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by rymate1234 2243 days ago
Main difference with Vercel / ZEIT is that unlike Netlify, it can more easily have SSR pages.

So like if you're using NextJS for instance, on Netlify you can only really use the static site generation features of NextJS, whereas with Vercel you have SSR pages as well as the API functions.

Also Vercel _can_ do full standard servers if needed, including for NodeJS https://vercel.com/docs/runtimes#advanced-usage/advanced-nod... or Python https://vercel.com/docs/runtimes#advanced-usage/advanced-pyt...
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pier25 2243 days ago
But Netlify also has cloud functions, no?
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dance2die 2243 days ago
Not for SSR.
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pier25 2242 days ago
Surely you can output HTML from any cloud function.

I guess the difference with Zeit is in the routing?

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