SAASPOCALYPSEcase · head-to-head
wedge comparison
subjects of investigation
adp.comvsvercel.com
which is stronger?
clone time
6 months
contested6 months
adp.com
enterprise payroll, HR & tax platform
39/ 100
wedge scorefull report ↗
→vs←
clone time
4–6 months
contested4–6 months
vercel.com
frontend cloud deployment & CI/CD platform
48/ 100
wedge scorefull report ↗
moat
how deep is each moat.
adp.com · aggregate
6.1/10real moat
moat delta-0.9
vercel.com · aggregate
5.2/10real moat
8.5
capital-3.5 →
5.0
5.0
technical±0
5.0
3.0
network+1.0 →
4.0
5.0
switching-1.0 →
4.0
6.0
data-3.0 →
3.0
9.0
regulatory-8.0 →
1.0
3.6
distribution+6.1 →
9.7
floor
cost + time, side by side.
monthly floorvercel.com wins
adp.com
$53 + usage
vercel.com
$9
delta +$44adp.com costs ~6× more per month to keep alive.
time to clonetie
adp.com
6 months
vercel.com
4–6 months
comparable build windows on both sides.
overlap
where they fight, where they don't.
features only one ships, plus the small middle they share.
only adp.com · 11
tax compliance
shared · 11
serverless / edge platform
only vercel.com · 22
frontend cloud platformteam workspace state
stack
what they're built on.
shared infra and the differentiating bits.
only adp.com · 55
PostgresPuppeteerRailsReactSegment
shared infra · 77
CloudflareNext.jsCloudflare R2ResendSentrySupabaseVercel
only vercel.com · 1010
AstroCloudflare PagesCloudflare WorkersCloudFrontGitHubRemixRenderS3SvelteKitTrigger.dev
the verdict
ATTACK VERCEL FIRST
same comparison surface, two different walls. give the vercel attack a month. circle back to adp only if you genuinely need what it does that the other doesn't.
the case
smaller monthly billmatched moat depth
full reportcontested · 39
→ read the adp.com report
full reportcontested · 48
→ read the vercel.com report
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