Why Stay on Vercel vs Moving to AWS

Developer Velocity

• 90% less time managing infrastructure vs AWS
• Build times drop from 10+ minutes to <1 minute (real customer data)
• 4x more feature releases compared to traditional hosting

Zero Infrastructure Management

• Framework-defined infrastructure - no IaC needed
• Automatic scaling & patches - true NoOps
• Instant preview deployments for every branch

Cost of Migration

• Engineering time diverted from product to DevOps
• Opportunity cost of slower iteration cycles
• Team productivity loss during transition period

Strategic Partnership

• Best of both worlds - Vercel frontend + AWS backend
• Official AWS collaboration announced in 2024
• No vendor lock-in concerns

Bottom Line

Moving to AWS means trading product velocity for infrastructure complexity. Your team will spend months rebuilding what Vercel provides out-of-the-box, while competitors ship features faster.

Recommendation: Stay on Vercel for frontend, use AWS for backend services where needed.