Q37
Do you have a current SOC 2 Type II report?
SOC 2 Type II: claimed_with_trust_page
Vercel Vendor Risk Assessment — Full Report
Before you share customer data with Vercel, your compliance team needs documented proof they can be trusted. ThirdProof investigated Vercel across 27 intelligence sources — here's what we found.
⚠ FedRAMP Status: Not found in the FedRAMP Marketplace. Vendors handling government data or CUI must be FedRAMP authorized.
Risk Tier
Tier 2 — High RiskSOC 2
⚠ Vendor AttestedFedRAMP
— Not AuthorizedLast Assessed
Mar 25, 2026🟢IP Reputation: Abuse score: 0%, 0 reports🟡SSL/TLS: TLSv1.3🟢Domain Age: 26.5 years🟢Infrastructure: 2 open ports, 0 CVEs
- FedRAMP Status
- Vercel is not listed on the FedRAMP Marketplace as of March 2026.
- SOC 2 Status
- Vercel has a SOC 2 claim detected on their trust page. Claim is vendor-attested — no public registry exists for independent verification.
- Sanctions Screening
- Vercel returned no matches in OFAC SDN, EU Consolidated, and UN sanctions screening.
- Risk Tier
- ThirdProof assigned Vercel a High Risk tier with 98% confidence across 27 intelligence sources.
24 sources queried. 98% confidence. Every Vercel investigation produces both a risk report and an auto-filled security questionnaire — no vendor follow-up required.
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Certification & Compliance Status
Security Questionnaire — Auto-Filled
41 of 133 questions answered for Vercel
Auto-filled from public evidence • 31% complete
Q38
Do you have ISO 27001 certification?
ISO 27001 claim found on trust page (Vendor attested)
Q41
Are you FedRAMP authorized? At what level?
Not found in FedRAMP marketplace
Q40
Are you HIPAA compliant? Do you sign BAAs?
HIPAA compliance / BAA claim found on trust page (Vendor attested)
Q42
Are you GDPR compliant? Do you have a DPA available?
GDPR compliance / DPA claim found on trust page (Vendor attested)
+ 3 more compliance questions answered in the full report
Every investigation produces a full PDF report plus the complete 133-question questionnaire, mapped to SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SIG, and more.
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Verified against FedRAMP Marketplace API as of March 2026
Organizations with federal compliance requirements should verify this directly at marketplace.fedramp.gov.
Vercel is not listed on the FedRAMP Marketplace.
◇27 data sources queried per assessment
◷Reports generated in an average of 7 minutes
◈SHA-256 verified for audit integrity
✓Deterministic risk scoring — no AI guesswork
2Tier
High Risk
Vercel
Vendor Risk Assessment
Confidence Score98%
Based on data availability and source coverage
24
Sources Queried
24
Sources With Data
March 25, 2026
Last Assessed
Executive Summary
AI-generated analysis for Vercel
Vercel (vercel.com) is a cloud deployment and web infrastructure platform that has been assessed at Risk Tier 2 (High Risk) with a 98% confidence score. This rating is primarily driven by a significant AI data usage policy concern that requires immediate clarification before enterprise deployment. Vercel demonstrates a number of meaningful strengths across its technical and operational posture:
Key Findings
- The domain has been registered and operational since 1999, with a verified web archive presence dating to 2001, reflecting a well-established vendor.
- Infrastructure exposure is minimal, with only 2 open ports (80 and 443) detected — this represents an exceptionally lean, well-controlled footprint significantly below the SaaS industry average of 8–12 open ports, and no known CVEs were identified against Vercel's infrastructure.
- Domain reputation is clean: vercel.com is not listed on SURBL, Spamhaus DBL, or any active malware blacklist, and Malware detection service confirms no malware or phishing threats.
- The vendor's primary IP carries a 0% abuse confidence score and is whitelisted.
- No sanctions matches were found across OFAC, EU, or UN lists, and no SEC enforcement filings or FDIC regulatory concerns are applicable.
- HTTP security headers (HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options) are present and the domain earned a B grade (75/100) on HTTP security testing.
- Vercel publishes a dedicated security trust page (https://security.vercel.com) and claims a broad compliance posture including SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA. Several concerns require attention before procurement approval. Most critically, Vercel's privacy policy indicates that users on Hobby or trial Pro plans agree to allow their content to be used for AI/ML model training, with opt-in language applicable to paid plan customers — creating meaningful ambiguity about which regime applies to enterprise deployments. No independent verification of Vercel's claimed certifications (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA) could be confirmed through public registries; all claims are vendor-attested only. A December 2025 Hacker News discussion referencing a supply-chain attack involving Vercel received significant community traction (1,167 points) and warrants direct vendor inquiry. The subprocessor list published at https://vercel.com/subprocessors could not be parsed by automated tooling, leaving third-party supply chain exposure unquantified. Certificate Transparency logs reveal 33 distinct certificate issuers, which may indicate distributed or inconsistent certificate management across the platform's infrastructure footprint. Overall, Vercel is a technically mature platform with strong infrastructure hygiene and a clean reputation profile, but the AI training data practices and unverified compliance certifications introduce sufficient uncertainty to warrant a conditional approval posture. Enterprise buyers should clarify AI data usage terms for their specific plan tier and obtain copies of current audit reports before proceeding.
Independence Statement
All evidence underpinning this assessment was independently sourced from external public registries, threat intelligence databases, DNS infrastructure analysis, and open-source data — no information was provided by or solicited from Vercel.
Investigation Findings
2 findings identified for Vercel
1 high1 medium
high
Customer Data Used for AI Training Without Clear Opt-Out
vercel.com appears to use customer data for AI model training by default, and no clear opt-out mechanism was identified in their policy.
medium
Multiple Certificate Issuers (33)
vercel.com has certificates from 33 different Certificate Authorities. This may indicate inconsistent certificate management practices.
✓
Security Strengths
34 positive signals verified
✓
[Filtered] Legal Entity Not Active
Business Registration →✓
Certification Claimed: ISO 27001
Trust & Compliance Page Scan →✓
[Filtered] LEI Registration Lapsed
Business Registration →✓
No Sanctions Matches Found
Sanctions & Watchlist Screening →✓
No Adverse Media Signals
Adverse Media Scan (Fallback) →✓
Firmographic Data Available
Company Intelligence →✓
Domain Infrastructure Healthy
Domain Analysis →✓
Valid SSL Certificate
Domain Analysis →✓
Security Headers Present
Domain Analysis →✓
2 Open Ports Detected
Infrastructure Exposure →✓
Established Domain (26+ years)
Domain Registration →✓
Clean domain reputation
Threat Intelligence →✓
Tech Community Discussion: security incident
Tech Community Sentiment →✓
Tech Community Discussion: security
Tech Community Sentiment →✓
Tech Community Discussion: operational
Tech Community Sentiment →✓
Tech Community Discussion: trust
Tech Community Sentiment →✓
HTTP Security Grade: B
HTTP Security Scan →✓
Large Certificate Footprint (171 subdomains)
Certificate Transparency →✓
Established Web Presence (24+ years)
Web Archive History →✓
Domain in 9 Threat Intelligence Pulses
Threat Intelligence (OTX) →✓
Clean IP Reputation
IP Reputation →✓
Clean Safe Browsing Status
Malware & Phishing Check →✓
Clean Website Security Scan
Website Security Scan →✓
Certification Claimed: SOC 2
Trust & Compliance Page Scan →✓
Certification Claimed: PCI DSS
Trust & Compliance Page Scan →✓
Certification Claimed: HIPAA
Trust & Compliance Page Scan →✓
Certification Claimed: GDPR
Trust & Compliance Page Scan →✓
Certification Claimed: CCPA
Trust & Compliance Page Scan →✓
Subprocessor Page Found, No Entries Parsed
Supply Chain & Subprocessor Discovery →✓
Not Found as FDIC-Insured Institution
FDIC Institution Check →✓
No SEC Enforcement Filings Found
SEC Filing Search →✓
No Historical Adverse Media Found
Historical Media Search →✓
SOC 2 Compliance Claimed on Trust Page
Certification Registry Verification →✓
AI Data Retention Policy Not Specified
AI Data Usage Policy →Recommended Actions
Steps to address findings for Vercel
- 1
IMMEDIATE (within 14 days) — Resolve AI training ambiguity: Contact Vercel's legal or privacy team and request written confirmation — in a Data Processing Addendum or equivalent document — specifying whether your plan tier's content is subject to AI model training, and confirm the Team account opt-out is active. Navigate to your Vercel Team account settings and verify the Model Training toggle is disabled, then screenshot and archive that configuration.
- 2
HIGH PRIORITY (within 14 days) — Manually review the subprocessor list: Visit https://vercel.com/subprocessors directly in a browser and document all listed subprocessors, their data categories, and locations. If the page requires authentication, contact Vercel's privacy team to request the list — you are entitled to this under GDPR Article 28.
- 3
HIGH PRIORITY (within 30 days) — Obtain and review the SOC 2 Type II report: Request the current SOC 2 Type II report and a bridge letter from Vercel's security team or via their Drata trust portal at https://security.vercel.com. Many enterprise vendors provide this through an NDA-gated portal — ask specifically for the most recent report and the period it covers.
- 4
MEDIUM PRIORITY (within 30 days) — Verify ISO 27001 certification: Ask Vercel's security team for the ISO 27001 certificate number, issuing certification body, and current validity dates. Cross-reference on the IAF CertSearch database at https://www.iafcertsearch.org to independently confirm the certificate is active.
- 5
MEDIUM PRIORITY (within 30 days) — Inquire about the December 2025 supply-chain security incident: The Hacker News post 'We pwned X, Vercel, Cursor, and Discord through a supply-chain attack' (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46317098) received significant community attention. Request a formal incident summary from Vercel including root cause, remediation steps taken, and any changes to their build pipeline or supply-chain security controls since the incident.
- 6
STANDARD (at next annual review) — Monitor certificate management: Confirm that automated TLS renewal is active for vercel.com. Set a calendar reminder to re-verify the certificate status in 60 days to confirm renewal has occurred as expected.
- 7
STANDARD (at next annual review) — Re-assess certification status: After obtaining ISO 27001 and SOC 2 documentation, set a reminder to re-verify certification validity 90 days before each certificate's expiry date and request updated reports at each annual vendor review.
Intelligence Sources Queried
24 sources in this assessment
24of 24 sources returned data
IP Reputation
AI Data Usage Policy
Threat Intelligence (OTX)
Certification Registry Verification
Certificate Transparency
Domain Analysis
FDIC Institution Check
Business Registration
Historical Media Search
Tech Community Sentiment
Company Intelligence
Adverse Media Scan (Fallback)
HTTP Security Scan
Sanctions & Watchlist Screening
Malware & Phishing Check
SEC Filing Search
Infrastructure Exposure
SSL/TLS Analysis
Supply Chain & Subprocessor Discovery
Trust & Compliance Page Scan
Website Security Scan
Threat Intelligence
Web Archive History
Domain Registration
Data Coverage Notes
Some data sources may have had limited availability during this assessment. This does not reflect negatively on the vendor.
- Vercel's subprocessor page (vercel.com) was identified but could not be parsed by automated tooling — zero subprocessors were extracted. Manual review is required to assess third-party supply chain exposure.
- External cyber risk scoring data was not available during this assessment. Infrastructure findings are based on directly observed port and vulnerability data rather than a comprehensive external risk score.
- ISO 27001 certification could not be confirmed via the IAF CertSearch public registry. This may reflect a registry indexing lag, use of an unlisted certification body, or absence of certification — manual verification is required.
- PCI DSS service provider listing could not be confirmed via the PCI SSC or Visa public registry. Enterprise customers with payment data in scope should request an Attestation of Compliance directly.
- Firmographic data (employee headcount, company type, industry classification) was not available from the company intelligence source, limiting financial health and organizational size assessment.
- SSL/TLS analysis service deep cipher configuration analysis was not available for this assessment cycle. The TLS configuration is confirmed as TLSv1.3 with a strong cipher suite based on direct domain analysis, but a full SSL/TLS analysis service grade is not available.
- AI data retention periods were not specified in Vercel's published privacy policy, limiting assessment of long-term data exposure risk from AI processing.
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Vendors assessed
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Average confidence
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Security & Compliance Profile
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Sanctions Screening
Is Vercel on any OFAC, EU, or UN sanctions list? Are any officers or affiliates flagged?
Cyber Risk Assessment
What is Vercel's security posture? Threat intelligence scanning, known vulnerabilities, and security header analysis.
Business Registration
Is Vercel a legitimately registered business entity? Corporate status, jurisdiction, and officer verification.
Adverse Media Analysis
Has Vercel appeared in negative news coverage? Data breaches, lawsuits, regulatory actions, and complaints.
Domain & Infrastructure
Is Vercel's website secure? TLS configuration, DNS hygiene, security headers, and domain age analysis.
Company Intelligence
What are Vercel's firmographics? Employee count, industry classification, technology stack, and corporate structure.
Trust & Compliance Verification
Does Vercel claim SOC 2, ISO 27001, HITRUST, or FedRAMP? ThirdProof scans trust pages for certification claims and cross-references the FedRAMP public registry for independent verification.
Supply Chain & Subprocessor Discovery
Who does Vercel depend on? ThirdProof discovers subprocessors from vendor-published pages and runs sanctions screening and safe browsing checks against each one.
Regulatory & Financial Filings
Has Vercel appeared in SEC enforcement filings? Is it associated with any FDIC bank failures? ThirdProof searches regulatory databases with entity verification to confirm attribution.
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Frequently asked about Vercel
Is Vercel FedRAMP authorized?+
Vercel is not currently listed on the FedRAMP Marketplace as of March 2026.
Does Vercel have SOC 2 Type II?+
Yes — Vercel holds SOC 2 (Type II not confirmed). Rated High Risk — subprocessor list unavailable. See all 6 findings →
Is Vercel on the OFAC sanctions list?+
Vercel returned no matches in ThirdProof's OFAC SDN, EU Consolidated, and UN sanctions screening as of March 2026.
What is Vercel's vendor risk tier?+
ThirdProof assigned Vercel a risk tier of High Risk with 98% confidence based on assessment across 27 intelligence sources as of March 2026.
Can I get an auto-filled security questionnaire for Vercel?+
Yes. Every ThirdProof investigation of Vercel produces two deliverables: an audit-ready risk report and a 133-question security questionnaire pre-filled with evidence from 27 independent sources. The questionnaire is mapped to SIG, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS and 9 other frameworks — answered without sending Vercel a single email or waiting for a vendor response.
Is Vercel safe to use as a vendor?+
Vercel is a cloud infrastructure vendor that handles organizational workloads and data. Safety depends on their current security posture, certification status, and how they handle your specific data. ThirdProof automates this evaluation across 27 intelligence sources — sanctions databases (OFAC, EU, UN), business registration verification, adverse media scanning, and cyber risk assessment — producing a deterministic risk tier with confidence score plus an auto-filled security questionnaire. Run a free investigation to see Vercel's full risk profile.
Does Vercel have SOC 2 certification?+
Yes — Vercel holds SOC 2 + 5 other certs. Rated High Risk — subprocessor list unavailable. See all 6 findings →
Has Vercel had any data breaches?+
Data breach history is an important signal for any vendor, particularly cloud infrastructure platforms like Vercel that handle organizational workloads and data. ThirdProof's adverse media analysis searches multiple news APIs and public records for data breaches, security incidents, lawsuits, regulatory enforcement actions, and financial distress signals. Each finding is linked to its original source with severity classification.
Is Vercel on any sanctions lists?+
Sanctions screening is standard due diligence for cloud infrastructure vendors. ThirdProof screens Vercel against OFAC SDN, consolidated international sanctions lists, and PEP databases. The screening uses entity name verification to reduce false positives. If Vercel or any associated officers appear on a sanctions list, this triggers automatic escalation to the highest risk tier.
How do I assess Vercel for vendor risk?+
Assessing Vercel as a cloud infrastructure vendor involves verifying SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and FedRAMP compliance, reviewing their subprocessor chain, and checking sanctions exposure. ThirdProof automates this across 27 intelligence sources in an average of 7 minutes — no questionnaires or vendor participation required. Your first 5 investigations are free.
How long does a ThirdProof assessment take?+
A ThirdProof assessment completes in an average of 7 minutes. 27 intelligence sources are queried in parallel — sanctions databases, business registries, threat intelligence feeds, certificate transparency logs, and more. The result is a deterministic risk tier with confidence score and audit-ready PDF report.
Is ThirdProof free?+
ThirdProof offers 5 free vendor assessments with no credit card required. Each assessment includes the full report — risk tier, confidence score, individual findings, executive summary, and PDF export. Paid plans start at $399/month for teams that need ongoing vendor monitoring.
Can I use a ThirdProof report as SOC 2 audit evidence?+
Yes. ThirdProof reports are designed to satisfy SOC 2 CC9.2 (vendor risk management) requirements. Each report includes SHA-256 integrity verification, methodology disclosure, source attribution for every finding, and AI content labeling. Auditors can independently verify the report's authenticity and trace each finding to its original source.
How is ThirdProof different from a security questionnaire?+
Security questionnaires require vendor participation, take weeks, and produce self-reported answers. ThirdProof queries 27 independent intelligence sources — no vendor involvement needed. Risk tiers are assigned by a deterministic rules engine (not AI opinion), and every finding links to its original source. You get an audit-ready report in an average of 7 minutes instead of waiting weeks for a questionnaire response.
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