Counters and cache · facts read November 9, 2026
Vercel Global Config (formerly Edge Config)
A small read-optimized store on Vercel for flags, redirects and blocklists, read in under a millisecond. Instant reads of small config from Vercel functions and middleware.
- Free plan
- Hobby: 1 store of up to 1 MB, the first 100,000 reads and 100 writes a month.
- Paid from
- On demand: $3 per million reads and $1 per 100 writes.
- Monthly cost at 1,000 users
- $0/month One read per request is 100,000 reads, the Hobby allowance; on-demand reads are $3 per million.
- Free plan allows commercial use
- Not stated
- Open source
- No
- Self-hostable
- No
Source: Vercel Global Config (formerly Edge Config) pricing, read November 9, 2026. Prices change; check the vendor's page before you commit.
Best for
- Feature flags and A/B tests
- Redirects and IP blocklists
- Today's question id or a kill switch
Watch out for
- Vercel says to avoid it for frequently updated data: writes take up to 10 seconds to reach every region, and Hobby includes 100 writes a month.
- Each store is capped at 1 MB on every plan.
How Cuely scores Vercel Global Config (formerly Edge Config)
The published scores, from −3 to +3, that decide when Cuely picks it. Method
- +2Next.js or React. Reads from Vercel functions and middleware typically complete in under a millisecond.
- +2global low latency. Replicated to every Vercel region for reads.
- −3votes, scores, leaderboards or streaks (many writes to the same numbers). Built for data that changes rarely; writes take up to 10 seconds to propagate and cost $1 per 100.