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Vercel vs dFlow

Vercel is excellent for frontend-first teams. dFlow is a flexible deployment platform that works on your infrastructure or via dFlow-managed hosting giving you backend control, predictable costs, and portability.

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Vercel

A managed hosting platform built around Next.js, focused on frontend frameworks and simplicity.

PricingFree → Usage-based
Framework FocusNext.js
InfrastructureFully Managed
ScalingAuto-scaling managed
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dFlow

A self-hosted platform with better performance, lower costs, and complete control over your infrastructure.

Platform FeeFree
Framework FocusAny Framework
InfrastructureFully Yours
ScalingCustom scaling control

Why Teams Choose dFlow

Predictable Costs

No per-request or bandwidth-based billing. You only pay for the infrastructure you choose.

Deploy Anywhere

Use dFlow on your own servers or via dFlow-managed hosting at app.dflow.sh.

Full Backend Control

Control runtimes, networking, background jobs, and scaling without black-box limits.

Deployment & Hosting

FeatureVerceldFlow
Hosting Model
Fully managed by Vercel
Self-hosted or dFlow-managed
Static Site Generation
Supported
Supported
Preview Deployments
Built-in
Not built-in
Custom Domains
Yes
Yes
SSL Certificates
Automatic
Automatic + custom config

Developer Experience

FeatureVerceldFlow
Git Integration
GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
GitHub (others coming)
Framework Support
Frontend-first (Next.js)
Any framework
Team Collaboration
Basic roles
Granular roles & access

Infrastructure & Control

FeatureVerceldFlow
Infrastructure Ownership
Vercel-managed
You own it
Databases
Managed add-ons
Bring your own or managed
Monitoring & Logs
Service-level visibility
Server-level visibility
Vendor Lock-in
Platform-dependent
Low (portable & self-hosted)

Need More Than Frontend Hosting?

Move to dFlow for backend services, background jobs, databases, and full infrastructure ownership.

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