Vercel Agent has updated pricing
Vercel Agent pricing just flipped: $0.25 per million tokens instead of flat $0.30/request. Now you only pay for the work intensity.
Why it matters
Vercel is shifting AI agent pricing from flat-fee to usage-based token metering, making it cheaper for simple tasks but creating a new cost model for developers building with agents at scale. Signals how AI infrastructure providers are moving away from per-call pricing as agents become more variable in compute.
The key facts
10 to knowOld pricing: $0.30 per request
New pricing: $0.25 per million tokens + provider inference costs
Pricing applies to input, output, and cached tokens
30-day grace period for existing code review users
Pricing scales with task complexity (simple queries vs. multi-step investigations)
New model: token rate covers processing and infrastructure; provider costs separate
Old pricing: $0.30 per request (flat fee)
30-day grace period for existing code review users before automatic migration
Token-based model scales cost with task intensity (quick query vs. deep investigation with sandbox execution)
New users charged under token-based model immediately as of June 30, 2026
Go to the source
Vercel Blogvercel.com
Publisher excerpt: Vercel Agent pricing is changing. You no longer need to pre-load credits or manage a separate wallet for Vercel Agent. Instead of a $0.30 per-request fee, you now pay a Vercel Token Rate of $0.25 per million tokens, plus provider inference costs at the underlying token rate. The new Vercel Token…