#1 most frequent
United States of America
40.0%121,616 installations of 303,940
What is Vercel?
Vercel (made by the creators of Next.js) is a cloud platform for static sites and Serverless Functions for a workflow. It enables developers to host websites and web services that deploy instantly, scale automatically, and requires no supervision, all with no configuration.
The platform aims to enable frontend teams to work while combining the best developer experience with a focus on end-user performance.
The platform aims to enable frontend teams to work while combining the best developer experience with a focus on end-user performance.
Categories & Use Cases
Product Demos
Top Performing Features
Scalability
Ease of scaling up or down to meet demand
Category average: 8.2
Platform management overhead
Resources required to keep platform up and running
Category average: 7.4
Services-enabled integration
Ability to integrate with cloud applications and data via APIs and pre-built connectors
Category average: 8
Areas for Improvement
Ease of building user interfaces
Ability to build flexible user interfaces using drag-and-drop tools
Category average: 7.9
Platform access control
Rules controlling what data different user categories can access
Category average: 7.8
Workflow engine capability
Process automation using rule-based engine
Category average: 7.5
Who Buys & Uses Vercel
#2 most frequent
India
7.0%21,427 installations of 303,940
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
5.9%17,827 installations of 303,940
Vercel's positive developer experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our organization uses Vercel for website and lambda hosting. They provide us with infrastructure for hosting our multitude of websites & platforms, and their serverless systems allow us to deploy changes quickly. We've configured automatic deploys to sync changes from GitHub onto our production websites. We also use Vercel for some DNS management on a few of our domains.
Pros
- Static Hosting
- Serverless Functions
- Deployment
- Integration
- Developer Experience
Cons
- Storage Integration
Return on Investment
- Reduced amount of staff time required to deploy applications and websites
- Improved staging environments by automatically deploying changes on pull requests
- Allowed for collaboration from members of the open source community with strong git integrations
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Heroku Platform and DigitalOcean
Other Software Used
GitHub, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Fillout
Decent Alternative to Netlify
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Its speed at which a static site can be deployed. It also comes with a number of pre-built templates to help you get your site up and running quickly. You don't have to worry about server deployment or hosting; simply commit your code to version control, and Vercel will run an auto-build. In terms of available services, the hobby (free tier) plan is quite generous.
Pros
- Deploy Site
- Integrate Giithub
- Functions to use at scale and free
Cons
- Interface Revamp
- Cost reduction
Most Important Features
- Deployment
- Functions
Return on Investment
- Overall posiitive
Alternatives Considered
Netlify Platform
Other Software Used
Netlify Platform, Firebase, WordPress, Heroku Platform
