Vercel

Vercel hosts our Next.js applications and the scripts that power our Webflow sites. Every change goes live via a deployment, with a preview environment for every version and a global network that ensures the application is fast everywhere. No servers, no configuration, no downtime during updates.

What Vercel is

A hosting platform from the creators of Next.js. You connect a repository, and Vercel builds and publishes with every change. Each version gets its own URL for testing. Serverless functions for APIs and background tasks, a CDN for static files, and built-in logging and analytics.

What we use it for

Applications in Next.js alongside a Webflow site, such as the Mitsubishi Data Manager. The animation scripts for our sites, including this one, so we can manage them independently of Webflow. Integrations that are too heavy for Make: data-intensive synchronizations, generators, and scheduled tasks. And our own custom tools.

How it fits into our stack

Webflow for the site, Vercel for everything that involves code. Data from Xano or Airtable. A subdomain of your own domain, for example app.yourcompany.com, with the same branding as the site.

When not to use it

Not for a Webflow site itself; Webflow hosts those. Also not for an application on Wized and Xano; those run within Webflow. Vercel comes into play as soon as there is custom code involved.