Fair Use Guidelines
Fair Use Guidelines
Vercel usage is subject to these fair use guidelines across plans and usage-based resources. Below is a rule-of-thumb for determining which projects fall within our definition of "fair use" and which do not.
Examples of fair use
- Static sites
- Hybrid apps
- Frontend apps
- Single page applications
- Functions that query DBs or APIs
- Blogs, ecommerce, and marketing sites
Never fair use
- Proxies and VPNs
- Media hosting for hot-linking
- Scrapers
- Crypto Mining
- Load Testing without authorization
- Penetration testing
Usage guidelines
As a guideline for our community, we expect most users to fall within the below ranges for each plan. These guidelines are not Pro plan entitlements; Vercel bills Pro usage through included credit and on-demand rates. We will notify you if your usage is an outlier. Vercel aims to be as permissive as possible without allowing an unreasonable burden on our infrastructure. Where possible, we'll reach out before taking action to address unreasonable usage and work with you to correct it.
Typical monthly usage guidelines
| Resource | Hobby Included | Pro Included |
|---|---|---|
| Fast Data Transfer | First 100 GB | Flat Rate CDN |
| Function Invocations | First 1,000,000 | Usage-based |
| Fast Origin Transfer | First 10 GB | Usage-based |
| Active CPU | 4 hours | Usage-based |
| Provisioned Memory | 360 GB-hrs | Usage-based |
| Image Optimization Transformations | 5K/month | Usage-based |
| Image Optimization Cache Reads | 300K/month | Usage-based |
| Image Optimization Cache Writes | 100K/month | Usage-based |
Managed Infrastructure hobby and pro resources
For storage limits, see Global Config limits.
For Teams on the Pro plan, you can pay for additional usage as you go.
Other guidelines
Middleware with the edge runtime configured CPU Limits - Middleware with the edge runtime configured can use no more than 50ms of CPU time on average. This limitation refers to the actual net CPU time, not the execution time. For example, when you are blocked from talking to the network, the time spent waiting for a response does not count toward CPU time limitations.
For on-demand concurrent builds, there is a fair usage limit of 500 concurrent builds per team. If you exceed this limit, any new on-demand build request will be queued until your total concurrent builds goes below 500.
Additional resources
Pro plan members can use a pay-as-you-go model for additional usage, giving you greater flexibility and control over your usage. Vercel automatically charges usage at the following rates once you use your credit:
| Resource | On-demand Rates |
|---|---|
| Fast Data Transfer | Regional |
| Function Invocations | $0.60 per 1,000,000 Invocations |
| Fast Origin Transfer | Regional |
| Active CPU | Starting at $0.128 per hour |
| Provisioned Memory | Starting at $0.0106 per GB-hr |
| Image Optimization Transformations | $0.05 per 1K transformations |
| Image Optimization Cache Reads | $0.40 per 1M reads |
| Image Optimization Cache Writes | $4.00 per 1M writes |
Commercial usage
Hobby teams are restricted to non-commercial personal use only. All commercial usage of the platform requires either a Pro or Enterprise plan.
Commercial usage is defined as any Deployment that is used for the purpose of financial gain of anyone involved in any part of the production of the project, including a paid employee or consultant writing the code. Examples of this include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Any method of requesting or processing payment from visitors of the site
- Advertising the sale of a product or service
- Receiving payment to create, update, or host the site
- Affiliate linking is the primary purpose of the site
- The inclusion of advertisements, including but not limited to online advertising platforms like Google AdSense
Asking for Donations does not fall under commercial usage.
If you are unsure whether or not your site would be defined as commercial usage, please contact the Vercel Support team.
General Limits
Take a look at our Limits documentation for the limits we apply to all accounts.
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Circumventing or otherwise misusing Vercel's limits or usage guidelines is a violation of our fair use guidelines.
For further information regarding these guidelines and acceptable use of our services, refer to our Terms of Service or your Enterprise Service Agreement.