# Vercel: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 2 categories by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/vercel

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [LLM gateways and observability](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/llm-gateways-and-observability/index.md) | 0% | 31 | 0% | 3 |
| [Managed relational databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/managed-relational-databases/index.md) | 0% | 52 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Move to a hosted 0% markup gateway like Cloudflare/Vercel AI Gateway only if you want to avoid ops" (Muse Glimmer 30B, LLM gateways)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Vercel, from 16 of the 29 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- dev.to: 7
- getmaxim.ai: 6
- concentrate.ai: 4
- github.com: 4
- linkedin.com: 4
- llmgateway.io: 4
- cloudzero.com: 3
- gane.ai/index: 3
- portkey.ai: 3
- requesty.ai: 3

### Pages cited

- https://concentrate.ai/blog/the-9-best-llm-gateways-in-2026-grouped-by-the-job-they-do: 4
- https://cloudzero.com/blog/llm-gateways: 3
- https://respan.ai/articles/best-llm-gateways: 3
- https://dev.to/ericthompson21/when-is-a-managed-llm-gateway-worth-its-cost-5959: 2
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/prescriptive-guidance/latest/choose-iac-tool/choose-iac-tool.pdf: 2
- https://getmaxim.ai/articles/top-5-llm-gateways-in-2026-a-production-ready-comparison: 2
- https://llmgateway.io/: 2
- https://llmgateway.io/pricing: 2

## In its own words

What Vercel's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Agentic Infrastructure (https://vercel.app/)
- Price stated: 0 (https://vercel.app/)
- Free plan or trial: 0 (https://vercel.app/)
- Customers named: Notion, Zapier, Mintlify

## What it publishes

Every page vercel.app exposes, read 2026-09-29: 7400 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 510 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-03-23
- case study: 117 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-28
- webinar or virtual event: 12 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-17
- conference or event: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-06-11
- report or ebook: 477 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-09
- comparison: 59 pages, 32 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- template or tool: 585 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 449 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-28 comparison: Commercetools alternatives https://vercel.com/i/commercetools-alternatives
- Recent: 2026-09-24 comparison: Gpt 6 sol vs luna https://vercel.com/i/gpt-6-sol-vs-luna
- Recent: 2026-09-22 comparison: Jev vs gpt 6 astra https://vercel.com/i/jev-vs-gpt-6-astra
- Recent: 2026-09-09 report or ebook: Sending emails from an application on vercel https://vercel.com/kb/guide/sending-emails-from-an-application-on-vercel
- Recent: 2026-09-09 comparison: Kubernetes alternatives https://vercel.com/i/kubernetes-alternatives
- Recent: 2026-09-09 comparison: Railway alternatives https://vercel.com/i/railway-alternatives

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.