React hosting guide
Vercel vs Cloudflare for React
Vercel and Cloudflare are both credible React hosting choices. The right answer depends on framework needs, runtime compatibility, traffic shape, and team workflow.
Recommended starting point: Vercel for Next.js defaults, Cloudflare for static and edge-first sites
What matters most
Choose Vercel when Next.js compatibility, preview deployments, and framework-native defaults matter more than infrastructure control.
Choose Cloudflare when static asset delivery, DNS control, edge reach, and low operational cost are the primary concerns.
For an existing production app, test both providers with the exact build output and compare behavior before moving the domain.
Deployment steps
- Identify whether the app is static, server-rendered, or full-stack.
- Deploy a preview to both providers using the same commit.
- Compare routing, cache headers, redirects, environment variables, and page speed.
- Pick the platform that needs fewer exceptions for your app, not the one with the longest feature list.