Vercel Blob

Managed blob storage for Vercel

Free tier + paidImages, video & filesvercel.com

What it is

Object storage wired into the Vercel platform, with public and private stores, client-direct uploads that bypass your server, and files up to 5 TB. Billed on stored GB, data transfer, and simple versus advanced operations. Cache hits do not count as billable operations.

Why it earns a slot

Best when the app already runs on Vercel — put() from a server action or a client upload, with no bucket, IAM policy or CORS config to manage. Client uploads skip data-transfer charges entirely.

Know before you commit

Advanced operations cost $5.00/M and multipart uploads bill one per part, so bulk-importing a photo archive is surprisingly expensive. Blobs over 512 MB are never cached and incur origin transfer on every single access.

Getting started

npm i @vercel/blob

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Pricing snapshot

Hobby free: 5 GB storage, 100 GB transfer, 100K simple + 10K advanced ops. Pro on-demand: $0.023/GB-month storage, $0.05/GB transfer (iad1), $0.40/M simple ops, $5.00/M advanced ops

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Evaluate Vercel Blob (https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-blob) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Managed blob storage for Vercel. Object storage wired into the Vercel platform, with public and private stores, client-direct uploads that bypass your server, and files up to 5 TB. Billed on stored GB, data transfer, and simple versus advanced operations. Cache hits do not count as billable operations.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): Best when the app already runs on Vercel — put() from a server action or a client upload, with no bucket, IAM policy or CORS config to manage. Client uploads skip data-transfer charges entirely.
Watch out for: Advanced operations cost $5.00/M and multipart uploads bill one per part, so bulk-importing a photo archive is surprisingly expensive. Blobs over 512 MB are never cached and incur origin transfer on every single access.
Pricing: Hobby free: 5 GB storage, 100 GB transfer, 100K simple + 10K advanced ops. Pro on-demand: $0.023/GB-month storage, $0.05/GB transfer (iad1), $0.40/M simple ops, $5.00/M advanced ops
Setup: npm i @vercel/blob
Rules: treat the notes above as background only. Do not assume a theme, style, layout or feature that is not already in this project — inspect the existing code first and ask me before changing visual direction.

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Neighbourhood

How Vercel Blob sits against the rest of the atlas — swaps, companions and the tools builders actually save alongside it.

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Backblaze B2

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Cloudflare Images

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Cloudflare R2

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S3-compatible storage, zero egress

Free tier + paidImages, video & files

Free 10 GB-month storage, 1M Class A ops, 10M Class B ops. Then $0.015/GB-month, $4.50/M Class A, $0.36/M Class B. Egress always $0 at any volume

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