12/12 sources · 100 verifiable references ·
✓revenuenot public · $10–$350/mo (7 tiers)
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✓traffic mix28,727,146 visits/mo · direct 72.4% · referrals 6.4% · US 20.8% · IN 13.8%
↳ SimilarWeb withholds 20% (incl. organic/social) — infer from SEO data
✓first seencircuit tripped · 1,211,385 backlinks / 42,876 domains
↳ no first-mention verdict at this scale — sampled 80 authority/editorial links instead
✓tech stackNext.js · React · Vercel
↳ framework: Next.js
✓seo16089 keywords / ~448916 traffic · IN 180229 · US 141933 · BR 44940
↳ 8/8 markets covered · 8 keywords cited in AI Overviews
✓trendspeak 2026-06 · rising
↳ +4279% vs early baseline · 3 spikes
✓community37 threads · HN 27 · Reddit 10
↳ top: HN 1167 points / 433 comments
✓teamVercel @vercel · 445K followers · on X since January 2016 · Backed by incredible investors
↳ bio: Agentic Infrastructure for apps and agents. San Francisco & Global vercel.com
✓ai visibilityChatGPT 127 · Google AI 1024 mentions · ~137338 AI search volume
↳ AI answers cite: netlify.com · pages.github.com · reddit.com · pages.cloudflare.com
✓ad spendGoogle 20 running
↳ Meta not yet covered
✓archivefirst archived 2001-04-22 · 20 pricing snapshots · pricing largely unchanged
↳ 2020-04-22 $20 → 2021-03-04 $20 → 2021-12-04 $20
✓narrative7 narrative events · 5 sources
↳ 2015 Vercel was founded. · 2015 Guillermo Rauch founded Vercel under its original name, ZEIT.
timeline14 of 41
·1999-10-04domain registered
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2015Vercel was founded.
“Founded 2015”
2015Guillermo Rauch founded Vercel under its original name, ZEIT.
“Vercel was founded by Guillermo Rauch in 2015 as ZEIT.”
2016-01Vercel joined X (formerly Twitter).
“Joined January 2016”
2020-04ZEIT rebranded its company name to Vercel.
“ZEIT was rebranded to Vercel in April 2020”
2021-06Vercel raised $102 million in a Series C funding round.
“In June 2021, Vercel raised $102 million in a Series C funding round.”
2023Vercel launched v0, an AI-powered web development tool.
“In 2023, Vercel released an AI web development tool called v0”
2025-09Vercel secured $300 million in Series F funding at a $9.3 billion valuation.
“In September 2025, Vercel raised $300 million in a Series F funding round”
backlinks
domains42,876 across 7,884 subnets · concentrated — possible link network
dofollow71% mostly passes authority
paid trail1075 sponsored · 7838 ugc
the verdict10 credits
You now have the facts. The verdict answers what they mean:
- · Which cold-start pattern this actually is
- · What assets they had before day one — and whether you have them
- · Can you copy this path, and which tactics transfer
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other (19)
2001-04-22earliest archived snapshot
2020-04-22archived pricing page · $20
“Agentic Infrastructure for apps and agents. San Francisco & Global vercel.com”
mentions (16)
“いつの間にやら ZEITは新たなるブランドVercelに生まれ変わった そうで、NowもVercelという名称に変わってました&##x1f644;よってこれからはNowとは言わずVercelと呼ぶことにします。”
“테스트 시 한 것은 1)번의 사이트의 도메인을 2)사이트 제작 시 세팅값에 연결 후, javascript로 만들어진 사이트가 구동되는 서버를 제공하는 vercel 이라는 서비스를 이용해서 배포를 해 본 것입니다. 모양은 똑같이 만들어졌으나 작동되는 속도에서 많이 차이가 나네요.”
“Vercel”
“Compatible with Modern Frameworks: Works seamlessly with Next.js , Astro, SvelteKit, and more.”
“详细教程： https://vercel.com/docs/concepts/projects/domains/add-a-domain”
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