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Secure Compute is now self-serve

Vercel just handed infrastructure control to developers. Self-serve Secure Compute is live—no contract amendment needed.

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Why it matters

Vercel democratizes private network management for enterprise AI/backend workloads by moving Secure Compute to self-service. This lowers friction for teams building AI agents and function-based systems that need isolated, controlled connectivity to backend infrastructure.

The key facts

10 to know
  1. Self-serve Secure Compute networks now available for Enterprise teams

  2. Management via Vercel Dashboard, public API, and Terraform

  3. Features: regional placement control, egress behavior, active/passive failover, private CIDR selection

  4. No contract amendment or manual provisioning required

  5. Site-to-Site VPN and PrivateLink coming soon

  6. Available for Pro customers (limited scope)

  7. Secure Compute now available via Vercel dashboard, API, and Terraform

  8. Features: regional placement control, private CIDR selection, NAT/egress behavior, active/passive failover

  9. Available for Enterprise teams immediately

  10. Site-to-Site VPN coming soon; PrivateLink connectivity planned

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Publisher excerpt: Teams can now create, update and delete Secure Compute networks directly from the Vercel dashboard, the API, and Terraform. Secure Compute networks provide private connectivity between your Vercel Functions and backend infrastructure and let you control regional placement, addressing, egress and…
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