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Vercel features: tier-by-tier list (2026)

What Vercel does

Vercel's Pro plan is seat-based, but bandwidth, functions, image optimization, observability, and enterprise controls shape production cost.

Last verified: 2026-05-27 37 features tracked 6 categories See Vercel pricing →

Core capabilities (25)

2026 Breach

[ edit ] On April 19, 2026, Vercel disclosed a security breach in which certain internal systems were accessed by unauthorized actors.

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Citations

[ edit ] ^ Garfinkle, Allie (January 25, 2025). "For startups, remote work versus return-to-office is a balance—and an experiment" . Fortune .

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Vercel Inc. is an American cloud application company

Vercel Inc. is an American cloud application company. The company created and maintains the Next.js web development framework.

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Fast Data Transfer

100 GB / month included 1TB / month included then starting at $0.15 per GB Custom Regional pricing Managed Infrastructure

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Web Application Firewall

Custom Firewall Rules Up to 3 Up to 40 Up to 1,000 IP Blocking Up to 3 Up to 100 Up to 1,000 System Bypass Rules — Up to 25 Up to 100 Rate Limiting 1M allowed requests included / month Starting at $0.50 per 1M allowed requests Custom OWASP Core Ruleset (manage

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Content Delivery

Zero-config CDN cache Automated Compression Background Revalidation Stale-While-Revalidate

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Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR)

ISR Reads 1M / month included Starting at $0.40 per 1M Custom ISR Writes 200,000 / month included Starting at $4 per 1M Custom

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Image Optimization

Image Transformations 5,000 / month included Starting at $0.05 per 1K Custom Image Cache Reads 300,000 / month included Starting at $0.40 per 1M Custom Image Cache Writes 100,000 / month included Starting at $4.00 per 1M Custom

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Edge Config

Edge Config Reads 100,000 / month included Starting at $3.00 per 1M reads Custom Edge Config Writes 100 writes / month included $5.00 per 500 writes Custom

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Microfrontends Support

Microfrontends 2 included projects 2 included projects then $250 per additional project Custom Microfrontend Routing 50K routed requests / month included $2 per 1M routed requests Custom Regional pricing Managed Infrastructure

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Vercel Compute

Dynamic, scalable functions to power your framework of choice. Now available with Fluid compute with Active CPU pricing .

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Vercel Functions

Active CPU 4 hours / month included Starting at $0.128 per hour Custom Provisioned Memory 360 GB-hrs / month included Starting at $0.0106 per GB-hr Custom Invocations 1M / month included Starting at $0.60 per 1M Custom

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Vercel Sandbox

Active CPU 5 hours / month included Starting at $0.128 per hour Custom Provisioned Memory 420 GB-hrs / month included Starting at $0.0212 per GB-hr Custom Creation 5,000 / month included Starting at $0.60 per 1M Custom Network 20 GB / month included Starting a

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Vercel Workflows

Events 50,000 events / month included $20 per 1M Custom Data Written 1 GB $0.50 per GB Custom Data Retained — $0.50 per GB-month Custom

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Vercel Agent

$0.30 per action + pass-through token cost Custom Code Review — Investigations —

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Build minutes

Standard machines — $0.014 per minute Custom Enhanced machines — $0.028 per minute Custom Turbo machines — $0.105 per minute Custom Elastic machines — $0.0035 per CPU minute Custom

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Deployments

Unlimited Deployments Environment Variables Instant Rollback Multi-tenant support Skew Protection — Rolling Releases — 1 project included Custom

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Vercel Toolbar

Comments Layout Shift Tool Draft Mode Productivity Integrations Previewers — Unlimited Unlimited Accessibility Audit Flags Explorer 150 overrides / month 150 overrides / month then $250 for unlimited 150 overrides / month then $250 for unlimited

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Observability

Frontend observability on Vercel helps you monitor, analyze, and manage your applications.

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Observability Plus

Add-on $1.20 per 1M events Custom Extended retention — 30 days 30 days Advanced metrics — Query engine — Alerts —

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Runtime Logs

1 hour of logs 1 day of logs 30 days with Observability Plus 3 days of logs 30 days with Observability Plus

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Access & Deployment Security

Vercel protects your projects across access, application, and infrastructure security.

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No idle time

No idle time. No wasted spend. Only pay for actual execution time, not idle resources.

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Quick references

Configuring vercel.json Working with Domains Storage for your Vercel project Vercel MCP Caching on Vercel

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Deploy and scale

Vercel handles infrastructure automatically based on your framework and code, and provides the following tools to help you deploy and scale your applications: Vercel Delivery Network : Fast, globally distributed execution Rolling Releases : Roll out new deploy

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AI features (6)

In 2025, Vercel introduced a web application infrastructure

In 2025, Vercel introduced a web application infrastructure model called Fluid that enables an instance in a local region to handle multiple requests concurrently, similar to a traditional server, while also maintaining the elasticity of serverless systems.

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Bot Management

Automated DDoS Mitigation AI Bots (managed ruleset) Bot Protection (managed ruleset) BotID Basic checks included $1 per 1,000 Deep Analysis checks Custom Attack Challenge Mode Regional pricing Managed Infrastructure

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AI Gateway

Observability Image generation Bring your own key App attribution Managed fallback Load balancing Spend monitoring Embedding support Automatic retries DX Platform

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Use Vercel's AI infrastructure

Add intelligence to your applications with Vercel's AI-first infrastructure: v0 : Iterate on ideas with Vercel's AI-powered development assistant AI SDK : Integrate language models with streaming and tool calling AI Gateway : Route to any AI provider

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Explore guides and tutorials

Extend your knowledge with in-depth guides, videos, and tutorials on the Vercel Knowledge Base : AI : Build AI agents, integrate language models, and deploy AI-powered apps Backend : Server-side patterns, API routes, database connections, and compute Frontend

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Vercel is the AI Cloud, a unified platform

Vercel is the AI Cloud, a unified platform for building, deploying, and scaling AI-powered applications.

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Integrations (2)

Architecture

[ edit ] Vercel's architecture is built around composable architecture , and deployments are handled through Git repositories, the Vercel CLI , or the Vercel REST API . Vercel is a member of the MACH Alliance .

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Build your applications

Use one or more of the following tools to build your application depending on your needs: Next.js : Build full-stack applications with Next.js, or any of our supported frameworks Functions : API routes with Fluid compute , active CPU, and provisioned memory

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Collaboration (1)

Collaborate with your team

Collaborate with your team using the following tools: Toolbar : An in-browser toolbar that lets you leave feedback, manage feature flags, preview drafts, edit content live, inspect performance / layout / accessibility , and navigate/share deployment pages Comm

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Reporting and analytics (1)

Speed Insights

10,000 events / month included $10 / project / month $0.65 per 10,000 events Custom

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Security and compliance (2)

Vercel Network

Global Points of Presence Vercel Regions Automatic Routing HTTPS Certificates TLS/SSL Encryption Traffic Load Balancing Private Inter-Region Network Automatic Region Failover

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Secure your applications

Secure your applications with the following tools: Deployment Protection : Protect your applications from unauthorized access RBAC : Role-based access control for your applications Configurable WAF : Customizable rules to protect against attacks, scrapers, and

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See Vercel pricing in detail

This page lists what Vercel does. For per-seat math, tier comparison, and the full hidden-fee list, see the Vercel pricing breakdown.

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Features evolve. Confirm directly with the vendor before purchase decisions. This list was last refreshed on 2026-05-27.

Frequently asked questions

What features does Vercel include?

This page tracks 37 verified Vercel features across 6 categories, sourced from Vercel's official site and Wikipedia.

Which tier do I need for Vercel?

Vercel's feature availability varies by plan. Compare the public Vercel tiers, calculator, and hidden fees on the Vercel pricing page.

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