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Vercel Open Source Program
- OSS-only
Offer $3,600 credits
Suits for Open-source
Updated Jun 2026
The offer
- $3,600 in Vercel credits over 12 months
- OSS Starter Pack: extra credits from partner services (the pack has grown to ~$30k in partner credits)
- Priority community support and a dedicated Slack space with a cohort of open-source maintainers
- Four cohorts a year (~quarterly); after 12 months you graduate and reapply
Who qualifies
- Active, maintained open-source project, hosted on or intended for Vercel, with measurable impact / growth potential, following a Code of Conduct
- Credits used only for open-source work (not commercial); funded OSS companies are steered to the Vercel Startup Program instead
- Applications are seasonal and currently closed (Vercel says they reopen ~August), check the page
Community Insights
For OSS maintainers, the appeal is $3,600/year in Vercel credits (plus the partner OSS Starter Pack) so you can host docs, demos, and projects without worrying about the bill, on a platform devs already love for its deploy experience. The backdrop worth knowing is Vercel’s general reputation: strong DX and cheap for small projects, but steep enterprise pricing and lock-in once you scale, and support that some find slow. Applications run in seasonal cohorts (~4/year) and are currently closed (reopen ~August).
Best Practices (from community tips)
- Apply when a cohort window opens (currently closed) with an actively-maintained project that has real impact and growth.
- Use the credits strictly for the OSS project. Funded commercial OSS companies should apply to the Startups Program instead.
- Set spending limits and avoid over-relying on Vercel-specific features (KV, Edge Config) to keep migration options open if the project grows.
- Lean on docs and community for support, and mirror prod locally. Community reports support can be slow.