Vercel Expands AWS PrivateLink Access to Pro and Enterprise Teams.

Vercel is opening private AWS connectivity to a wider slice of its customer base. As of September 1, 2026, Pro and Enterprise teams can use AWS PrivateLink to connect Vercel Functions and builds with AWS-hosted services without sending that traffic over the public internet.

The feature is available through Vercel’s Advanced Networking offering, according to the company’s changelog announcement. It is aimed at applications that need tighter control over how data moves between a Vercel deployment and databases, storage systems or internal services running on AWS.

That distinction matters for teams handling customer records, financial information, proprietary business data or other sensitive workloads. A conventional connection can still be encrypted, but its traffic is routed across public network infrastructure. PrivateLink establishes private connectivity to supported services instead, reducing exposure to the public internet and potentially simplifying an organization’s security architecture.

Vercel says AWS PrivateLink can be used by both Functions during runtime and builds during the deployment process. That means private resources can support the application itself as well as build steps that need to retrieve data, packages or configuration from AWS-hosted systems.

The company lists several supported use cases:

• AWS-hosted databases, including RDS and Aurora
• Neon databases hosted on AWS
• SaaS platforms such as Snowflake and MongoDB Atlas
• Internal services behind an AWS Network Load Balancer
• S3 and DynamoDB through gateway endpoints

This range makes the update relevant beyond large, traditional enterprise applications. A small software company could, for example, run its frontend and server-side functions on Vercel while keeping operational data in an Aurora database. Another team might expose a private backend service through an AWS Network Load Balancer rather than creating a publicly reachable endpoint solely for its Vercel application.

Private connectivity does not automatically secure every part of an application. Teams still need appropriate authentication, authorization and AWS access controls. It does, however, remove the requirement to make a compatible service publicly accessible just so Vercel workloads can reach it.

Vercel directs teams to open a project’s Networking settings and enable Advanced Networking to begin configuring PrivateLink. Its AWS PrivateLink documentation provides the technical reference for connecting a project to supported AWS resources.

The placement at project level should help teams limit private connectivity to the deployments that actually require it. It also keeps the configuration alongside the networking controls developers already manage within Vercel, rather than treating the connection as an external deployment workaround.

The most notable part of the announcement is Pro availability. Private networking features are often reserved for enterprise contracts, but Vercel is making this capability accessible to teams on its self-service professional tier as well. The company has not provided pricing details in the announcement beyond stating that PrivateLink is part of Advanced Networking, so customers should verify any associated charges before adopting it.

For builders, the practical result is a cleaner route to hybrid infrastructure. Applications can retain Vercel’s deployment and Functions environment while reaching data and services that an organization has deliberately kept inside AWS networking boundaries. That removes one of the architectural compromises teams can encounter when a frontend platform and its core data layer live in different environments.

What is Vercel AWS PrivateLink?

Vercel AWS PrivateLink is a private networking capability that lets Vercel Functions and builds connect to AWS-hosted services without sending traffic over the public internet. It is provided through Vercel’s Advanced Networking offering.

Which Vercel plans support AWS PrivateLink?

AWS PrivateLink is available to Pro and Enterprise teams. Vercel’s announcement does not specify additional pricing, only that the feature is part of Advanced Networking.

What services can Vercel connect to through AWS PrivateLink?

Vercel lists RDS, Aurora, Neon, Snowflake, MongoDB Atlas and internal services behind an AWS Network Load Balancer. Teams can also reach S3 and DynamoDB through gateway endpoints.