Question 1

Is gr8s really cheaper than Vercel?

Accepted Answer

gr8s is one product — hosting, SEO authoring, analytics and CDN deploy — for a flat 96 EUR a year at the founding price, and self-hosting runs on a single server instead of per-request usage. Vercel Pro is 20 USD per user per month plus usage, and you still add an SEO audit tool and an analytics service on top. We keep the price low because we do the work smarter, not because we do less: the peer-reviewed benchmark measured about 5x fewer servers for the same workload, and that leaner footprint is what makes a flat, lower price possible.

Question 2

How does it handle SEO without server-side rendering?

Accepted Answer

gr8s serves your exported SPA and merges in SEO content from a data source: per-URL titles, meta descriptions, Open Graph tags and schema. S³ Studio produces that data source by rendering and analysing your site, and the server applies it to the HTML it serves. The analysis and authoring happen in the Studio during your workflow, not in the request path — which is why there is no SSR and no server components to maintain.

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. You author the SEO content in S³ Studio exactly as you would for an SPA, and the server merges it into the static HTML.

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	Authored + scored in S³ Studio, applied by the server ✓	Bring separate audit tools
What you'd otherwise run separately	One product: server + Studio + analytics + CDN deploy ✓	A host, an audit tool, an analytics service and glue
Search and AI discovery	sitemap.xml, robots.txt, IndexNow and llm.txt ✓	Framework-dependent, bring your own
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 plan, or 96 EUR per year for Pro ✓	Usage based, Pro from 20 USD per month plus usage
Traffic analytics	Cookieless, real-time dashboard on Pro (embedded in the panel) ✓	Real-time, usage metered
Platform breadth (previews, functions, WAF)	Not offered	Extensive ✓
Hosting options	Managed cloud, or the same single Docker image anywhere ✓	Vercel-optimised

gr8s vs Next.js and Vercel

How to decide

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