Vercel Edge Runtime

Also known as
vercel-edge-runtime

Available worldwide

What is Vercel Edge Runtime?

Global CDN and edge platform optimized for dynamic and static content delivery with built-in security, performance optimization, and framework-aware caching.

Independently observed

Vercel Edge Runtime pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
from $20/moHybridFree tier

Free (Hobby). Pro $20/month + $20 credit. Usage-based: $2/1M edge requests, $0.15/GB data transfer, $0.128/hr compute. Enterprise custom with 99.99% SLA.

Hobby

Free
Free

The perfect starting place for your web app or personal project

isr_reads
1M/month
active_cpu
4 hours/month
isr_writes
200k/month
invocations
1M/month
ip_blocking
3
blob_storage
1GB/month
data_transfer
100GB/month
edge_requests
1M/month
rate_limiting
1M allowed requests/month
firewall_rules
3
edge_config_reads
100k/month
image_cache_reads
300k/month
blob_data_transfer
10GB/month
edge_config_writes
100/month
image_cache_writes
100k/month
provisioned_memory
360 GB-hrs/month
image_transformations
5k/month
  • Automatic CI/CD
  • Web Application Firewall
  • Global, automated CDN
  • Fluid compute
  • DDoS Mitigation
  • Traffic & performance insights

Pro

$20/month with $20 included usage credit

Everything you need to build and scale your app

ip_blocking
100
data_transfer
1TB/month
edge_requests
10M/month
firewall_rules
40
  • All Hobby features
  • $20 of included usage credit
  • Advanced spend management
  • Team collaboration & free viewer seats
  • Faster builds + no queues
  • Cold start prevention

Enterprise

Contact sales
Contact sales

Critical security, performance, observability, platform SLAs, and support

  • All Pro features
  • Guest & Team access controls
  • SCIM & Directory Sync
  • Managed WAF Rulesets
  • Multi-region compute & failover
  • 99.99% SLA
  • Advanced Support

Add-ons

  • Advanced Deployment Protection$150/mo

What Vercel Edge Runtime does

The capabilities that matter for serverless & edge platforms, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core
Execution substrate
-
Language / runtime breadth
-
Reach
Runs at global edge PoPs
Scale
Scale to zero
Performance
Cold-start profile
Provisioned concurrency
Limits
Max execution duration
-
Integration
Event source breadth
-
HTTP endpoint trigger
Cron / scheduled invocations
-
State
Durable state / workflow primitive
-
Flexibility
Bring-your-own runtime / container
-
Deployment
Hosting
Cloud only
Ops
Built-in logs / metrics / tracing
Extensibility
CLI + IaC / framework support
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • CLI
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS

Integrations (1)

Independently observed
  • Neon

Vercel Edge Runtime alternatives

Other serverless & edge platforms we track, ranked by the same independent score.

Independent · unbought · dated

The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Vercel Edge Runtime, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 68 / 100
medium · 55%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Reliability1000.1717.4
Security Posture1000.1312.9
Package Downloads760.1511.6
Pricing Transparency1000.077.0
Capabilities750.075.2
Price Level500.052.4
Github Stars560.031.6
Integrations90.090.8
Github Activity00.100.0
Release Cadence00.060.0-
Stackoverflow Activity00.070.0-

Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d0mediumsource · 2026-07-31 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars913highsource · 2026-07-31 · 90%
Package downloads weekly733,700highsource · 2026-07-31 · 85%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"hosting":"cloud","cold_start":"provisioned","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"edge_distributed":true,"observability_builtin":true}mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count1mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryTypeScripthighsource · 2026-07-31 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxMITmediumsource · 2026-07-31 · 67%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
Availability{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}highsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Modelcommercialmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Price levelmidmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Starting gbp20mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Sla pct99.99mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
GdprYeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%
HipaaYeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%
Iso27001Yeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%
PciYeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%
Soc2Yeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%