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Vercel pros and cons

Vendor: Vercel

4.1 out of 5

16 reviews
100% willing to recommend

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Senior DevOps Engineer at Miles Education

Jul 22, 2024

One of the great things about Vercel is that we don't need any particular script to deploy our applications. We connect our GitHub repository directly to Vercel. Then, if any push happens in GitHub, we have a script that determines which branch should be deployed to which domain. We can map this according to our requirements.

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Co-Founder • Full Stack Developer at Padhakoo

Jul 24, 2024

I think the speed of the tool is good.

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Building In Stealth at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Jul 12, 2024

Vercel provides hands-on experience they provide for hosting services. Initially, we started with hosting, and I found it impressive that Vercel identifies even minor issues in your project that might prevent your website from being hosted correctly. For example, if there is a small problem in your front end, Vercel will notify you that your site hasn’t been hosted yet and provide the specific file and line number where the issue is occurring. It is definitely an easy tool to use. It provides clear instructions on how to handle everything, even if you're not very familiar with coding. It has a seamless integration with GitHub. We connected our private repository to Vercel, and it directly indicates any issues with the website whenever we commit code. Even if we've done all the changes and committed to the repo, Vercel lets us know about any flaws that would prevent the website from functioning fully. Once the final commit happens, Vercel gives a green tick, indicating no issues. It was a very easy and good experience, with great integration with other tools.

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Full stack Web Developer Intern at TSNPDCL

Jul 10, 2024

I like most that whatever you make in GitHub is directly linked. It does CI/CD, continuous integration and continuous deployment.

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Co-Founder at THE CONSTRUCTORS DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Jul 9, 2024

It is easy to learn. If you want to deploy your site, it's easy to do.

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Krishna Vishwakarma

Flutter Developer at Techsevin

Jul 24, 2024

What I like most about Vercel is that it's easy to set up CI/CD. I can get my site running and sharing with just a few clicks. It automatically builds and deploys new code when I commit to my repository. It provides temporary domains for each deployment, making sharing and previewing changes easy. I get three subdomains under the tool that I can use to share my site. I can easily view logs, too. It's great for starting projects, as I can use it for free as an individual. I find it simple to share repositories and deployments with anyone worldwide.

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Web Developer at Fiverr

Jul 5, 2024

Vercel provides a better user experience and easier deployment than other platforms.

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Frontend Engineer at iSchoolConnect

Jul 23, 2024

I like Vercel because it is very easy to use and deploy. Unlike Firebase, which can be complex to understand, Vercel is straightforward. It also allows you to easily enable analytics, check page speed, and manage SEO meta tags. You can also share the deployment directly. The solution is also beginner-friendly.

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Anand Krishnan MJ

Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 12, 2024

I like Vercel the most for its ease of use, especially with Next.js. Its UI is user-friendly, and the solution is easy to learn. I was a beginner when I created my portfolio website with the tool.

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Shubhajit Chowdhury

Web Developer at Freelance

Jul 11, 2024

It is pretty stable. I haven't found any bugs.

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Senior DevOps Engineer at Miles Education

Jul 22, 2024

Due to RBI guidelines, we're facing issues with billing in India. Credit card payments often get declined even when we try to pay from the backend. Another problem is paying 20 dollars for each new project, even under one account. This seems odd since we already pay for one project with multiple hosts.

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Co-Founder • Full Stack Developer at Padhakoo

Jul 24, 2024

The tool could have some built-in support for a wide variety of frameworks. I have seen that the tool is majorly biased towards Next.js because it is one of Vercel's products.

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Building In Stealth at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Jul 12, 2024

Initially, Vercel was great for hosting projects built with frameworks like Next.js or React.js, with NPM or Node.js as the backend. Now, they seem to be expanding into offering templates and ready-made front-end and back-end setups, making it possible to host a website without writing any code. Personally, I don't like this shift because it reduces scalability and the ability to create unique, customized experiences. Code is essential, and moving towards more user-friendly, code-free tools might limit deeper development possibilities.

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Full stack Web Developer Intern at TSNPDCL

Jul 10, 2024

What I could feel is that it should have some work for when we commit some type of error.

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Co-Founder at THE CONSTRUCTORS DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Jul 9, 2024

In future releases, I would like to see AI-based capabilities in Vercel.

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Krishna Vishwakarma

Flutter Developer at Techsevin

Jul 24, 2024

I've been using the solution for a while now, and while I haven't encountered major issues, there is room for improvement. The main problem I've noticed is with the error logs. They often lack information and only indicate that a file is missing without specifying the actual cause of the error. This makes troubleshooting difficult, as running the app locally might show the error in the console, but on Vercel, it just crashes without providing useful details.

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Web Developer at Fiverr

Jul 5, 2024

If you're not using Edge Functions, Vercel only allows 20 seconds of streaming from the backend. They should allow more time for backend streaming without Edge Functions. This is one thing that Vercel can improve.

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Frontend Engineer at iSchoolConnect

Jul 23, 2024

If I could add a feature to Vercel to make my life easier, I would add a user journey feature for new users. This would guide them with tips on exploring the platform, showing them the routes for deployment and functions they can use. This way, users can understand all the features without upgrading to premium to see their benefits.

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Anand Krishnan MJ

Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 12, 2024

I have seen a bottleneck in Vercel regarding socket servers. According to their documentation, Vercel doesn't support WebSocket. While Vercel is great for creating a cloud application, if you need socket operations, the current platform won't accommodate that. I would like the Vercel team to add this feature.

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Shubhajit Chowdhury

Web Developer at Freelance

Jul 11, 2024

There is room for improvement in terms of error logging. It has some bugs.

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