Vercel

Vercel is a frontend cloud platform that makes deploying and scaling modern web applications fast and simple. Developers connect a Git repository and Vercel automatically builds and deploys on every push, serving the result from a global edge network with CDN caching, serverless and edge functions, and automatic HTTPS. As the company behind Next.js, Vercel offers a best-in-class experience for React and Next.js apps, but it supports many frameworks. The platform's standout is developer workflow. Every pull request gets a unique preview deployment with a shareable URL, so teams review real, running changes before merging; instant rollbacks revert to any previous deployment; and built-in analytics, logs, and observability surface performance and errors. Vercel has also expanded into AI and data — the AI SDK, AI Gateway, v0 (AI app generation), and storage/edge primitives — so teams can build full applications, not just host front ends. Vercel serves individual developers, startups, and enterprises building web experiences, with SSO, compliance, and controls at the top tier. Pricing has a free Hobby plan for non-commercial projects, a Pro plan at about $20 per seat per month (with included usage credit and pay-as-you-go compute), and custom Enterprise for large organizations needing SLAs, security, and scale. It competes with Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, AWS Amplify, and Render, differentiating on Next.js integration, preview deployments, and developer experience.