
Vercel BlogMay 01, 2026 0
How GitBook serves 30,000 sites with sub-second content updates

Summary
GitBook successfully hosts 30,000 documentation sites on Vercel, achieving sub-second content updates through innovative caching strategies. By implementing tag-based cache invalidation, the platform ensures that updates are visible globally within 300 milliseconds, significantly improving the user experience for both human readers and AI crawlers. This approach addresses the challenges of maintaining fast and current documentation across multiple sites.


