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Appwrite Sites vs Vercel: Choosing the right web hosting platform
- Appwrite Sites and Vercel are popular web hosting platforms for deploying modern web applications, offering features like instant previews, custom domain support, and automatic HTTPS.
- Appwrite Sites is tightly integrated into the Appwrite ecosystem, allowing for unified deployment of static and server-side rendered web applications alongside backend services.
- In terms of hosting architecture, Vercel primarily focuses on frontend deployment, while Appwrite Sites provides full-stack hosting, handling everything from user auth to server-side logic.
- Both platforms support Git-based deployment workflows, allowing for easy deployment by connecting a GitHub repo and pushing changes to a selected branch.
- Vercel excels at handling static assets and serverless-rendered content, while Appwrite Sites offers a more integrated deployment environment with manual deployment support via a simple interface.
- Appwrite Sites supports a wide range of frameworks for both static and dynamic applications, providing customization options for build and install commands.
- Both platforms offer static hosting and server-side rendering, with Appwrite Sites running SSR apps in isolated containers, providing full runtime access and capturing SSR logs.
- Environment variable management is strong on both platforms, with Appwrite Sites offering project-wide and site-specific variables, as well as built-in environment variables for easier integration.
- Appwrite Sites provides domain, CORS, and routing support, allowing for custom domain connections and branch-specific URLs, while ensuring trust between frontend and backend deployments.
- In terms of security, both platforms enforce HTTPS and protect secret environment variables, with Appwrite Sites offering container isolation per deployment and TLS enforcement for added security.
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