Vercel— What’s Your Honest Take?

Question

Vercel is a big name in our community, but I want to hear from real users. What’s great about it? What’s frustrating or could be improved?

Brett Chalmers · Accepted Answer

To get the ball rolling:

- The free tier is pretty generous.
- I do wish they offered better logging and session replays.

Stoyan Korudzhiev · Answer

I totally agree. Vercel’s free tier is a lifesaver, especially for small projects and testing things out. It’s amazing how much you can get done without hitting a paywall.

Brett Chalmers · Answer

@stoyan_korudzhiev anything you wish was included in there product offering?

Karen Isbell · Answer

@brett_chalmers Around 10-15 sec sometimes...potentially concerning at launch time

Stoyan Korudzhiev · Answer

@brett_chalmers I really love Vercel for how easy and efficient it makes deployments, but if I had to pick something, I’d say a bit more flexibility in their serverless functions would be great. The current execution time and memory limits can feel a bit tight for more complex applications.

Another thing is the 13 GB disk space limit during builds—it’s manageable for most projects, but for larger ones, it can be a bit tricky. It’d be awesome if they could offer more options or resources for projects that need a bit more breathing room.

Matthew David Harris · Answer

Vercel is awesome for quickly deploying projects. The free tier is generous but agree, better logging and session replay would be clutch. Netlify is another good option with solid features. Curious what others think about the developer experience and ease of use between the two platforms!

Brett Chalmers · Answer

@karen_isbell Cold starts?

Answer

Vercel's free tier is solid for small projects. Wish they had better logging tho. I'd also love to see them add direct integration with AI tools like GPT to help generate boilerplate code and refactor stuff automatically. That'd be a game changer to speed up dev workflows on the platform imho.

Vercel— What’s Your Honest Take?

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