For deployment, the project will be hosted using Vercel for the frontend and Render for the backend:
Frontend (Vercel):
The frontend built with Next.js will be deployed on Vercel, which provides seamless integration with Next.js, fast global CDN, automatic builds, and easy environment variable management.
Backend (Render):
The backend (Node.js/Express) will be deployed on Render, a reliable cloud platform that supports continuous deployment from GitHub, automatic SSL, and scalable hosting for APIs.
This setup ensures:
The frontend (Vercel) communicates efficiently with the backend API (Render).
Both services can be continuously deployed with every code push.
The app remains performant, cost-effective, and production-ready.
Although there is no rigidity in the platforms we can deploy. These are more preferable.