# How to Monitor Vercel Uptime

> Vercel is a cloud platform for deploying and hosting frontend applications and serverless functions.

*Source: https://monitoristic.com/monitor/vercel*

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## Why Monitor Vercel?

If you host on Vercel, your production site lives on their infrastructure. A Vercel outage means your users see errors — and you need to know before they tell you.

## What to Monitor

- `your-app.vercel.app` — Production deployment
- `your-custom-domain.com` — Custom domain routing through Vercel
- `api.vercel.com` — Deployment API (if using CI/CD)

## What You Should Actually Do

1. Monitor your production URL — the one your users actually visit, not vercel.com
2. Monitor the Vercel deployment URL separately — helps distinguish DNS issues from platform issues
3. Set up alerts before deploying — don't wait until the first outage to realize you're unmonitored
4. Create a status page for your clients — they shouldn't have to ask if the site is down
5. Bookmark vercel-status.com — Vercel's official status page for platform-wide issues

## Vercel's Official Status Page

Vercel publishes real-time status at https://www.vercel-status.com. Your own monitor complements it by catching connection-level issues, often before the status page updates.

## Takeaway

Hosting on Vercel means trusting their infrastructure with your uptime. That trust is usually well-placed — but when things go wrong, you need to know before your users do. A deployment that succeeds doesn't mean the site is working. Monitor the live URL, not the deploy log.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do I get notified when my Vercel site goes down?

Set up an HTTP monitor for your production domain on Monitoristic. You'll get an instant alert via Telegram or webhook when it returns errors, and a recovery alert when it's back.

### Should I monitor vercel.com or my own domain?

Monitor your own domain — that's what your users visit. You can add vercel.com as a secondary monitor to distinguish between platform outages and domain-specific issues.

### How do I tell the difference between a Vercel outage and a code bug?

Monitor both your custom domain and the .vercel.app URL. If both are down, it's Vercel. If only your custom domain is down, check DNS. If only specific pages fail, it's likely your code.

### How is this different from Vercel's status page?

Vercel's status page covers their global platform. Your monitor checks YOUR specific site. You can have issues (DNS misconfig, serverless function timeouts) that Vercel's page won't show.