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Function invocations now billed per unit

Vercel shifts function pricing to per-unit model: $0.0000006 per invocation. Here's why granular billing matters for AI app builders.

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Why it matters

Vercel's move to per-unit billing for Functions reduces friction for developers building AI-powered applications, enabling smaller teams to scale inference and agent invocations without hitting usage caps. This infrastructure pricing shift signals the maturation of serverless AI deployment.

The key facts

11 to know
  1. New pricing: $0.0000006 per invocation (previously $0.60 per 1M invocations)

  2. Applies to Pro and Enterprise customers starting next billing cycle

  3. Per-unit billing enables smoother scaling across team sizes

  4. Reduces barrier for teams using function invocations with included monthly credits

  5. Vercel Functions are commonly used for LLM inference endpoints and agent orchestration

  6. New pricing: $0.0000006 per invocation for Pro customers

  7. Previous pricing: $0.60 per 1M invocations

  8. Shift from package-based to per-unit billing

  9. Applies to Pro and Enterprise customers

  10. Effective at next billing cycle

  11. Designed to reduce friction for teams scaling function invocations

Go to the source

Vercel Blogvercel.com

Publisher excerpt: are moving from package-based to per-unit pricing for Pro and new Enterprise customers. You’ll continue paying the same effective rate until the end of your current billing cycle. you’ll be billed per unit to align costs directly with your usage.Function invocationsStarting with your next billing…
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