🚀 You NEED to Start Using Vercel Right Now! 🌟
Tags: webdev, vercel, nextjs, news
Published: 2024-03-09 09:24:54

To understand the power of Vercel, you need to learn what is Next.js (a React framework developed by Vercel).

Go to this article to learn the basics of Next.js, then come back to this one!

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### Why Vercel? 🤔

Vercel is a cloud platform for static sites and serverless functions that you can use to deploy your Next.js or other web app, projects effortlessly.

It offers the following:

✅ Edge functions for dynamic content
✅ Automatic scaling
✅ Continuous deployment from Git

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### Developer Experience? Done. 🌟

With Vercel, you get a simplified developer experience:

1️⃣ Git Integration
2️⃣ Preview Deployments
3️⃣ Instant Rollbacks

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### Features 👇

Each feature is designed to streamline the development workflow from local development to production deployment!

![Image](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/1zi36fq8yjny5l0fzflr.png)
<figcaption>https://www.mitrais.com/news-updates/how-to-deploy-next-js-with-vercel/</figcaption>
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Among them, **preview deployments** are a standout feature.

This feature allows you to preview changes to your app in a live deployment without merging them to your project's _production_ branch.

Share it with your team for instant feedback, without affecting your production site! 🙌

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### Security and Reliability 🔑

Security and reliability are also key benefits. Vercel provides:

✅ SSL by default
✅ DDoS protection
✅ Geo-distributed infrastructure

Ensuring your app is secure and consistently available to your users around the globe. 🔒

![Image](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/0nq1uxs55b6x6aowyzwh.png)
<figcaption>https://vercel.com/security</figcaption>

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### Performance 📈

Vercel has

✅ serverless architecture
✅ autoscaling capabilities

that ensure web applications scale based on traffic, handling sudden spikes without downtime.

![Image](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/5vp4htgev68thdbho36m.png)
<figcaption>https://vercel.com/resources/collections/performance</figcaption>

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### Cost 💵

Vercel offers three plans.

1️⃣ **_Hobby_** -> personal, non-commercial use
2️⃣ **_Pro_** -> small teams with moderate bandwidth and collaboration requirements
3️⃣ **_Enterprise_** -> teams seeking greater performance, collaboration, and security

Additional bandwidth can be purchased for Pro at $40 per 100 GB, uncapped.

![Image](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/403yx51g0r81n70az7xa.png)
<figcaption>https://vercel.com/pricing</figcaption>

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### Integration with other tools 🛠

It supports integration with third-party services like

✅ Okta
✅ AWS Cognito
✅ Google Sign-In 

for user authentication and access control.

![Image](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/lohzozvitcwb1ng2jg4x.png)
<figcaption>https://vercel.com/integrations</figcaption>

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### Final Thoughts 🙌

Continue your exploration of Vercel from [here](https://vercel.com) and experience the awesome deployment powers it offers.

Share your experiences in the comment section with Vercel and let the discussion begin!

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