This post explores how to deploy a lightweight, stateless Model Context Protocol (MCP) server using Vercel’s infrastructure.

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Vercel offers excellent hosting for Next.js applications but requires careful cost management due to its serverless, usage-based pricing model. The platform charges through two components: the Developer Experience Platform (monthly per-seat pricing) and Managed Infrastructure (usage-based). Key cost factors include function invocations, execution time, bandwidth usage, and image transformations. To control costs, developers should optimize serverless function calls, implement proper caching, minimize bandwidth through image optimization and efficient API responses, and use Vercel's monitoring tools with spending alerts. The platform offers Hobby (free, non-commercial), Pro ($20/member), and Enterprise (custom) plans, each with different resource limits and features.

The simplicity of deploying an MCP server Vercel