Vercel and Cloudflare are competing for leadership in developer platforms. Vercel pursues emotional speed, while Cloudflare focuses on operational certainty.
- Cloudflare camp: Vercel is an expensive illusion running on AWS, They don't understand real engineering. Their promise: We'll never surprise you.
- Vercel camp: Cloudflare forces complex infrastructure, hiding behind security and price transparency. Their promise: We'll never interrupt you.
However, both companies are converging toward each other's territories. The real competition is about who can earn developers' trust.