Vercel
Spend Management is now available to Vercel Enterprise teams on Flexible Commitment plans at no additional cost. The feature was previously available on Pro plans.
According to the Vercel changelog, teams can set a budget for each billing cycle. Spend Management can then respond when metered usage approaches or crosses that amount.
How Vercel Spend Management responds to usage
Teams choose which actions Spend Management should take around a budget. Notifications can go to team members by email. Webhooks can pass the event into another system. Teams can also opt to pause production deployments across all projects.
| Action | What happens |
|---|---|
| Email notification | Team members receive a budget alert |
| Webhook | Vercel sends the budget event to another system |
| Deployment pause | Production deployments pause across all projects |
The budget covers metered usage drawn from the team’s prepaid balance. It does not stop usage by itself. Pausing production deployments is a separate, opt-in action rather than an automatic result of setting a budget.
Spend Management also has two stated exceptions. Its controls do not stop AI Gateway usage or usage from v0. Those services can therefore continue consuming usage after a team reaches its Spend Management budget or pauses production deployments.
Setting a budget
Enterprise teams on Flexible Commitment plans can set the amount from the Spend Management page in Vercel’s billing settings. The budget applies per billing cycle, and teams can change it at any time.
This gives those Enterprise teams the same spending controls already offered on Pro. The available responses cover visibility through email, automation through webhooks and an operational control through production deployment pauses.
Frequently asked questions
What is Vercel Spend Management?
Spend Management lets a team set a budget for metered usage during each billing cycle. It can send email notifications, trigger a webhook or pause production deployments when usage approaches or crosses that budget.
Which Vercel plans include Spend Management?
Spend Management is available on Pro plans and Enterprise Flexible Commitment plans. Enterprise teams on Flexible Commitment plans receive it at no additional cost.
Does Spend Management stop all Vercel usage?
No. Setting a budget does not stop usage on its own, and pausing production deployments is optional. The controls do not stop AI Gateway or v0 usage.
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