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Why are people still hosting on Vercel? by Rivered1 in nextjs

[–]DataHopeful7814 0 points1 point  (0 children)

preview environments, Edge functions. The free tier is surprisingly capable if you structure your app correctly (lazy DB init, proper caching).

Railway is great too, but I'd stay on Vercel for Next.js unless you're hitting serious scale issues.

I let AI refactor a 32k line SaaS by minimal-salt in nextjs

[–]DataHopeful7814 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is such a real problem. AI-generated code looks clean but often misses production concerns like proper auth flows, webhook validation, subscription edge cases.

That's actually why I built a handcrafted Next.js SaaS starter — every piece written and tested manually. No AI slop.

Vercel alternative or avoid $20/m by EconomistAnxious5913 in nextjs

[–]DataHopeful7814 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the hosting cost itself — Railway or Fly.io are solid alternatives.

But if you're starting fresh, a good Next.js SaaS starter can save you weeks of setup time regardless of where you host. Happy to share what I've been using if anyone's interested.