---
title: Vercel Remote Cache is now free
description: Free Remote Caching for repositories linked to Vercel
date: '2024/12/20'
tag: 'web development'
ogImage: '/images/blog/free-vercel-remote-cache/x-card.png'
---

<h1 className="text-center">Vercel Remote Cache is now free</h1>

One of Turborepo's most important features is [Remote Caching](/docs/core-concepts/remote-caching), a distributed caching layer that ensures your developers and CI never do the same work twice.

As of today, [Vercel Remote Cache](https://vercel.com/docs/monorepos/remote-caching) is now a free, zero-configuration option for any Turborepo linked to Vercel, joining the [open-source Remote Caches created by the community](/docs/core-concepts/remote-caching#community-implementations) as free options for speeding up your development.

## Linking a repository to Vercel Remote Cache

### On Vercel

Commands using `turbo` on Vercel are automatically configured to use Vercel Remote Cache. Your builds will benefit from Remote Caching with zero-configuration.

### On other Continuous Integration providers

Create the `TURBO_TOKEN` and `TURBO_TEAM` environment variables to authenticate to Vercel Remote Cache with their respective values. Visit [our CI provider documentation](/docs/guides/ci-vendors) to learn how to connect to:

- [GitHub Actions](/docs/guides/ci-vendors/github-actions)
- [GitLab CI](/docs/guides/ci-vendors/gitlab-ci)
- [CircleCI](/docs/guides/ci-vendors/circleci)
- [GitLab CI](/docs/guides/ci-vendors/gitlab-ci)
- [Travis CI](/docs/guides/ci-vendors/travis-ci)
- [Any other CI provider](/docs/guides/ci-vendors#general-setup)

### On your local machine

To get started locally, run:

```bash title="Terminal"
npx turbo login
npx turbo link
```

## More information

To learn more, visit [Vercel's changelog announcement](https://vercel.com/changelog/free-vercel-remote-cache) or [Vercel Remote Cache documentation](https://vercel.com/docs/monorepos/remote-caching).
