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Vercel

Score9.3 out of 10

28 Reviews and Ratings

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.

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Vercel Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Vercel has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 28 ratings of Vercel's features
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Top Performing Features

  • Scalability

    Ease of scaling up or down to meet demand

    Category average: 8.4

  • Platform management overhead

    Resources required to keep platform up and running

    Category average: 7.7

  • Services-enabled integration

    Ability to integrate with cloud applications and data via APIs and pre-built connectors

    Category average: 8

Areas for Improvement

  • 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: 7.9

  • Issue recovery

    Ease of recovery from problem state

    Category average: 7.3

Who Buys & Uses Vercel

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What users are saying about Vercel.
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Vercel - a blessing in disguise.

Aswin KumarView profile
Full-Stack Developer Intern in Information Technology at CloudRion Technologies (1-10 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I'm a full-stack engineer who actively uses Vercel as my go-to stop for hosting my websites; Vercel offers a more user-friendly interface and features. I push my code to GitHub, and Vercel automatically picks it up and deploys my website. No DevOps headache and no complicated pipelines to maintain. The URL preview is a genius feature, and every pull request gets its own link.

Pros

  • Website Hosting.
  • Cloud Services.
  • Website Maintenance.

Cons

  • Pricing
  • Cloud features.
  • Support

Return on Investment

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

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Render and Railway

Other Software Used

Render, Railway

Vercel's positive developer experience

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering (51-200 employees)

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

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (1-10 employees)

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

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