# Cross-link map: Vercel CDN overview (/docs/cdn) > From the Vercel docs graph (built 2026-10-29T06:02:06.399Z), spanning vercel.com docs + KB, nextjs.org, ai-sdk.dev, and other Vercel documentation sites. Full graph as JSON: https://vercel.com/docs/graph.json ## Semantically closest pages - [How Vercel CDN Works](https://vercel.com/docs/how-vercel-cdn-works) — Learn how Vercel's CDN processes requests through routing, caching, and compute layers to deliver your content with low - [CDN pricing and usage](https://vercel.com/docs/manage-cdn-usage) — Understand CDN pricing resources, monitor usage from your dashboard, and optimize Fast Data Transfer, Fast Origin Transf - [Using Vercel as a Standalone CDN](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/using_vercel_as_a_cdn) — Use Vercel's external rewrites to proxy and cache content from external websites or APIs through Vercel's global edge ne - [Flat Rate CDN](https://vercel.com/docs/pricing/flat-rate-cdn) — Flat Rate CDN gives you fixed monthly CDN pricing and protection against usage spikes across capacity tiers. - [CDN security](https://vercel.com/docs/cdn-security) — Learn how Vercel's CDN secures every request with HTTPS, TLS, DDoS mitigation, firewall protection, and security headers ## This page links to (29) - [Caching](https://vercel.com/docs/caching) — Learn how Vercel caches content across multiple layers to deliver fast responses and reduce load on your backend. - [Cache-Control headers](https://vercel.com/docs/caching/cache-control-headers) — Learn about the cache-control headers sent to each Vercel deployment and how to use them to control the caching behavior - [Vercel CDN Cache](https://vercel.com/docs/caching/cdn-cache) — Learn how Vercel's CDN cache stores your content across a global network to reduce latency and origin load. - [Purging Vercel CDN Cache](https://vercel.com/docs/caching/cdn-cache/purge) — Learn how to invalidate and delete cached content on Vercel's CDN, including cache keys and manual purging options. - [Runtime Cache](https://vercel.com/docs/caching/runtime-cache) — Vercel Runtime Cache is a specialized cache that stores responses from data fetches in Vercel functions - [CDN security](https://vercel.com/docs/cdn-security) — Learn how Vercel's CDN secures every request with HTTPS, TLS, DDoS mitigation, firewall protection, and security headers - [Encryption and TLS](https://vercel.com/docs/cdn-security/encryption) — Learn how Vercel encrypts data in transit and at rest. - [Content Security Policy](https://vercel.com/docs/cdn-security/security-headers) — Learn how the Content Security Policy \\(CSP\\) offers defense against web vulnerabilities, its key features, and best pra - [Custom error pages](https://vercel.com/docs/custom-error-pages) — Learn how to configure custom error pages for 5xx server errors on Vercel. - [Environments](https://vercel.com/docs/deployments/environments) — Environments are for developing locally, testing changes in a pre-production environment, and serving end-users in produ - [Vercel Functions](https://vercel.com/docs/functions) — Build API routes, webhooks, and agent request handlers with Vercel Functions, then test and debug them with Vercel CLI. - [Streaming](https://vercel.com/docs/functions/streaming-functions) — Learn how to stream responses from Vercel Functions. - [Request headers](https://vercel.com/docs/headers/request-headers) — Learn about the request headers sent to each Vercel deployment and how to use them to process requests before sending a - [Response headers](https://vercel.com/docs/headers/response-headers) — Learn about the response headers sent to each Vercel deployment and how to use them to process responses before sending - [How Vercel CDN Works](https://vercel.com/docs/how-vercel-cdn-works) — Learn how Vercel's CDN processes requests through routing, caching, and compute layers to deliver your content with low - [Vercel CDN Compression](https://vercel.com/docs/how-vercel-cdn-works/compression) — Vercel helps reduce data transfer and improve performance by supporting both Gzip and Brotli compression - [Image Optimization with Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/image-optimization) — Transform and optimize images to improve page load performance. - [Incremental Static Regeneration \\(ISR\\)](https://vercel.com/docs/incremental-static-regeneration) — ISR serves cached static pages while regenerating content in the background. Vercel\\\\ - [ISR Usage and Pricing](https://vercel.com/docs/incremental-static-regeneration/limits-and-pricing) — Learn about ISR costs, usage metrics, and strategies to optimize your ISR reads and writes. - [Getting started with ISR](https://vercel.com/docs/incremental-static-regeneration/quickstart) — Learn how to set up Incremental Static Regeneration \\(ISR\\) with time-based and on-demand revalidation. - [Request Collapsing](https://vercel.com/docs/incremental-static-regeneration/request-collapsing) — Learn how Vercel's CDN shields your origin during traffic surges for uncached routes. - [CDN pricing and usage](https://vercel.com/docs/manage-cdn-usage) — Understand CDN pricing resources, monitor usage from your dashboard, and optimize Fast Data Transfer, Fast Origin Transf - [Flat Rate CDN](https://vercel.com/docs/pricing/flat-rate-cdn) — Flat Rate CDN gives you fixed monthly CDN pricing and protection against usage spikes across capacity tiers. - [Global network and regions](https://vercel.com/docs/regions) — View the list of regions supported by Vercel's CDN and learn about our global infrastructure. - [Routing](https://vercel.com/docs/routing) — Learn how Vercel's CDN routes requests through firewall, project routes, and deployment routes before reaching your appl - [Redirects](https://vercel.com/docs/routing/redirects) — Learn how to use redirects on Vercel to instruct Vercel's platform to redirect incoming requests to a new URL. - [Rewrites on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/routing/rewrites) — Learn how to use rewrites to send users to different URLs without modifying the visible URL. - [Vercel Firewall](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall) — Learn how Vercel Firewall helps protect your applications and websites from malicious attacks and unauthorized access. - [Vercel WAF](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/vercel-waf) — Learn how to secure your website with the Vercel Web Application Firewall \\(WAF\\) ## Pages that link here (82) By site: nextjs (1) · vercel-changelog (3) · vercel-kb (30) · vercel-web (5) · vercel-docs (43) ### From nextjs - [How to use and optimize videos](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/guides/videos) — Recommendations and best practices for optimizing videos in your Next.js application. ### From vercel-changelog - [Caching details now available in Runtime Logs](https://vercel.com/changelog/caching-details-now-available-in-runtime-logs) - [Python projects now support routing rules](https://vercel.com/changelog/python-projects-now-support-routing-rules) - [Vercel CDN gets a new dashboard experience](https://vercel.com/changelog/vercels-cdn-gets-a-new-dashboard-experience) ### From vercel-kb - [Can I use my domain on Vercel with A records?](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/a-record-and-caa-with-vercel) — Point your apex domain to Vercel with an A record \\(76.76.21.21 or your domain card's value\\), pair it with a www CNAME, - [Build with an Express starter template](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/build-with-a-express-starter-template) — Deploy an Express app to Vercel from a template. Browse Express starters from Vercel and the community, then run them lo - [Build with a FastAPI starter template](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/build-with-a-fastapi-starter-template) — Browse FastAPI starter templates for Vercel and deploy one in a few steps. Compare minimal, AI, agent, and full-stack Fa - [Build with a Flask starter template](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/build-with-a-flask-starter-template) — Deploy a Flask app to Vercel from a starter template. Compare the Flask Hello World starter, AI SDK, alt text generator, - [Build with a Hono starter template](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/build-with-a-hono-starter-template) — Deploy a Hono app to Vercel from a starter template. Compare the Hono API starter, MCP server, AI SDK, Slack Bolt, Next. - [Caching audits: Five antipatterns that cost you performance and money](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/caching-antipatterns) — Five caching antipatterns from hundreds of Vercel technical audits: write amplification, deploy-wiped caches, spinner sh - [Can I get a fixed IP address for my Vercel deployments?](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/can-i-get-a-fixed-ip-address) — Vercel deployments use dynamic IPs by default. Learn how Static IPs, Secure Compute, and AWS PrivateLink give you a fixe - [Using Cloudflare and other reverse proxies with Vercel](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/can-i-use-a-proxy-on-top-of-my-vercel-deployment) — General information about using an external proxy to serve a Vercel Deployment. - [How to add per-request CSP nonces to CDN-cached HTML on Vercel](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/csp-nonces-with-cdn-cache) — Use Routing Middleware and a self-fetch to add a fresh CSP nonce to cached HTML without rendering the page again on ever - [How do I reduce my build time with Next.js on Vercel?](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/how-do-i-reduce-my-build-time-with-next-js-on-vercel) — Reduce Next.js build times on Vercel by pre-rendering fewer pages at build time, deferring generation with ISR and image - [How to improve Core Web Vitals](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/how-to-improve-core-web-vitals) — Improve Core Web Vitals \\(INP, LCP, CLS\\) with metric-specific fixes, field-data measurement, and Next.js/Vercel perform - [How to migrate from Fastly to Vercel with zero downtime](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/how-to-migrate-from-fastly-to-vercel-with-zero-downtime) — Consolidate your CDN infrastructure on Vercel to reduce latency, simplify your configuration, and improve your developer - [How to troubleshoot stale content returned from the Vercel CDN when using an external proxy or CDN](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/how-to-troubleshoot-stale-content-returned-from-the-edge-network-when-using-an-external-proxy-or-cdn) — Learn how to diagnose and fix stale content issues when using external proxies or CDNs with Vercel. Understand troublesh - [Managing Redirects from your CMS using Vercel Bulk Redirects](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/managing-redirects-from-your-cms-using-vercel-bulk-redirects) — Learn how to sync redirect rules from your CMS to Vercel at build time with vercel.ts, allowing non-technical teams to m - [How to reduce Vercel Image Optimization costs](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/reduce-image-optimization-costs-on-vercel) — Learn how to reduce Vercel Image Optimization costs in Next.js by tuning cache TTLs, image sizes, formats, and quality. - [How to choose a Salesforce Commerce Cloud storefront: PWA Kit, Storefront Next, or Next.js](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/salesforce-pwa-kit-vs-storefront-next-vs-nextjs) — Compare PWA Kit, Storefront Next, and a Next.js storefront on Vercel for Salesforce Commerce Cloud. Learn how caching, p - [How to ship an Express app on Vercel](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/ship-a-express-app-on-vercel) — Deploy an Express app to Vercel with zero configuration. Configure response streaming, middleware, cron jobs, the Bun ru - [How to ship a FastAPI app on Vercel](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/ship-a-fastapi-app-on-vercel) — Deploy a FastAPI app to Vercel with zero configuration. Learn how the Python runtime, Vercel Functions, streaming, middl - [How to ship a Flask app on Vercel](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/ship-a-flask-app-on-vercel) — Deploy a Flask app to Vercel with zero configuration. Learn how to ship from a template, the Vercel CLI, or Git, and con - [How to ship an H3 app on Vercel](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/ship-a-h3-app-on-vercel) — Deploy an H3 app to Vercel with zero configuration. Learn to configure streaming, middleware, cron jobs, the Bun runtime - [How to ship a Hono app on Vercel](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/ship-a-hono-app-on-vercel) — Deploy a Hono app to Vercel with zero configuration. Learn how to ship from a template, the Vercel CLI, or Git, and conf - [Rendering strategies for retail: ISR vs SSR vs static](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/ssr-vs-ssg-vs-isr-vs-csr-for-ecommerce) — Choose between SSR, SSG, ISR, and CSR for each ecommerce surface. Compare rendering modes on freshness, personalization, - [Technical audits: Finding the bottlenecks that cost performance, money, and velocity](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/technical-audits) — How Vercel's Forward Deployed Engineering team runs code review, web performance, and usage audits, the recurring patter - [Troubleshooting Build Error: "Build step did not complete within the maximum of 45 minutes"](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/troubleshooting-build-error-build-step-did-not-complete-within-45-minutes) — Learn common reasons Vercel builds hit the 45-minute limit and how to reduce build times so your deployments stay fast a - [Troubleshooting Build Error: "Serverless Function has exceeded the unzipped maximum size of 250 MB"](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/troubleshooting-function-250mb-limit) — Learn how to troubleshoot builds failing due to exceeding the maximum function size limit on Vercel. - [How to revalidate Sitecore pages on publish with Next.js](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/update-sitecore-content-manually) — Learn how to use a Sitecore Experience Edge webhook and Next.js revalidatePath to refresh cached Sitecore Content SDK pa - [OG Image Generation: The Complete Customization Guide](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/using-custom-font) — Learn how to use custom fonts in your Vercel OG image, plus emoji, external images, non-Latin text, dynamic titles, and - [Using Vercel as a Standalone CDN](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/using_vercel_as_a_cdn) — Use Vercel's external rewrites to proxy and cache content from external websites or APIs through Vercel's global edge ne - [Can I use Vercel as a reverse proxy?](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/vercel-reverse-proxy-rewrites-external) — Learn how to use rewrites to proxy requests from Vercel to other deployments. - [Vercel vs Railway](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/vercel-vs-railway) — A detailed guide to Vercel vs Railway: serverless vs always-on containers, container images from a Dockerfile, framework ### From vercel-web - [Backends on Vercel: Python, containers, and Daemons](https://vercel.com/blog/backends-on-vercel-python-containers-and-daemons) - [Build your own web framework](https://vercel.com/blog/build-your-own-web-framework) - [Introducing Flat Rate CDN](https://vercel.com/blog/introducing-flat-rate-cdn) - [Using the latest Next.js 12.3 features on Vercel](https://vercel.com/blog/using-the-latest-next-js-12-3-features-on-vercel) - [Replacing Google Optimize with the Vercel Edge Network](https://vercel.com/blog/vercel-edge-google-optimize) ### From vercel-docs - [Vercel Primitives](https://vercel.com/docs/build-output-api/primitives) — Learn about the Vercel platform primitives and how they work together to create a Vercel Deployment. - [Managing Builds](https://vercel.com/docs/builds/managing-builds) — Vercel allows you to increase the speed of your builds when needed in specific situations and workflows. - [Deploying & Redirecting Domains](https://vercel.com/docs/domains/working-with-domains/deploying-and-redirecting) — Learn how to deploy your domains and set up domain redirects with this guide. - [Frameworks on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks) — Vercel supports a wide range of the most popular frameworks, optimizing how your application builds and runs no matter w - [Express on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/backend/express) — Deploy Express applications to Vercel with zero configuration. Learn about middleware and Vercel Functions. - [Deploy a FastAPI app on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/backend/fastapi) — Deploy a FastAPI app on Vercel. Learn how the Python runtime, ASGI, static assets, and Vercel Functions work together. - [Deploy a Flask app on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/backend/flask) — Deploy a Flask app on Vercel. Learn how the Python runtime, WSGI, static assets, and Vercel Functions work together. - [Hono on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/backend/hono) — Deploy Hono applications to Vercel with zero configuration. Learn about observability, ISR, and custom build configurati - [Frontends on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/frontend) — Vercel supports a wide range of the most popular frontend frameworks, optimizing how your application builds and runs no - [Astro on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/frontend/astro) — Deploy Astro sites to Vercel and configure server-side rendering, ISR, Web Analytics, Image Optimization, and Routing Mi - [React Router on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/frontend/react-router) — Deploy React Router applications with SSR or SPA mode, then configure the Vercel preset, streaming, caching, and analyti - [Full-stack frameworks on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/full-stack) — Vercel supports a wide range of the most popular backend frameworks, optimizing how your application builds and runs no - [Deploy a Django app on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/full-stack/django) — Deploy a Django app on Vercel. Learn how the Python runtime, WSGI, ASGI, static assets, and Vercel Functions work togeth - [Next.js on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/full-stack/nextjs) — Vercel is the native Next.js platform, designed to enhance the Next.js experience. - [Nuxt on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/full-stack/nuxt) — Deploy Nuxt applications to Vercel and configure rendering, functions, middleware, routing, image optimization, and cach - [Remix on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/full-stack/remix) — Deploy Remix applications to Vercel and configure the Vercel Vite preset, SSR, streaming, caching, and analytics. - [SvelteKit on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/full-stack/sveltekit) — Deploy SvelteKit applications to Vercel and configure the adapter, rendering, streaming, ISR, analytics, and Routing Mid - [Vite + Nitro on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/full-stack/vite-with-nitro) — Add a backend to any Vite app with Nitro and deploy to Vercel with zero configuration. - [Supported Frameworks on Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/more-frameworks) — Learn about the frameworks that can be deployed to Vercel. - [Vercel Functions](https://vercel.com/docs/functions) — Build API routes, webhooks, and agent request handlers with Vercel Functions, then test and debug them with Vercel CLI. - [Runtimes](https://vercel.com/docs/functions/runtimes) — Runtimes transform your source code into Functions, which are served by our CDN. Learn about the official runtimes suppo - [How Vercel builds your application](https://vercel.com/docs/fundamentals/builds) — Learn how Vercel transforms your source code into optimized assets ready to serve globally. - [Using Global Config](https://vercel.com/docs/global-config/using-global-config) — Learn how to use Global Configs in your projects. - [Managing Global Configs with Vercel REST API](https://vercel.com/docs/global-config/vercel-api) — Learn how to use the Vercel REST API to create and update Global Configs. You can also read data stored in Global Config - [Glossary](https://vercel.com/docs/glossary) — Learn about the terms and concepts used in Vercel's products and documentation. - [Image Optimization with Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/image-optimization) — Transform and optimize images to improve page load performance. - [Legacy Pricing for Image Optimization](https://vercel.com/docs/image-optimization/legacy-pricing) — This page outlines information on the pricing and limits for the source images-based legacy option. - [Limits and Pricing for Image Optimization](https://vercel.com/docs/image-optimization/limits-and-pricing) — This page outlines information on the limits that are applicable when using Image Optimization, and the costs they can i - [Getting started with Image Optimization](https://vercel.com/docs/image-optimization/quickstart) — Learn how you can leverage Vercel Image Optimization in your projects. - [Integrating Vercel and Kubernetes](https://vercel.com/docs/integrations/external-platforms/kubernetes) — Deploy your frontend on Vercel alongside your existing Kubernetes infrastructure. - [CDN pricing and usage](https://vercel.com/docs/manage-cdn-usage) — Understand CDN pricing resources, monitor usage from your dashboard, and optimize Fast Data Transfer, Fast Origin Transf - [Bring Your Own Cloud](https://vercel.com/docs/networking/bring-your-own-cloud) — Bring Your Own Cloud \\(BYOC\\) lets you run Vercel Functions behind your project in your own AWS account while Vercel rou - [Flat Rate CDN](https://vercel.com/docs/pricing/flat-rate-cdn) — Flat Rate CDN gives you fixed monthly CDN pricing and protection against usage spikes across capacity tiers. - [Calculating usage of resources](https://vercel.com/docs/pricing/how-does-vercel-calculate-usage-of-resources) — Understand how Vercel measures and calculates your resource usage based on a typical user journey. - [Legacy Metrics](https://vercel.com/docs/pricing/legacy) — Learn about legacy usage metrics, including Bandwidth, Requests, Vercel Function Invocations, and Vercel Function Execut - [Products](https://vercel.com/docs/products) — Browse Vercel products for building, deploying, securing, observing, and scaling web applications. - [Projects overview](https://vercel.com/docs/projects) — A project is where you deploy and operate frontend apps, APIs, backends, containers, and agent workloads on Vercel. - [Getting started with Speed Insights](https://vercel.com/docs/speed-insights/quickstart) — Vercel Speed Insights provides you detailed insights into your website's performance. This quickstart guide will help yo - [Vercel Blob](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-blob) — Vercel Blob is a scalable, cost-effective object storage service with private and public access modes for files up to 5 - [Private Storage](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-blob/private-storage) — Learn how to use private Vercel Blob storage to serve files with authentication - [Public Storage](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-blob/public-storage) — Learn how to use public Vercel Blob storage to serve files accessible to anyone with the URL - [Vercel Blob Pricing](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-blob/usage-and-pricing) — Learn about the pricing for Vercel Blob. - [WAF Custom Rules](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/vercel-waf/custom-rules) — Learn how to add and manage custom rules to configure the Vercel Web Application Firewall \\(WAF\\).