Why Choose Vercel for Your SaaS Deployment

Picking the right deployment platform for your SaaS is a vital decision, although you might not perceive it as a big deal initially.

Much like that time when you figured the hotel minibar was on the house. Unexpectedly, you incur crazy charges at check-out. Quite a pickle, eh?

Imagine something similar happening with your startup, but with additional zeros at the end of that bill. 

Considering I'm about to recommend Vercel, the haters will cry about this very scenario becoming reality. They will say that it's just a wrapper for AWS.

Well, then why don't you just talk to the database directly? Why do you need to write an API? It's just a wrapper for your database.

The reality is, yes, you could just use AWS and maybe save yourself some time with Terraform. But you'd still have to have some DevOps chops in case something went wrong.

If you just want to write features for your SaaS or focus on delivering your MVP quickly and reliably, then a platform like Vercel will make life better for you and your developers.

Frictionless Developer Experience  

With Vercel, you can hook up your GitHub repository, push code, and deploy instantly. Follow the status of your build and rollback deployments that break with a single click.

You won't have to spend time setting up staging and production environments. Just have your environment variables ready to plug in, and you'll be on your way. 

You can even comment on real user interfaces running in production as if they were design mockups in Figma. 

Visibility into Performance  

Vercel keeps you updated about your performance in real time. From your application dashboard, you can monitor key metrics like deploy frequency, build time, and bundle size while staying alert about build failures.

You'll also get traffic and performance metrics out of the box that are privacy-friendly.

Managed Infrastructure

Ever struggled with AWS configurations? Vercel solves those challenges with ease. No complex server, database, caching, security policies, or load-balancing configuration is required. Vercel does it all. 

Vercel scales automatically, so you'll have no nightmares about traffic spikes or overloaded servers. It efficiently distributes assets and pages globally without the need for manual configuration. 

Pricing compared to AWS

What about costs? With a generous free tier and lower costs for startups with smaller workloads, you'll save on hiring a DevOps engineer to set up and monitor AWS for you. Some of us with time machines have enough experience to tell you that there's no rush to leave managed services.

I've seen at companies I've worked for as well. If your infrastructure isn't set up right, it doesn't matter how much you pay AWS. Your application will be fragile.

You'll face your fair share of critical tasks at an early stage, such as user acquisition, meeting user demands for features, fundraising, and more. 

With Vercel, your application will consistently stay online and remain secure against hacking attempts. Play around with the free tier and see how much time you’ll save on setting up your own infrastructure.