The power of servers, in serverless form
Fluid compute combines the efficiency of servers and the flexibility of serverless, enabling real-time, dynamic workloads like APIs, streaming, and AI.
Pay for compute, not idle time
Fluid runs many requests on a single instance and bills only the CPU you actually use, never the time spent waiting.
Traditional serverless wastes idle time. It fails to efficiently utilize available resources during periods of inactivity.
Fluid runs invocations concurrently. Overall cloud resources provisioned are dramatically reduced while invocations are kept alive in-memory.
CPU that’s charged when active, not idle. No more paying for I/O wait times, network latency, and API calls.
“By leveraging in-function concurrency, we were able to share compute resources between invocations, cutting costs by over 50% with zero code changes.”
- AI workloads. Run tasks with reduced latency and higher concurrency, delivering faster, scalable results for all users, regardless of the workload size.
- Business-critical APIs. Ensure fast, resilient API responses under heavy traffic, keeping experiences smooth and consistent.
- Server-side and partial pre-rendering. Generate dynamic pages with minimal latency, allowing for faster load times and seamless interactions.
- Middleware. Perform authentication checks and apply personalization, with the power of fluid computing.
Vercel Functions
Bridging servers and serverless
Taking the best of servers and serverless to create a new model in computing, scaling business-critical workloads efficiently across global environments.
| Features | Servers | Serverless | Fluid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold start handling | Not applicable | Cold starts | Cold-start prevention |
| Scaling | Manual scaling | Auto-scaling | Efficient auto-scaling |
| Concurrency | Horizontal | Vertical | Horizontal & vertical |
| Operational overhead | High maintenance | Minimal, inefficient | Minimal, optimized |
| Pricing model | Upfront cost per server | Pay-as-you-go model | Pay-as-you-compute |
| CPU efficiency | High efficiency | I/O bound inefficiency | Optimized I/O efficiency |
Fluid compute for dynamic web applications
- In-function concurrencyRun multiple invocations on a single function instance, reducing idle compute time and lowering costs.
- Cold-start reductionFunctions are pre-warmed and optimized with bytecode caching, ensuring faster response times.
- StreamingSend data to users as it becomes available, improving performance for AI, media, and real-time apps.
- Cross-region failoverEnsures high availability by rerouting traffic to backup regions during outages.
- Dynamic scalingAutomatically adjusts concurrency and resource allocation based on real-time demand.
- Post-response tasksKeep functions running after sending a response to handle tasks like logging or database updates.