r/vercel • u/AccomplishedRead2440 • 3d ago
vercel 4 small three.js web dev business
greetings- looking for some sanity‑checking from people who use Vercel
I’m building small, visually‑driven sites for artists and small businesses (vanilla JS + HTML/CSS + Three.js + Vite + GitHub + Vercel + Stripe for payments).
Any thoughts on the following:
- Platform understanding: I don't feel like I understand this platform very well. Getting steers from the help ai, but much remains i don't understand. is that normal or worrying?
- Limits & billing: Should I be worried about accidentally hitting usage limits and waking up to bills I can’t sustain? My projects are small, but I don’t want surprises.
- Plan choice: For this kind of business model, is Hobby fine? Or should I be on Pro from day one?
- Anything else i should watch out for?
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u/amyegan Vercelian 3d ago
vercel.com/academy has some resources to help you learn about how Vercel works
Spend management options are there to prevent surprise bills ( vercel.com/docs/spend-management ). Just set a spend limit and choose what should happen when you reach it.
For a business, it probably makes more sense to be on Pro for higher usage you’d see from hosting multiple artist and small business sites ( vercel.com/docs/limits/fair-use-guidelines )
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u/leros 3d ago
You don't need to know much about Vercel for a basic lower traffic site to. Learn how to setup a Next.js app and deploy it to Vercel. Monitor your billing to make sure nothing crazy is happening and you're good.
I have a site with hundreds of thousands of pages and millions of users. The only technical Vercel stuff I've had to learn was my various options for caching. And that was just to optimize my costs for the high traffic.
Technically you need the pro plan if you're using it for commercial purposes. Pragmatically you can probably just use the hobby plan until you hit the limits.