My personal recommendations
When it comes to looking for a solution for hosting your Next.js site, what are some of the common things you would value as the Engineering Manager for:
A mom and pop business
- I would value a solution that makes hosting intuitive and easy to reason about.
- I would most likely be working with a very small team and want to focus on website content rather than hassling with hosting.
- I most likely would not have dedicated developers managing hosting and would want a solution that requires little supervision. I want as little configuration as possible.
- However, just because I cannot devote staff to exclusively managing hosting, that doesn't mean I am willing to compromise when it comes to security.
- I want a hosting option that scales with my company growing.
- I want information on who is interacting with my website.
- I want flexibility in terms of deciding what frontend framework I use.
- I want easy integration with third-party tools.
- I want a flexible price option since, as a small business, financial resources can be limited.
- I would want excellent SEO benefits.
Non-fungible tokens(NFT)
- I would value a solution emphasizing security since NFTs are digital assets.
- I would want a reliable hosting service to ensure that my site does not suddenly go down.
- I want hosting that can handle highly fluctuating traffic volumes to my website.
- I would want tools (SDKs) that make developing a website handling NFTs (Thirdweb is one example).
- I would want hosting that is universally fast. I might have customers from all over the world, and I want hosting that ensures all users have the same performant experience.
A Marketing Page for a large corporation like Nintendo
- I would value a solution that leverages tools that help my company perform at a large scale, are secure, and have customized support from the hosting provider.
- I would expect a dedicated infrastructure that guarantees the website can perform well regardless of customer demand.
- I would want a high level of customization in all areas of development.
- I would want dedicated staff from the hosting company that could assist with issues that arise with hosting.
- I would want easy integration with other tools the company is using.
- I want speed in development and a hosting provider that makes that possible.
- I want lightning fast page loading times.
- The highest levels of security are a given.