signal insight

Vercel brings paid Deployment Storage and a 30-day retention default to Pro teams

On October 9, 2026, Vercel announced that existing Pro teams will begin paying $0.10 per GB-month for Deployment Storage and Functions Storage, with their deployment retention window moving to 30 days on October 23; new Pro teams default to 30-day retention immediately.

Published Oct 9, 2026 Updated Oct 10, 2026 2 sources

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Impact: medium
Confidence: 85%
Change type: pricing
First seen: Oct 9, 2026
Last updated: Oct 10, 2026
Audience: developersplatform engineersengineering managers
Status: Ready

Summary

What changed

Vercel introduced metered billing of $0.10 per GB-month for Deployment Storage and Functions Storage for existing Pro teams and set a 30-day default deployment retention window (effective October 23 for existing teams, immediate for new Pro teams), with the option to keep longer history.

Why it matters

Deployment and function artifact storage was previously bundled, so this converts a free, unbounded resource into a metered line item and caps default history at 30 days. Teams that rely on long deployment history for rollbacks or audit now face an explicit cost/retention trade-off, and it reflects platform vendors unbundling storage to price the true cost of keeping every build artifact.

Evidence excerpt

Existing Pro teams will pay $0.10 per GB-month for Deployment Storage and Functions Storage, and their retention window moves to 30 days on October 23. New Pro teams keep deployments for 30 days by default, with an option for longer history.