Infrastructure

Vercel

Frontend and serverless hosting

Vercel is a frontend hosting platform from the creators of Next.js, with a preview of every change and serverless functions, and no server to maintain.

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What is Vercel?

Vercel is a cloud platform for deploying and hosting frontends, built by the company that created Next.js. Every push and pull request can get its own preview URL, and production is served from a global network together with serverless functions. It supports other frameworks too, including Astro, and deploys Next.js with no extra configuration.

How we use it at Koda Plus

Alongside Cloudflare, Vercel is one of the two places where we host storefronts and websites. It runs the website for a business training company, built with Next.js, React and Tailwind. On Next.js projects the client receives the full code and every access credential, so they can stay on Vercel or move the application to their own server or a container.

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When it makes sense

  • Your website or application is built with Next.js
  • Every change should have a preview for sign-off before it goes live
  • You do not want to maintain a server for the frontend
  • A headless storefront should run independently of the commerce backend

Frequently asked questions
Vercel

  • Do you have to host Next.js on Vercel?

    No. Next.js also runs on your own Node.js server, in a Docker container or with other providers, sometimes through an extra adapter. Vercel needs the least configuration, because it develops the framework and supports new features straight away.

  • What are preview deployments on Vercel?

    They are separate deployments of branches or pull requests, each with its own URL. The client and the team review a change live before it reaches production, and an approved deployment can then be promoted to production.

  • Is Vercel suitable for an online store?

    For the storefront, yes, especially in a headless architecture. The commerce backend with its database and background jobs, such as Medusa.js, usually runs with another provider, while Vercel serves the storefront that talks to it via an API.

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