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Netlify vs Vercel: which keeps data in Canada?
Where each stores and processes data, and who owns each company, from the vendors' own pages. Not features or prices.
The short answer
Netlify: yes, if you choose it.
Netlify offers Canadian storage, but you have to choose it, and it may depend on your plan. Where it is processed: Canada for functions set to yul; static assets served globally. It is owned by a US company, so the US CLOUD Act can require it to produce data it controls, wherever that data is stored.
Vercel: yes, if you choose it.
Vercel offers Canadian storage, but you have to choose it, and it may depend on your plan. Where it is processed: Montréal if yul1 is chosen; default is Washington DC (iad1). It is owned by a US company, so the US CLOUD Act can require it to produce data it controls, wherever that data is stored.
Both are owned by US companies, so the US CLOUD Act can require either to produce data it controls, wherever that data is stored.
Side by side
| Claim | Netlify | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Stored in Canada? | Yes, if you choose it | Yes, if you choose it |
| Where data is stored | Functions can run in Canada (Central), region code yul, on Pro and Enterprise plans; Netlify Blobs has no Canadian region | Functions can run in Montréal (yul1, generally available); static assets are served from Vercel's global edge network |
| Where it is processed | Canada for functions set to yul; static assets served globally | Montréal if yul1 is chosen; default is Washington DC (iad1) |
| Support and backups | Not stated on the pages read | Not stated on the pages read |
| Owner | Netlify, Inc. (San Francisco, CA) · Parent country: United States | Vercel Inc. (US) · Parent country: United States |
| Servers run by | Netlify platform on AWS · US company | Vercel platform on AWS · US company |
| Customer-held keys | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Certifications | Not recorded (blank means not checked, not none) | Not recorded (blank means not checked, not none) |
| Worth knowing | Blobs storage regions are US, EU and Asia-Pacific only. | Defaults to iad1 (Washington DC). One configuration line moves functions to Montréal; the owner is still a US company. |
| Caveats | — | Vercel's docs map yul1 to AWS ca-central-1. |
| Tier | Tier 4: US-owned, Canadian region | Tier 4: US-owned, Canadian region |
| Checked | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-13 |
Sources
Netlify · checked 2026-10-13
- Where the data is stored: https://docs.netlify.com/build/functions/optional-configuration/
- Who owns it: https://www.netlify.com/privacy/
- Supporting page: https://docs.netlify.com/build/data-and-storage/netlify-blobs/
Vercel · checked 2026-10-13
- Where the data is stored: https://vercel.com/changelog/introducing-the-montreal-canada-vercel-region-yul1
- Who owns it: https://vercel.com/legal/privacy-notice
- Supporting page: https://vercel.com/docs/regions