Platform

Vercel

Vercel makes frontend deployment as straightforward as it should be — and for modern web applications, that simplicity translates directly into speed, performance, and developer efficiency.

Type

Frontend Platform

Best for

Next.js & React

Strength

DX & Performance

Our use

Active

We use Vercel for frontend deployment because it's built specifically for the modern web application stack — particularly Next.js, which Vercel created and maintains. Its deployment experience is genuinely excellent: push to git, and a globally distributed, production-ready deployment follows within seconds. Its edge network delivers outstanding performance, its serverless functions handle backend logic at the edge, and its preview deployment system makes collaboration and review straightforward.

Next.js web application deployment
React and Vue frontend hosting
Static site generation and deployment
Serverless API routes and backend functions
Preview deployments for development and review workflows
Edge middleware for authentication, redirects, and personalisation
Image optimisation and media delivery
Incremental static regeneration for content-heavy sites
Frameworks
Next.js (native), React, Vue, Svelte, Nuxt, Astro
Edge Network
Global edge deployment with automatic routing
Functions
API routes and backend logic at the edge
Storage
Vercel Blob, KV, Postgres — serverless data at the edge
Analytics
Real-time performance and web vitals monitoring
CI/CD
Git-based deployment with automatic preview environments

Vercel is the right choice for frontend-heavy applications — particularly those built with Next.js — where deployment simplicity, edge performance, and a great developer experience are priorities. It's ideal for marketing sites, SaaS frontends, e-commerce storefronts, and any web application where Core Web Vitals and global performance matter. For applications with complex backend requirements, we pair Vercel with appropriate backend infrastructure.

Vercel deployments are part of our standard frontend workflow. We configure the project, set up environment variables and preview environments, connect the deployment pipeline to your repository, and document the process. Performance monitoring is configured from day one so you have visibility into real-world load times and web vitals from the first deployment.

For modern web frontends, Vercel removes deployment friction so completely that it changes how quickly you can iterate.

Building a Next.js or modern frontend application? Let's talk about Vercel.

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