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Vercel made deployment boring in the best way: connect a repository, and every push gets a build and a preview URL. It is built around Next.js but handles most static and serverless frameworks. The free tier is generous for personal projects and includes custom domains and HTTPS.
Where it falls short
Pricing past the free tier is bandwidth and function-invocation based, and a traffic spike can produce a bill that is genuinely shocking.
Alternatives in Developer Tools
- GitHubWhere code lives, and increasingly where it ships.
- Visual Studio CodeThe editor most developers end up in.
- SupabasePostgres with auth, storage, and realtime attached.