Vercel
Vercel provides fast, serverless hosting and deployment for static sites and frontend frameworks with global CDN. · Vercel · Hosting
Overview
Vercel offers a generous free tier for static and frontend hosting, ideal for personal, student, and open source projects with easy Git integration and global CDN.
Good fit
Use Vercel for quick, zero-config deployment of static sites or frontend frameworks with automatic previews and global CDN.
- static sites
- Next.js apps
- personal projects
- open source demos
Not a fit
Avoid if you need backend databases, custom server regions, or advanced serverless features beyond the free tier limits.
- heavy backend workloads
- custom serverless regions
- large teams
- enterprise compliance
Quickstart · 5 steps
- Sign up at vercel.com with your GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket account.
- Import your repository and select the project framework (e.g., Next.js, React).
- Configure build settings if needed or accept defaults.
- Click 'Deploy' to trigger your first deployment.
- Access your live site via the provided Vercel URL.
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