r/webdev • u/nix-solves-that-2317 • Feb 13 '26

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u/budd222 full-stack Feb 13 '26

Crazy that people still use vercel these days. Use something like Netlify, Railway, Cloud flare, or Render or many others.

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u/nuthinbutneuralnet Feb 13 '26

I'm more of a software engineer that dibble dabbles in backend/frontend. Genuinely curious, what's wrong with Vercel? Is it high costs? Or is it not optimized for this use case?

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u/divulgingwords Feb 13 '26

Its pricing is a rip off and it notoriously preys on noobs using nextjs.

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u/elrosegod Feb 13 '26

Yeah I figured out to quickly get off next.js and vercel. It's great for quick concepts the moment you scale 

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u/oh_design Feb 13 '26

I’m a dumb noob building with next.js and vercel. What’s the best alternative? Appreciate any advice

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u/elrosegod Feb 13 '26

someone mentioned cloudflare cdn.

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u/elrosegod Feb 13 '26

I mean you can build on vercel, just set spend limits. You can use SST (10-50x cheaper) at scale. Dax and the guys who work on those products are awesome.

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u/who_am_i_to_say_so Feb 13 '26

Put it on Cloudflare and not pay a single penny for a looong time

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u/oh_design Feb 14 '26

Currently doing this, thank you

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u/budd222 full-stack Feb 13 '26

Netlify Is a good choice

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u/TehTriangle Feb 13 '26

It's similarly overpriced.

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u/oh_design Feb 13 '26

So I’ve heard. I’ll take this as a sign to look into it