PageHum vs Vercel Web Analytics and Speed Insights
Vercel Web Analytics and Speed Insights suits
Sites deployed on Vercel that want traffic and Web Vitals with no setup.
PageHum suits
A small site’s owner who wants traffic, speed, errors, broken links, uptime, and a status page from one script, and the one problem worth fixing named each week.
| Compared | PageHum | Vercel Web Analytics and Speed Insights |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 2 sites, 40,000 pageviews a month, the board, a status page, and the badge. source | Hobby (personal, non-commercial): 50,000 analytics events, 1 month; Speed Insights score only. source (opens in a new tab) |
| Cheapest paid plan | Starter $9/mo ($90/yr): 5 sites, 100,000 pageviews, 90 days. source | Pro $20/mo platform fee plus usage; Speed Insights Plus $10 per project a month. source (opens in a new tab) |
| What it covers | Privacy analytics, real-visitor speed (load, LCP, INP, CLS), JavaScript error counts, broken links, uptime, page checks, browser flows, and a status page, from one script. source | Visitors, pages, referrers, countries, devices, custom events, and Web Vitals. No uptime, status page, or error counts. source (opens in a new tab) |
| Cookies and identifiers | No cookies and no identifiers; counts only. The script is about 5 KB gzipped. source | No cookies; visitors identified by a hash valid for one day. source (opens in a new tab) |
| Uptime checks | Homepage every 5 minutes from 1 region on Free, 3 on Starter, 4 on Pro and Ultra; extra pages every 30 to 5 minutes. source | None. |
| Status page | On every plan, with incidents and maintenance; your own domain from Starter. source | None. |
| Alerts | Push on Free; email, Slack, Discord, Teams, and signed webhooks on paid plans. No SMS or phone calls yet. source | Usage notifications. source (opens in a new tab) |
| API and MCP | REST API and an MCP server on every plan (60 calls an hour on Free). source | Through Vercel's MCP server. source (opens in a new tab) |
| History kept | 40 days on Free, 90 days on Starter, 13 months on Pro and Ultra. source | 1 month on Hobby, 12 on Pro (24 with Plus). source (opens in a new tab) |
Where Vercel Web Analytics and Speed Insights is better
- Nothing to set up on Vercel.
- Data tied to deployments and routes.
- Free viewer seats.
Where PageHum is better
- Works on any host, and commercial sites can use the free plan.
- Uptime, a status page, broken links, and error counts.
- Flat prices instead of usage plus per-project add-ons.
What PageHum doesn’t do
- No session replay or heatmaps.
- Counts only: no per-visitor paths, user profiles, or cohorts.
- One funnel per site, not many.
- No stack traces: error messages, pages, browsers, and counts.
- Homepage checks every 5 minutes, and no SMS or phone alerts yet.
- Young: launched in 2026, so a short track record and short histories.
Switching
Add PageHum's tag; Vercel's can stay or go. Nothing to migrate.
Vercel Web Analytics and Speed Insights is a trademark of its owner; PageHum isn’t affiliated with it. Facts were checked October 13, 2026 and will be checked again by January 13, 2027. Something wrong or out of date? Write to hello@pagehum.com.