Vercel expands observability with GA Monitoring and Logs for all plans
Vercel has announced new observability capabilities aimed at helping teams spot production issues sooner and tune application performance. Monitoring is now generally available for Pro and Enterprise customers, while Logs are rolling out to users on all plans. Together, the two tools provide a consolidated view of web traffic and performance data inside the Vercel dashboard.
Monitoring: real-time performance tracking
The new Monitoring feature gives teams real-time insight into production health, allowing them to isolate bottlenecks and make decisions based on traffic and error data. Teams can track and analyze performance across different parts of their site without leaving the Vercel dashboard, which simplifies the process of identifying problem areas, managing costs, and reducing error rates.
Several example queries are included directly in the dashboard to help teams get started with common troubleshooting workflows, such as:
- Detecting bandwidth or web traffic spikes
- Spotting performance degradation on a specific request path
- Identifying 500 errors tied to a particular deployment
The goal is to surface problems before they affect end users. A customer quoted by Vercel noted that Monitoring helped them quickly determine which bots were responsible for issues, enabling faster troubleshooting.
“We were able to use the Monitoring functionality in Vercel to quickly detect which bots were causing our issues and troubleshoot from there.”
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Logs: drill-down for faster root cause analysis
Logs complement Monitoring by enabling deeper investigation once an issue has been flagged in production or in Preview Deployments. Log history is available by default, so teams can review past events without needing to reproduce a problem. This makes it easier to uncover the root cause of recurring errors and reduce downtime.
Custom queries allow teams to tailor their view of the data and become more proactive about debugging and optimization. For teams already using third-party monitoring solutions, Vercel also offers enhanced Log Drain capabilities to feed data into external tools.
Getting started
Pro and Enterprise customers can start using Monitoring today through the Vercel dashboard, with pricing details available in the Vercel documentation. All users can access Logs, and more information about both features is available in the official observability docs.
