The reason I love Next.js + Vercel though is because I don't need anything else for the frontend (besides a CMS maybe).

If I have to use:

1) Pusher for realtime

2) Supabase for DB

3) Temporal for workflows

4) Vercel / Netlify, etc. for functions / cron jobs

My backend becomes primarily a bunch of stuff glued together, rather than something cohesive like Next.js