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Vercel Edge Functions

vercel.com⚡ Edge Compute
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Recommendation Profile

Primary Recommendations

2

Total Mentions

8

Win Rate

25%

Implementation Rate

100%

codex_cli: 2

AI-Readiness Score

How well your documentation and SDK help AI assistants recommend and implement your tool

51
Grade: C

out of 100

Implementation Rate(30%)100/100

How often AI writes code after recommending

Win Rate(20%)25/100

How often selected as primary choice

Constraint Coverage(20%)20/100

% of prompt constraints addressed

Gotcha Avoidance(15%)50/100

Fewer gotchas = more AI-friendly

Cross-Platform(15%)30/100

Consistency across assistants

Trend

Win Rate Trend

→+0%

25% → 25%

Mention Volume

8(+0 vs prior)

Weekly Activity

1 week of data

Category Breakdown

CategoryRecommendedComparedRejectedTotalWin Rate
⚡ Edge Compute2--633%
unknown---20%

Constraint Scorecard

✓ Constraints Addressed

kv store2×
typescript2×
vercel integration1×

✗ Constraints When Vendor Lost

Constraints in prompts where this vendor was mentioned but a competitor was chosen

sub 10ms cold start2×
kv store2×
vercel integration2×
typescript2×
edge monitoring2×
global kv store2×
sub 50ms cold start2×
custom cache keys2×
programmatic purge2×
free tier 5m req2×

Competitive Landscape

CompetitorWins Over YouScenarios
Cloudflare Workers3Edge Caching and Rate Limiting with Global KV, edge-open-01

Head-to-Head: Vercel Edge Functions vs Cloudflare Workers

Vercel Edge Functions: 2 wins
Cloudflare Workers: 3 wins
Ties: 1
Edge Functions for Auth and Geo-Routing→ Vercel Edge Functions
Edge Caching and Rate Limiting with Global KV→ Cloudflare Workers
Edge Functions for Auth and Geo-Routing→ Vercel Edge Functions
Edge Caching and Rate Limiting with Global KV
edge-open-01→ Cloudflare Workers
edge-open-01→ Cloudflare Workers

✓ Scenarios Won (2)

Edge Functions for Auth and Geo-Routing⚡ Edge Compute
Edge Functions for Auth and Geo-Routing⚡ Edge Compute

✗ Scenarios Lost (3)

Edge Caching and Rate Limiting with Global KV→ lost to Cloudflare Workers
edge-open-01→ lost to Cloudflare Workers
edge-open-01→ lost to Cloudflare Workers

Trade-offs & Gotchas Cited

⚠ Gotchas

that `proxy.ts` runs **Node.js only**; for edge routing use `middleware.ts` with a compatible Next.js version. ([vercel.com](https://vercel.com/docs/routing-middleware?utm_source=openai))

Why AI Recommends This Vendor

this fits your latency goal (<10ms cold start)

🎯 Actionable Recommendations

Prioritized by estimated impact on AI recommendation ranking • Based on 8 benchmark responses

P2

Close gap with cloudflare-workers (3 losses)

HIGH

cloudflare-workers beats you in 3 head-to-head scenarios. Their advantage: addressing global kv store, custom cache keys, programmatic purge.

Evidence
Edge Caching and Rate Limiting with Global KVedge-open-01edge-open-01
global kv storecustom cache keysprogrammatic purge
vs Cloudflare Workers
P3

Expand beyond codex_cli

MEDIUM

Only recommended on codex_cli (2×). claude_code and cursor are not recommending you — improve discoverability through documentation, npm package naming, and example code.