--- title: Vercel Services description: Vercel Services let you deploy multiple backends and frontends within a single Vercel project. url: "https://vercel.com/kb/vercel-services" published: 2026-06-30 last_updated: 2026-06-30 install_vercel_plugin: npx plugins add vercel/vercel-plugin --- # Vercel Services Vercel Services let you deploy multiple backends and frontends within a single Vercel project. ## Getting Started with Vercel Services - [The Complete Guide to Vercel Services](/kb/guide/vercel-services): Vercel Services let you deploy multiple frontends and backends in one project on a shared domain. Learn how to define services in vercel.json, route requests by path prefix, and connect services with generated environment variables. - [How Vercel Services run on Fluid compute](/kb/guide/vercel-services-fluid-compute): The backends in a Vercel Services project run as Vercel Functions on Fluid compute by default. Learn how optimized concurrency, Active CPU pricing, and per-service memory and maxDuration settings make multi-backend projects efficient. - [Choosing how to structure your application on Vercel](/kb/guide/structure-your-application): Compare three ways to structure an application on Vercel (a single framework, one project with Services, or separate projects in a monorepo) and learn how to choose based on domains, deploy coupling, and languages. ## Use Services to Deploy an App - [Build Notion-style real-time presence with WebSockets on Vercel](/kb/guide/real-time-presence-hono-react): Build the avatar faces that appear when a teammate opens a page and vanish when they leave. Powered by a Hono WebSocket server with React, deployed as a single Vercel project with Services. - [Build Figma-style multiplayer cursors with WebSockets on Vercel](/kb/guide/real-time-board-nextjs-fastapi): Learn how to build Figma-style multiplayer cursors with Next.js and FastAPI, kept consistent across multiple Vercel Function instances using WebSockets and Redis. ## Learn more about Vercel Services - [Introduction to Services](https://vercel.com/docs/services): For example, a Next.js frontend and a FastAPI backend in the same repository deploy together with shared routing, environment variables, and a unique domain, replacing the need to split monorepos into separate Vercel projects. - [Services routing and communication](https://vercel.com/docs/services/routing): When a project has multiple services, Vercel merges their routes into a single routing table and distributes incoming requests based on each service's route prefix. ## All Vercel Services guides - [Deploy Symfony on Vercel with Docker](/kb/guide/symfony-php-with-docker): Build a Symfony application with FrankenPHP and Docker, then deploy it to Vercel with production configuration, external storage, and preview deployments. - [Deploy Laravel on Vercel with Docker](/kb/guide/laravel-php-with-docker): Build a Laravel application with FrankenPHP and Docker, then deploy it to Vercel with production configuration, external storage, and preview deployments. - [Full-stack previews on Vercel](/kb/guide/full-stack-preview-deployments-on-vercel): Learn how to use full-stack previews for your Vercel projects. Deploy Next.js, FastAPI, and a containerized Go service together in one project, then review every cross-service change through one preview URL. - [Migrate from Fly.io to Vercel](/kb/guide/migrate-fly-io-to-vercel): Move an app from Fly.io to Vercel. Map configuration, choose Functions or Daemons, plan persistent storage, and verify the production cutover. - [Deploy a Node.js Fastify app on Vercel with Docker](/kb/guide/deploy-nodejs-on-vercel-with-docker): Build a Node.js application with Fastify and Docker, then deploy it to Vercel Functions. Learn how to configure environment variables, managed storage, and preview deployments for your project. - [Migrate from Google Cloud Run to Vercel](/kb/guide/migrate-cloud-run-to-vercel): Move a Cloud Run service or worker to Vercel. Compare runtimes, preserve Google Cloud access, and plan jobs, validation, and production cutover. - [Migrate from Railway to Vercel](/kb/guide/migrate-railway-to-vercel): Migrate an app from Railway to Vercel. Choose a deployment path, configure services, plan for stored data, and test before switching production traffic. - [Migrate from Render to Vercel](/kb/guide/migrate-render-to-vercel): Migrate from Render to Vercel: map web services, cron jobs, and containers to their equivalents, and handle what doesn't move. - [Translate Kubernetes manifests to vercel.json](/kb/guide/kubernetes-manifests-to-vercel-json): Translate Kubernetes Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, and CronJobs into vercel.json configuration and Vercel project settings. - [Does Vercel support Kubernetes?](/kb/guide/vercel-kubernetes-support): Vercel doesn't run Kubernetes clusters. Learn how Kubernetes workloads like Deployments, Ingress, ConfigMaps, and CronJobs map to Vercel Functions, container images, and Cron Jobs. - [Does Vercel support Docker deployments?](/kb/guide/does-vercel-support-docker-deployments): Vercel supports deploying OCI-compatible container images through Vercel Functions and Vercel Container Registry, with Active CPU pricing and automatic scaling. - [How Docker Compose concepts map to Vercel](/kb/guide/docker-compose-concepts-on-vercel): Translate your Docker Compose file to Vercel: Compose services become Vercel Services, networks become bindings, and volumes become Marketplace databases and Vercel Blob. - [How to test a container image in Vercel Sandbox before deploying](/kb/guide/test-container-image-vercel-sandbox): Validate a container image before deploying by booting it as a custom Sandbox image from Vercel Container Registry (VCR) or running Docker inside a Vercel Sandbox. - [Deploy Go apps on Vercel using Docker](/kb/guide/deploy-go-using-docker-vercel): Deploy an existing Dockerized Go app to Vercel using Memos as a real-world example, with Neon Postgres for durable data. - [Deploy Python apps on Vercel using Docker](/kb/guide/vercel-docker-python-apps): Deploy a Dockerized Python application that depends on native software, OCR engines, or small local models, plus a Next.js frontend, on Vercel Services. - [Running Docker on Vercel vs Render](/kb/guide/docker-on-vercel-vs-render): Compare how Vercel and Render run Docker workloads, including deployment model, scaling, image sources, state, and networking. - [How to use Vercel Container Registry](/kb/guide/how-to-use-vercel-container-registry): Push, store, and pull OCI container images with Vercel Container Registry, then deploy them to Vercel Functions and Vercel Sandbox. - [Running Docker on Vercel](/kb/guide/docker): Run Docker on Vercel for HTTP apps and background workers, store images in Vercel Container Registry, and test containers with Vercel Sandbox. - [The Complete Guide to Vercel Services](/kb/guide/vercel-services): Vercel Services let you deploy multiple frontends and backends in one project on a shared domain. Learn how to define services in vercel.json, route requests by path prefix, and connect services with generated environment variables. - [How Vercel Services run on Fluid compute](/kb/guide/vercel-services-fluid-compute): The backends in a Vercel Services project run as Vercel Functions on Fluid compute by default. Learn how optimized concurrency, Active CPU pricing, and per-service memory and maxDuration settings make multi-backend projects efficient. - [Choosing how to structure your application on Vercel](/kb/guide/structure-your-application): Compare three ways to structure an application on Vercel (a single framework, one project with Services, or separate projects in a monorepo) and learn how to choose based on domains, deploy coupling, and languages. - [Build Figma-style multiplayer cursors with WebSockets on Vercel](/kb/guide/real-time-board-nextjs-fastapi): Learn how to build Figma-style multiplayer cursors with Next.js and FastAPI, kept consistent across multiple Vercel Function instances using WebSockets and Redis. - [Build Notion-style real-time presence with WebSockets on Vercel](/kb/guide/real-time-presence-hono-react): Build the avatar faces that appear when a teammate opens a page and vanish when they leave. Powered by a Hono WebSocket server with React, deployed as a single Vercel project with Services. ## Explore other topics in the Vercel Knowledge Base - [Security](/kb/security): Block bots and abusive traffic, rate limit your APIs, protect deployments, and support PCI DSS, HIPAA, and SOC 2 compliance with the Vercel Firewall and BotID. - [Agent Stack](/kb/agent-stack): Connect agents to any model, run multi-step work in durable workflows and isolated sandboxes, and give them scoped access to your data, tools, and chat apps. - [Docker](/kb/docker): Deploy HTTP applications from a standard Dockerfile with Vercel Functions, and run continuous background workers with Vercel Daemons. Find deployment and migration guides for both. - [Migrations](/kb/migrations): Learn how to migrate your application or agent to Vercel's agentic infrastructure.