# Data downloaded by Vercel Sandbox is now free

By Steven Van · 2026-07-17

Inbound port traffic and outbound requests still count toward usage, and Active CPU, memory, storage and creation pricing stay the same.

[Vercel](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/vercel>) Sandbox no longer bills for data it downloads from the internet. Installing packages, cloning a Git repository, or pulling artifacts and datasets from an external source no longer counts toward [Sandbox Data Transfer](<https://vercel.com/docs/sandbox>) usage.

Traffic received on a Sandbox's exposed ports is still billable, as is outbound traffic the Sandbox sends to the internet. Pricing for Active CPU, Provisioned Memory, Snapshot Storage, and Sandbox Creations is unchanged.

[![](<https://vercel.com/api/docs-og?title=Vercel%20Sandbox&format=docs&sig=c5ff2a8e098610f1652033e30b9ae825fd92cd6039116b5cffdf92b9c7983d42&category=Run%20agents%20and%20backends>)](<https://vercel.com/docs/sandbox>)

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Sources

[Original source](<https://vercel.com/docs/sandbox>)

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