Can you pass on your Vercel account when you die?
Vercel reviews requests about a Vercel account after a death case by case. While alive, the account holder can use authorized users and transferring the account.
Protecting Vercel accounts while the account is active
No beneficiary designation, lifetime transfer options for accounts, and 6-step plan.
How to protect your Vercel account while you are alive →Someone died. Handling Vercel accounts after a death
Transfer is handled on a case-by-case basis, 7-step process, and 0 required documents.
What happens to a Vercel account when someone dies →Vercel is a cloud platform for deploying web applications, and it powers Next.js. A Vercel account, on a free Hobby team or a paid Pro or Enterprise team, holds deployed applications (websites, APIs), custom domains, environment variables and deployment history.
Vercel decides what happens to a Vercel account after a death case by case; its terms promise no transfer. While the account holder is alive, Vercel allows authorized users and transferring the account.
What happens to Vercel at death
- Case by case
Vercel's Terms say nothing about a user's death. They bar a user from assigning or transferring the agreement without Vercel's prior written consent, so any transfer of the account after a death is at Vercel's discretion.1
Naming who acts after a death
- Designation
Vercel offers no way to name a beneficiary or successor for an account. Continuity on a team comes from having more than one Owner, which Vercel recommends.2
Other companies and product lines involved2
Sources3
- 1.Terms of Service, Last Updated June 1, 2026
- 2.How do I transfer ownership of a Vercel team?
- 3.Domain Name Registration and Services Terms, Last Updated September 17, 2025
Vercel publishes no process specific to a deceased person's account; a request goes in through Vercel's online form. There is no way to name a beneficiary or successor on a Vercel account.
Sources
Data sourced from Vercel Inc. primary sources (12 pages reviewed). How we research.
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