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Cloudflare Workers
Pick this if Edge functions and a sharp free tier
Run code on Cloudflare's edge, plus Pages for sites.
Freemium
7.8
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Best Vercel alternatives
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Vercel is a hosting platform tightly tied to Next.js, with preview deployments, serverless functions, and a global network. It is the default deploy target in this directory for an indie Next.js app. The hobby tier is free. Team and usage pricing: check site.
Vercel scores 8.2 in Hosting and deploy (Where the app stays up). The 4 alternatives below are the other tools in that job, ordered by their StackPick score. How we score.
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Best for Deploying a Next.js app with preview URLs
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Railway
Pick this if A long-running service without becoming a platform engineer
Deploy a service from a repo without writing a platform file first.
Check site7.4
Visit03
Netlify
Pick this if Git-push hosting that is not Vercel
Git-based hosting for web apps, with functions and forms.
Freemium7.2
Visit04
Render
Pick this if Web services and cron without AWS
Web services, static sites, cron, and databases on one platform.
Freemium7.2
Visit