Francisco, and its terms fall under California law. For an operator under European law, you have to change operator.
What about the global network and per-branch previews?
That is what Vercel does and Fransys does not. Vercel announces over 126 points of presence and creates a preview for each branch; Fransys serves your application from the chosen European region, and a block follows one branch. If your users are all over the world, or if your reviews rely on those previews, stay on Vercel.
Moving from Vercel to Fransys: where to start
See the console in demo, in your name. To cost your app, the infra plan does it line by line, machines included.
No credit card, no commitment.
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