Vercel
Best for
Best-in-class Next.js hosting with Vercel AI SDK — the default for deploying AI-powered frontend apps
Limitations
Vendor lock-in on serverless primitives; cold starts on serverless functions; expensive at scale for compute-heavy AI workloads; free tier has bandwidth limits
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Vercel
Vercel is the company behind Next.js and the Vercel AI SDK. It's the default deployment platform for Next.js applications and provides first-party support for AI features — streaming, tool calling, and structured output via the AI SDK.
For AI agent developers building frontend-facing agent experiences, Vercel is the most integrated option. Edge functions, serverless API routes, and the AI SDK's streaming primitives work together out of the box. The tradeoff is lock-in — Vercel-specific features (middleware, edge config, cron) don't port cleanly to other platforms.