On one end you have something like https://vike.dev, very light framework. It might not have all the bells and whistles like Next but your code is going to be your code and if you change your mind you should be able to switch to anything in the future.

In the middle you have something like Astro or Remix. More creature comforts but they try to be close to web standards. Remix forms can work without js.

Then on the opposite end you have Next. Monkey patching fetch method, headache inducing cache behavior (now probably finally gone by default), common breaking changes, strange middleware implementation, relying on unstable React features and most importantly the only-on-Vercel features: Incremental Static Regeneration, image optimization etc. No other framework needs sth like https://opennext.js.org/