Vercel: Connect->Token Requests price hike + new Triggers metric
What happened
Between the Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026 captures of Vercel's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Vercel Connect renamed to Token Requests, included quota cut 5K->500 requests/month, overage rate raised ~10x ($3 per 10K requests -> $3.00 per 1,000 requests); new Triggers line item added (1,000 triggers/month included, $0.95 per 1,000 triggers). In detail: Vercel Connect renamed to Token Requests: included quota cut from 5K to 500 requests/month and overage rate raised ~10x ($3 per 10K requests -> $3.00 per 1,000 requests); new Triggers line item added (1,000/month included, $0.95 per 1,000 triggers). Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 20, 2026) lists Pro at $20.
It lands 5 days after Vercel's previous change, "Vercel supercharges sandboxes 5x, splits AI pricing into token and trigger fees" (Aug 27, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Vercel adds tax disclaimer: prices in USD, exclude VAT and GST" (Sep 1, 2026), "Vercel renames Edge Config to Global Config, quotas and pricing untouched" (Aug 24, 2026) and "Vercel cuts Turbo/Observability prices, adds metered Connect, reworks Workflo" (Jul 4, 2026). Vercel has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window Netlify, Render, Railway and Heroku also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · Packaging−90%5K500 requests/month
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Packaging | 5K | 500 requests/month | −90% |
Values as written on Vercel's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Vercel's pricing page (vercel.com) from Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where packaging reads 5K and then 500 requests/month.
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Vercel, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 14, 2026packagingVercel bundles Edge, Fast Data, Blob & Sandbox overages into flat CDN plan
- Sep 9, 2026packagingVercel replaces Pro CDN overages with flat-rate included data transfer
- Sep 1, 2026packagingVercel adds tax disclaimer: prices in USD, exclude VAT and GST
- Aug 31, 2026packagingVercel: Connect->Token Requests price hike + new Triggers metric · this change
- Aug 27, 2026improvedVercel supercharges sandboxes 5x, splits AI pricing into token and trigger fees
- Aug 24, 2026packagingVercel renames Edge Config to Global Config, quotas and pricing untouched
- Jul 4, 2026packagingVercel cuts Turbo/Observability prices, adds metered Connect, reworks Workflo...
- Jun 22, 2026packagingVercel makes v0 a paid add-on, locks out Hobby users
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- NetlifyAug 4Netlify: Enterprise price hidden + private-by-default deploys
- RenderJul 4Render ditches per-user pricing for flat fee, adds $100K startup credits
- RailwayJul 4Railway: Availability Target SLAs added + Pro volume limit doubled + new Railway Agent addon
- HerokuJul 3Heroku: new Postgres Advanced tier added (cluster-based pricing)
Questions about this change
Did Vercel raise prices in August 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change.
What changed on Vercel's pricing page between Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026?
Packaging: 5K → 500 requests/month (−90%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Vercel change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 4 other pricing-page changes for Vercel in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Vercel supercharges sandboxes 5x, splits AI pricing into token and trigger fees" on Aug 27, 2026; Vercel has been tracked since 2024-10-01.