Product Changes

To view the full list of changes and updates to the Vercel platform, read our changelog.

• New: Vercel AI Gateway: unified, vendor-agnostic proxy to ~100 AI models (alpha).

• Deprecated: Legacy Build Image & Node 18 Deprecation: Node 18 + legacy build image retire Aug 1, 2025.
• Renamed: Bot Filter → Bot Protection: renamed Bot Filter managed ruleset to Bot Protection during beta period.
• Improved: Lower Pricing for Fast Data Transfer: ~50% off international Fast Data Transfer.

• Improved: Increased Hobby Image Optimization Limits: higher allowances on Hobby tier.

• New: Serverless / Edge Functions → Fluid Compute: new execution model with in-function concurrency & background tasks, cutting costs up to 85%. This change replaced the In-Function Concurrency Beta.
• Improved: Image Optimization Pricing Reduction: lower Image Optimization pricing with faster transformations.
• Improved: Free Fast Data Transfer for Teams: no cost for transfers between team projects.
• Improved: Free Vercel Remote Cache: monorepo caching now 100% free.

• Deprecated: Node 16 Deprecation: v16 runtime disabled for new builds; upgrade was required after Jan 31.
• Improved: ISR Performance and Cost Reductions: ~65% off ISR read/writes pricing.

• New: Vercel Observability GA: free framework-aware metrics for every plan; Monitoring → Observability Plus (-87% price).
• New: Vercel TypeScript SDK: type-safe client for Vercel REST API.
• New: Custom Environments: add staging/QA envs per project.
• Improved: Lower Prices for Domains: ~50% off domain pricing.

• Renamed: Vercel Postgres → Marketplace (Postgres): replaces first-party "Vercel Postgres"; new DBs provisioned via Marketplace.

• Renamed: Upstash KV → Marketplace (Redis): all Vercel KV stores migrated; first-party KV sunset in favor of Marketplace.
• New: In-Function Concurrency (beta): single instance handles multiple invocations, 20-50% compute savings.
• New: WAF Rate Limiting GA: per-route request caps and persistent actions now live.
• New: OpenID Connect Federation GA: short-lived tokens, team issuer mode.

• New: Secure Compute VPC Peering: Enterprise teams can configure peering & failover in-dashboard.

• Improved: Lower Pricing for Log Drains: ~75% off Log Drains pricing.

• Improved: Improved Infrastructure Pricing: granular metrics (Fast Data, Origin, Invocations, Duration) with lower base rates.

• New: Vercel Web Application Firewall: application-aware rules & challenge mode launched platform-wide.