Vercel Sandbox drops charges for inbound data transfer
Vercel Sandbox no longer bills for data downloaded into a sandbox — cloning repos, installing packages, or pulling external artifacts is now free. Data downloaded to a Sandbox's exposed ports is still billable, along with outbound transfer and other resource usage.
Why it matters
Sandbox-heavy workflows (CI-style builds, coding agents that install dependencies per run) previously paid for every package pull. Removing that cost makes agentic/ephemeral build environments meaningfully cheaper to run at volume.
Who should care
Teams running CI or AI coding agents in Vercel Sandbox
What you can do
If you run repeated installs or repo clones inside Sandbox, check your Vercel usage dashboard — this change should already be reflected without any action needed.