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How is this different from the likes of https://vercel.com/ https://vercel.com/ ? It doesn't need to be – but understanding the difference / similarities with
by gajus 6y ago
How is this different from the likes of https://vercel.com/ https://vercel.com/ ?
It doesn't need to be – but understanding the difference / similarities with other tools that have a similar sounding proposition helps with user acquisition / defining your niche.
- colinchartier 6y agoWe're halfway between CircleCI and Vercel - not for production hosting, but easily allowing for backends / databases to run (including a separate backend for every push)
- gajus 6y agoWhy wouldn't I just deploy with every commit to Vercel? Either using GitHub actions or GitLab CI/CD?
- colinchartier 6y agoIt takes significantly longer - we have advanced snapshotting logic to skip steps like "start the database" that you'd otherwise have to run every time you pushed. We also auto-hibernate the instances, so you don't have to pay for a bunch of separate databases running in parallel. Don't just listen to me though, try the free tier for yourself! A lot of our users combine LayerCI for developer tooling and vercel/netlify/GCP/AWS for deployment, they're quite complimentary.
- nrmitchi 6y agoMany production-hosting solutions offer similar functionality, but the catch is that they only really work if you're already using that system. If you're already deploying on Vercel, then you likely just want to use Vercel's solution. The same goes for Netlify Preview Deploys, Heroku Review Apps, Render Pull Request Previews, etc. If you are not using one of these PaaS's, trying to tap into one for just this functionality tends to end up rather convoluted, and somewhat defeats the purpose.