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Vercel landing page

vercel.comlurked on May 28, 2026118 words on the page

Editor’s take

Vercel's homepage is 118 words. Four of them are “AI Cloud,” and the page never says what that means. The lurkers were brutal: three left outright, including Alex — “Vercel again, so what?” — and Marcus, who said “Vercel, yeah I know it” and still couldn't decode it. There's also “Fluid compute,” “Vercel Agent,” “AI Gateway” — all named, none explained.

Stripe and Linear had similar AI-pivot problems. Vercel goes furthest: confidence without explanation. That's a wall, not a teaser.

Marcus34 · backend engineer

Vercel, yeah I know it

Confusion

'AI Cloud' is in the H1 but I scrolled twice and didn't see what that actually…

Dealbreaker

'Vercel AgentNew' and 'AI GatewayNew' are listed but there's zero explanation…

Suggestion

'Start Deploying' appears three times but there's no pricing number visible — linking 'Pricing'…

On the fence
Lin27 · indie hacker

AI Cloud, cool, but cost?

Confusion

I see 'Start Deploying' twice but 'Pricing' is buried in the footer nav — I…

Dealbreaker

'Speak to an expert for your Pro or Enterprise needs' smells like the free…

Suggestion

Put actual numbers next to 'Start Deploying' — even just 'free up to X' so I don't have to hunt…

On the fence
Sarah41 · head of growth

Too vague, too fast

Confusion

I see 'AI Cloud' twice but nowhere does it say what that actually means or does

Dealbreaker

The CTAs are 'Products', 'Resources', 'Solutions', 'Ask AI' — none of these…

Suggestion

Replace 'Build and deploy on the AI Cloud' with one concrete sentence about what Vercel does…

Would bounce
Rio22 · just started

Sounds big, means nothing

Confusion

What is 'the AI Cloud'? I scrolled twice and it never explains what that…

Dealbreaker

'developer tools and cloud infrastructure' — I don't know if I'm even the…

Suggestion

The 'Start Deploying' button is right there but I have no idea what I'd be deploying — one…

Would bounce
Alex36 · product manager

Vercel again, so what?

Confusion

I scrolled twice and 'AI Cloud' is everywhere but I don't see what that…

Dealbreaker

'Start Deploying' tells me nothing new — I'm already deployed somewhere, so…

Suggestion

'Fluid compute' sounds interesting but there's zero explanation on the page — one line on what…

Would bounce

Overall summary

4/ 10

Visitors leave confused about the core product; the hero repeats itself without answering 'what does this actually do…

Red flags · 2
  • 'AI Cloud' appears repeatedly but is never explained
  • Pricing is buried; free vs paid tiers are unclear upfront
Suggested rewrites · 3

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