App hosting platforms
Vercel privacy rating
Cloud platform for deploying frontend and full-stack web apps from Git, with serverless and edge functions and a global CDN. Made by the company behind Next.js.
Summary
Vercel scores 26 out of 100 (grade F) on the app hosting platforms criteria. It meets 1 of 9 criteria: TLS configuration. It partly meets no ads or data sales, independent audit and security headers. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, transparency report, tells users about requests and modern web standards. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A, Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B and Internet.nl website score 66%.
Score 26 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
Closed source. The Vercel CLI and the Next.js framework are open source, but the platform is not.
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The privacy policy describes third-party cookies and tracking technologies for targeted advertising and analytics.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid plans, but the privacy policy says data is shared with third-party advertising networks to advertise Vercel's services.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 reports are only available on request.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A
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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B (75/100+)
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No
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Score 66%