Vercel Reviews

I mainly use it to deploy my web projects.

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

Whatever changes you make in GitHub and commit, it will be reflected in that website. You don't have to refresh it every time.

Anyone can use it. It is very easy. For some time, I did not properly understand the website. But once I looked into it, I got it. You don't have to learn anything.

Sometimes, you have to look into GitHub and see what the main files are, and you have to tell it to run the main files properly. Otherwise, it will run some other files, and your project will not be properly deployed. 

You have to keenly observe and tell it where the file is and which project you need to run.

What I could feel is that it should have some work for when we commit some type of error. Very silly errors. If it has some feature that will reduce those errors, like deployment errors or some missing files. But we don't get what are the missing files in the Vercel website.

So if we have some certain feature that tells us what are the files missing, what are the images. Sometimes images are not properly placed into the website. So have some feature like that. It'll be great.

I started using it only last year. 

I was deploying my projects. And I wanted a free platform to deploy my React projects, or normal HTML, CSS, JavaScript projects, my websites.

I would rate the stability a six out of ten. 

I've faced a lot of issues with Vercel. One thing is that it is a little bit slow. Whenever I deploy my project, whenever I click on the link URL to my website given by Vercel, the images, and the text sometimes load really slowly.

It's as easy as committing to GitHub. It is connected to GitHub.  So you can connect your GitHub to Vercel, import your projects into it, and then deploy it.

So very straightforward. It's a cloud-based platform.

Integration: I've used Render sometimes. But I like Vercel because it is connected to GitHub. Render is also connected to GitHub, but there are some other features which I don't like in Render. It takes a lot of time to deploy and create an account. It has a lot of fuss. But in Vercel, it is very easy to log in and create an account.

I'm a free user.

But the price is a little higher than that of Indian currency.

I would recommend it. It's a great platform, but you need to work on the servers. They are really slow for free accounts. I haven't used their premium account.

Overall, I would rate it an eight out of ten. I used to deploy my websites on localhost, but I haven't used anything else as such.

I use the solution to deploy my portfolio website. 

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. 

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.

I have been using the platform for three years. 

My portfolio website was based on Next.js. The Vercel team is part of Next.js, so it was my best option. If I had to deploy a React application, I would have had to add a lot of configurations, especially for the server part, which can get messy. That's part of the reason why I chose Vercel.

The tool's deployment is easy. 

I use the solution's free version. 

My portfolio website draws only around 200 visitors. I rate the overall product an eight out of ten. 

I wouldn't recommend Vercel for a serverless static page. If we are looking at a production level, maybe a cloud platform that is being used by a lot of users, then I would suggest Vercel because it comes with its own pages, like analytics and insights. So I think it would be better if we were using it for a large customer base. But I would not recommend it if it's for a small project.

I use the solution for the analytics and deployment of my project. 

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. 

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.

I have been using the product for two years and eight months. 

I haven't encountered any bugs while using the solution. However, some APIs only worked locally, and they broke down after deployment. This issue has been fixed. 

My company currently uses Firebase for deployment because it uses Google Cloud services. Personally, I use Vercel. I chose Vercel because I was exploring deployment platforms on the Internet and came across a YouTube video and an article about it. After learning about Vercel, I started exploring it and have since deployed many personal projects on it.

The tool's deployment is very easy. 

I rate the solution an eight out of ten. Although Vercel is very user-friendly and easy to understand for deployment, we still haven’t fully explored some features. It would be helpful if Vercel had more guidance or pop-up tips to help users discover and understand all its features.

I have primarily used the product to deploy Next.js applications.

The platform is very user-friendly. It provides continuous integration and continuous deployment capabilities. It allows for direct hosting and application updates from GitLab or GitHub repositories.

The product's build time needs enhancement. It currently takes up to four minutes to build my projects for every deployment, which is lengthy.

I have been using Vercel for approximately four years.

Overall, there have been no significant downtime issues with the platform's services.

I have never had to contact the support team. I have not found it necessary. However, the community support is very strong. Many solutions are available on platforms like Stack Overflow.

The initial setup and deployment process is easy. The platform also offers easy domain name pointing. 

Most of the product features are free, which is quite advantageous.

The product is easy to use. I recommend it to others and rate it an eight out of ten. 

I install Vercel for my clients only for backend purposes.

The solution's most valuable features are its response time and performance.

I have been using Vercel for three years.

Vercel is a very stable product, and I haven't experienced any bugs with it.

Around nine people are using the solution in our organization.

The solution's initial setup is easy and I didn't face any issues with the installation.

The solution's pricing depends on the size of the project. It will cost more money if you use it more.

Vercel has a very good community that helps us solve our issues quickly. I have used Vercel's real-time global deployment in my local projects. Vercel is a very user-friendly solution, and new users can go through its documentation to learn to use it for the first time.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

I used Vercel for hosting my website.

The most valuable feature of Vercel is the custom domain. You can change the solution's environment variables. Vercel is easy to use, and it has a flexible user interface. A good feature of Vercel is that we can host our website from GitHub. Other hosting platforms require a project build. Vercel doesn't require a project build but automatically converts our projects.

I encountered an error in Vercel's routing in the React.js projects. To resolve the error, I had to add some keywords and code to my project, which was difficult for me. It would be good if the Vercel dot com is removed from the customized domain.

I have been using Vercel for two years.

I haven’t faced any issues with the solution’s stability.

I have previously used Netlify and GitHub for the front end.

The solution’s initial setup is easy.

The solution is expensive for React projects.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

I use Vercel to create websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the Next.js app.

Vercel is easy to use and not as complex as AWS.

Vercel cannot handle big projects like shopping applications.

I have been using Vercel for one year.

Three to four people in my team use Vercel for deployment.

The solution's initial setup and domain binding are easy. You can purchase the domain on Namecheap or GoDaddy, and then we can easily bind it in Vercel.

Vercel is a bit costlier than other solutions like AWS.

Vercel is an easy-to-use platform, and we can easily deploy the app. Recommending Vercel to users would depend on their project. It is very easy for somebody new to learn to use Vercel for the first time. The solution is best for static websites and small projects.

Overall, I rate the solution a seven to eight out of ten.

I mainly use Vercel for React and Next.js projects. We've done all our web hosting for these projects on Vercel. It's a wonderful platform for hosting web applications built with Next.js and React-based frameworks.

I'm also trying to implement Angular projects on Vercel, but I've been facing some issues. For Angular, we're currently using Firebase to host web applications.

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.

I like several features of Vercel. First, it's serverless. We've used different services before, such as AWS EC2 instances, Compute Engines, App Engine, and Cloud Run, as serverless. However, their web performance only reached eighty to eighty-five percent. With Vercel, we reached more than ninety percent performance in website and lazy loading.

The Vercel platform performs better and looks better. I also like how it handles loading GIF files and YouTube videos, which we used in one of our websites. We can do all our file binding and code building within the Vercel platform. We don't need to use different tools like S3 bucket or Cloudinary. We use the Vercel platform for binding, lazy loading, and other features. Everything happens inside the platform, which is very convenient.

The tool is very easy to use. It was harder to manage when we used Firebase, App Engine, and Cloud Run. Someone had to be available to handle build and deployment issues. We sometimes needed to change scripts or add credentials in Secret Manager or .env files, and we had to check logs to see what was wrong. The build time was a major advantage with Vercel. For NextGen and ReactGen projects, the build time is minimal. I compared it with App Engine and Cloud Run, and while they took about 15 minutes, Vercel only took 15-20 seconds. The build and deployment happened a fraction of the time, which was a significant benefit.

The platform is very easy to understand, and it's essentially plug-and-play. As a senior DevOps engineer, I've handled GCP and AWS, which require platform-specific knowledge. We've also used Firebase to host Angular projects and static pages, which need scripting for deployment, targeting sites, and ignoring caches like node modules.

With Vercel, none of that extra work is necessary. React, or Next.js developers develop based on the framework requirements, and it's plug-and-play with GitHub. You need to connect the domain. I learned to use it in-house in about two to three hours and could deploy it.

Another advantage is that we can get SSL certificates directly through Vercel. We don't need to purchase separate SSL certificates for HTTPS redirecting.

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.

The tool should improve its support. The time zone difference causes delays in communication, which can significantly impact production websites and servers.

I'd rate the platform itself higher, but they still need improvements. They need to work on their billing system and create more understandable plans that clearly show costs based on bandwidth usage.

A major challenge we faced was an unexpectedly high bill of 25 lakhs for one month when we usually pay only one or two lakhs (100,000-200,000 rupees). While they showed the bandwidth usage, we lacked support on optimising or implementing changes to reduce costs.

I have been using the product for a year. 

In the year we've been using Vercel, we haven't had any issues with stability or bugs. We've hosted multiple websites and a WhatsApp platform without problems. We configured the required settings for our major company projects and a public website, which handles data loads in terabytes daily, especially for GIF files.

The only issue we've faced is billing, which is due to RBI guidelines and not under Vercel's or our control. For stability, I'd rate it nine points five to ten out of ten, specifically for NextJS and ReactJS projects. I haven't deployed any Angular projects on Vercel yet, though they're in our pipeline.

We're developing code and improving frameworks based on the Vercel platform. Once that's done, I might deploy Angular projects too. For React, I'd say this is the best platform.

For scalability, I'd rate the tool an eight out of ten based on my experience and deployments. It's a serverless platform, so we haven't had any scalability issues. We can choose the configuration we need and improve bandwidth usage by selecting the appropriate plan. If we need additional bandwidth, we can reach out to the business head or their team to choose the right plan.

I'm giving it an eight because it depends on our main company's public-facing needs. We've never experienced any lagging issues, even when uploading multiple large files like GIFs, panels, and images. Some banners are around ten megabytes, but loading them doesn't take much time. I'd say we've achieved 90 plus percent in performance. We've never felt any performance issues, even with large file uploads and high bandwidth usage.

Our entire development team, especially the front-end developers, uses Vercel. We have around eight to ten front-end developers working with React and Angular. Access to it is necessary for deployment. The CI/CD implementation with Vercel is very easy. We must connect our GitHub to Vercel; CI/CD happens by default. We don't need to schedule webhooks; Vercel handles them on the backend. So, we have eight to ten front-end developers utilizing Vercel in our organization.

I've never contacted Vercel's technical support team, only contacting them about billing issues.

The solution's deployment is straightforward. 

As a DevOps person who has to consider the commercial aspects, I find it odd that we must pay $20 per user for each new project under a pro account. That's not what I expected. Additionally, there are charges based on bandwidth usage. We incur additional charges if we go beyond 1 TB or 2 TB. However, we can choose plans based on our specific requirements. So, while the per-project pricing and bandwidth-based charges can add up, we have some flexibility in selecting plans that fit our needs.

I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.