AppFog (discontinued) vs. Vercel

It was very good to use in small scale projects. Considering the high end projects with many instances and multi-platform architectures, it is better to test before the application is deployed. I think few of the questions can be general - who are the system users and what size is the application focussing on? How much resources are required? Will the application require any additional services?

Incentivized

For me personally, Vercel was the best choice for website deployment. As I said, it automatically detects every push to my GitHub repository and redeploys it. No overhead of manually reconfiguring every setting. The cloud features are limited but good. The scenario where I would say it lacks is the option to deploy one's backend. Engineers like me mostly prefer to deploy their frontend on Vercel.

• Quick deployment of pre-built virtual machines
• Some of the virtual machines also are readily available with a pack of softwares
• Good Stability. Using it as a student, I have never experienced any downtime issues with the projects deployed on AppFog.

Incentivized

• Static Hosting
• Serverless Functions
• Deployment
• Integration
• Developer Experience

Incentivized

• Though it is good and easy for developers, it lacks operational activities and monitoring tools.
• It is easy to deploy WAR on AppFog with its console but sometimes it can lack on the performance and feasibility.

Incentivized

• Interface Revamp
• Cost reduction

Incentivized

Most of the website deployment work is handled by Vercel, especially for the frontend. It currently lacks backend code hosting, which makes me look for additional infrastructure or cloud providers that may not be as generous as Vercel and can be costly. This is the reason for an 8-out-of-10 rating.

Primarily because it used to have a good free tier earlier, which it does not anymore. It's simple, and things are available to use. Compared to it's competitors, it does has less features, but that kind of acts in its favor. That adds to the simplicity, and ease of use for a new user.

Incentivized

Vercel beats Heroku and DigitalOcean by a mile with pricing. Since Vercel uses serverless infrastructure, we don't pay for servers that don't get used, which is great for smaller platforms. Vercel Support is also very quick to respond, unlike DigitalOcean who took a while to get back to me after they didn't honor platform credits they sent me.

Incentivized

• Our project was deployed with good efficiency and easily accessible.
• The platform was much recommeded across the groups and peers.

Incentivized

• Good clients.
• Faster delivery.
• Less overhead of DevOps.