Vercel is a deployment and hosting platform for web applications, commonly used with frameworks like Next.js.
What it’s used for
- Deploying websites and apps (build + hosting).
- Pull request previews (deploy previews).
- CDN/edge delivery for performance.
Common issues
- Build failures: dependencies, environment variables, Node version.
- Slow deploys: build queue, large repos, incidents.
- Domain not working: DNS records, propagation, domain configuration.
Status
- Check incidents at vercel-status.com.