# Cross-link map: Working with Drains (/docs/drains)

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- [Using Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/using-drains) — Learn how to configure drains to forward observability data to custom HTTP endpoints, dedicated Audit Log destinations,
- [Migrating from Custom SIEM Log Streaming to Audit Log Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/audit-log/migrating-to-drains) — Move your SIEM integration from Custom SIEM Log Streaming to Audit Log Drains, with wider event coverage and a new event
- [Introducing Vercel Drains: Complete observability data, anywhere](https://vercel.com/blog/introducing-vercel-drains)
- [Trace Drains Reference](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/reference/traces) — Learn about Trace Drains - OpenTelemetry-compliant distributed tracing data formats and configuration.
- [AI Gateway Trace Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/observability-and-spend/trace-drains) — Forward an OpenTelemetry trace of every AI Gateway request to your own observability tool, and understand trace drain bi

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- [Vercel Connect](https://vercel.com/docs/connect) — Give your agents and services secure, short-lived access to third-party APIs like Slack, GitHub, Microsoft, and Snowflak
- [Observability](https://vercel.com/docs/connect/observability) — Monitor token requests, authorizations, revocations, and trigger deliveries for your connectors.
- [Drain Audit Logs to Datadog](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/audit-logs-to-datadog) — Learn how to forward Vercel Audit Log Drain events to Datadog using the Datadog Logs API.
- [Drain Audit Logs to Panther](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/audit-logs-to-panther) — Learn how to forward Vercel Audit Log Drain events to Panther using Panther's built-in Vercel source.
- [Drain Audit Logs to S3](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/audit-logs-to-s3) — Learn how to configure AWS IAM and Amazon S3 so Vercel can write Audit Log Drain events to your S3 bucket.
- [Drain Audit Logs to Splunk](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/audit-logs-to-splunk) — Learn how to forward Vercel Audit Log Drain events to Splunk using the HTTP Event Collector \\(HEC\\).
- [Web Analytics Drains Reference](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/reference/analytics) — Learn about Web Analytics Drains - data formats and custom events configuration.
- [Audit Log Drains Reference](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/reference/audit-logs) — Learn about Audit Log Drains - data formats, fields, and team activity events.
- [Log Drains Reference](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/reference/logs) — Learn about Log Drains - data formats, sources, environments, and security configuration.
- [Speed Insights Drains Reference](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/reference/speed-insights) — Learn about Speed Insights Drains - data formats and performance metrics configuration.
- [Trace Drains Reference](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/reference/traces) — Learn about Trace Drains - OpenTelemetry-compliant distributed tracing data formats and configuration.
- [Drains Security](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/security) — Learn how to secure your Drains endpoints with authentication and signature verification.
- [Using Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/using-drains) — Learn how to configure drains to forward observability data to custom HTTP endpoints, dedicated Audit Log destinations,
- [Manage and optimize usage for Observability](https://vercel.com/docs/manage-and-optimize-observability) — Learn how to understand the different charts in the Vercel dashboard, how usage relates to billing, and how to optimize
- [Vercel Enterprise Plan](https://vercel.com/docs/plans/enterprise) — Learn about the Enterprise plan for Vercel, including features, pricing, and more.
- [Vercel Hobby Plan](https://vercel.com/docs/plans/hobby) — Learn about the Hobby plan and how it compares to the Pro plan.
- [Vercel Pro Plan](https://vercel.com/docs/plans/pro-plan) — Learn about the Vercel Pro plan with credit-based billing, one free first-year domain, free viewer seats, and self-serve
- [Understanding Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/plans/pro-plan/trials) — Learn all about Vercel's Pro Plan free trial, including features, usage limits, and options post-trial. Learn how to man
- [Create a new Drain](https://vercel.com/docs/rest-api/drains/create-a-new-drain) — POST /v1/drains — Create a new Drain with the provided configuration.
- [Retrieve a list of all Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/rest-api/drains/retrieve-a-list-of-all-drains) — GET /v1/drains — Allows to retrieve the list of Drains of the authenticated team.
- [Update an existing Drain](https://vercel.com/docs/rest-api/drains/update-an-existing-drain) — PATCH /v1/drains/{id} — Update the configuration of an existing drain.
- [Validate Drain delivery configuration](https://vercel.com/docs/rest-api/drains/validate-drain-delivery-configuration) — POST /v1/drains/test — Validate the delivery configuration of a Drain using sample events.
- [Limits and Pricing for Speed Insights](https://vercel.com/docs/speed-insights/limits-and-pricing) — Learn about our limits and pricing when using Vercel Speed Insights. Different limitations are applied depending on your

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### From vercel-changelog

- [Audit Log Drains now support Datadog, Splunk, and Panther](https://vercel.com/changelog/audit-log-drains-now-support-datadog-splunk-and-panther)
- [Redirects and rewrites now available in Observability](https://vercel.com/changelog/redirects-and-rewrites-now-available-in-observability)
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### From vercel-web

- [Introducing Vercel Drains: Complete observability data, anywhere](https://vercel.com/blog/introducing-vercel-drains)

### From vercel-docs

- [AI Gateway Trace Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/observability-and-spend/trace-drains) — Forward an OpenTelemetry trace of every AI Gateway request to your own observability tool, and understand trace drain bi
- [Migrating from Custom SIEM Log Streaming to Audit Log Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/audit-log/migrating-to-drains) — Move your SIEM integration from Custom SIEM Log Streaming to Audit Log Drains, with wider event coverage and a new event
- [Vercel Connect](https://vercel.com/docs/connect) — Give your agents and services secure, short-lived access to third-party APIs like Slack, GitHub, Microsoft, and Snowflak
- [Observability](https://vercel.com/docs/connect/observability) — Monitor token requests, authorizations, revocations, and trigger deliveries for your connectors.
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- [Audit Log Drains Reference](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/reference/audit-logs) — Learn about Audit Log Drains - data formats, fields, and team activity events.
- [Log Drains Reference](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/reference/logs) — Learn about Log Drains - data formats, sources, environments, and security configuration.
- [Speed Insights Drains Reference](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/reference/speed-insights) — Learn about Speed Insights Drains - data formats and performance metrics configuration.
- [Trace Drains Reference](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/reference/traces) — Learn about Trace Drains - OpenTelemetry-compliant distributed tracing data formats and configuration.
- [Drains Security](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/security) — Learn how to secure your Drains endpoints with authentication and signature verification.
- [Using Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/using-drains) — Learn how to configure drains to forward observability data to custom HTTP endpoints, dedicated Audit Log destinations,
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- [Vercel Hobby Plan](https://vercel.com/docs/plans/hobby) — Learn about the Hobby plan and how it compares to the Pro plan.
- [Understanding Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/plans/pro-plan/trials) — Learn all about Vercel's Pro Plan free trial, including features, usage limits, and options post-trial. Learn how to man
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- [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.
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