Best Modern Hosting (2025)
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🧊Nice Pick
Vercel
Deploy Next.js in 30 seconds. The gold standard for frontend.
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Nice PickDeploy Next.js in 30 seconds. The gold standard for frontend.
Pros
- +Best-in-class DX
- +Preview deploys
- +Edge functions
- +Next.js native
Cons
- -Pricey at scale
- -Vendor lock-in concerns
- -Bandwidth costs
The OG Jamstack host. Solid but Vercel has the edge.
Pros
- +Great free tier
- +Form handling
- +Split testing
- +Mature platform
Cons
- -Slower builds
- -Less Next.js focus
- -DX slightly behind
Compare:vs Vercel
Deploy like a pro without the DevOps drama—just don't ask where your servers are.
Pros
- +Any language/framework
- +Simple pricing
- +Good DX
- +Databases included
- +Dead-simple deployment with a slick CLI and UI
- +Automatic scaling and monitoring out of the box
- +Great for prototypes and startups with zero config headaches
Cons
- -Newer
- -Less edge support
- -Smaller community
- -Pricing can get murky as your app grows
- -Limited control over underlying infrastructure
The developer-friendly cloud that actually makes sense, if you can stomach the price.
Pros
- +Predictable pricing
- +Managed databases
- +Background workers
- +Dead-simple deployment from Git with zero config
- +Automatic SSL and scaling that just works
- +Clean, intuitive UI that doesn't make you want to scream
Cons
- -Slower deploys
- -Less innovation
- -Basic DX
- -Pricing can get steep fast for anything beyond hobby projects
- -Limited customizability compared to AWS or Kubernetes
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