Question 1

Is gr8s really cheaper than Vercel?

Accepted Answer

For self-hosted use it can be, because you pay for a server instead of per-request usage. The managed plan is 48 EUR per year. The peer-reviewed benchmark measured about 5x fewer servers for the same workload, but your bill depends on how you host.

Question 2

How does it handle SEO without server-side rendering?

Accepted Answer

gr8s renders your exported SPA and analyses the resulting page for meta tags, headings, alt text, links and schema. The analysis runs inside the pipeline, so you get the score while building instead of from a separate crawler later.

Question 3

Can I migrate an existing Next.js app?

Accepted Answer

Often yes, but be realistic: Next.js-specific features such as server components, ISR and server actions are not drop-in. A client-rendered Next.js app that can export as a static SPA is a much better fit.

Question 4

Is it really 30x faster?

Accepted Answer

We do not claim that. The peer-reviewed paper reports about 5x fewer servers, roughly 9.8x lower overall energy use, and lower memory (82.54 MB against 411.91 MB). We stick to what was measured.

Question 5

What frameworks are supported?

Accepted Answer

Any framework that can export a single-page app: React, Vue, Svelte, Nuxt and others. The server itself is framework agnostic.

Question 6

Can I use it for a plain static site?

Accepted Answer

Yes. gr8s serves static sites too, and the SEO analysis runs on the rendered HTML regardless of how you generated it.

Criteria	gr8s by Codoma.tech (this product)	Next.js + Vercel
Infrastructure needed for the same load	About 5x fewer servers (peer-reviewed) ✓	Baseline
Overall energy use	About 9.8x lower (peer-reviewed) ✓	Baseline
Memory per server under load	82.54 MB (benchmarked) ✓	411.91 MB (benchmarked)
SEO analysis	Built in, scored during render ✓	Bring separate audit tools
Development mental model	Client-only SPA, export and serve ✓	Server and client components with boundaries
Framework support	React, Vue, Svelte, Nuxt, any SPA export	React first ✓
Ecosystem and community	Small and focused	Very large, thousands of plugins and tutorials ✓
Pricing model	Free self-hosted, or 48 EUR per year managed ✓	Usage based, Pro from 20 USD per month plus usage
Self-hosting	Single Docker image, any cloud ✓	Vercel-optimised

gr8s vs Next.js and Vercel

How to decide

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