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Next.js adds the infrastructure that production React applications need but that plain React does not provide: server-side rendering for SEO and performance, file-based routing, image and font optimisation, API routes, and React Server Components that reduce client-side JavaScript. Building a production application in plain React (via Vite or Create React App) requires assembling these capabilities manually. Next.js 15 with App Router provides a complete full-stack framework — your team writes React components and Next.js handles routing, rendering, caching, and deployment optimisation.

The App Router is Next.js's current routing system, introduced in Next.js 13 and stable in Next.js 14 and 15. It introduces React Server Components as the default — components render on the server and send HTML to the browser without shipping the component's JavaScript. Client Components (marked with 'use client') handle interactivity. The App Router also adds layouts (shared UI across routes), loading states, error boundaries, and parallel routes. CV Infotech builds all new Next.js projects on the App Router. cvinfotech.com itself uses Next.js 15 App Router throughout.

Next.js development at CV Infotech costs $30 per hour. A Next.js marketing site with 10 to 20 pages costs $3,000 to $8,000. A Next.js SaaS application with authentication, billing, and a core feature set costs $15,000 to $50,000. A Next.js dashboard or admin application costs $5,000 to $20,000. A complete codebase migration from Create React App or Vite to Next.js App Router costs $4,000 to $15,000. US-based Next.js agencies charge $100 to $200 per hour.

Yes. Next.js is one of the strongest frameworks for SEO-critical applications. React Server Components render HTML on the server — search engines receive fully rendered content rather than a JavaScript shell that requires client-side execution. Next.js 15's Metadata API allows precise per-page and per-template control over title, description, Open Graph, Twitter Card, canonical URLs, and JSON-LD structured data. next/image optimises images automatically (WebP conversion, lazy loading, size attributes) which improves Core Web Vitals. CV Infotech's own website — cvinfotech.com — is built in Next.js 15 with structured data on every page and a sitemap at /sitemap.xml.

The Pages Router (pages/ directory) is Next.js's original routing system, using getServerSideProps and getStaticProps for data fetching. It is stable and widely deployed. The App Router (app/ directory) is the current routing system, introduced in Next.js 13, using React Server Components and async/await for data fetching directly in components. The App Router is Vercel's recommended approach for new projects. We build new projects on the App Router and maintain existing Pages Router projects. Migration from Pages Router to App Router is a scoped engagement — we audit before quoting.

For many applications, yes. Next.js API routes and Server Actions handle server-side logic, database queries, authentication, and third-party API calls without a separate backend. For a standard SaaS, dashboard, or content application, Next.js full-stack eliminates the need for a separate Node.js or Laravel backend. A separate backend is still appropriate when: the backend needs to serve multiple clients (web app, mobile app, third-party API) with a single API, when the backend logic is complex enough to justify a dedicated service, or when the team has deep expertise in a specific backend language that justifies the separation.

Yes, by default. Vercel is created by the Next.js team and provides the best deployment experience for Next.js applications — automatic preview deployments for every git branch, edge network delivery, built-in Core Web Vitals monitoring, image optimisation CDN, and zero-config environment variable management. cvinfotech.com is deployed on Vercel. For clients who require AWS, we deploy Next.js on EC2, ECS, or Lambda (via SST or OpenNext). The deployment target is discussed in the discovery call.

Turbopack is Next.js's Rust-based bundler, replacing Webpack. It is stable in Next.js 15 for local development (next dev --turbopack). Turbopack produces significantly faster hot module replacement — large codebases that take 10 to 30 seconds to update with Webpack reload in under 1 second with Turbopack. This improves developer velocity, particularly on large codebases. Turbopack is enabled by default for new Next.js 15 projects.

Yes. Pages Router to App Router migration is a structured process: auditing current data fetching patterns (getServerSideProps, getStaticProps), identifying which components need 'use client' directives, migrating layouts from _app.js to app/layout.tsx, converting API routes to Route Handlers or Server Actions, and updating Metadata from Head components to the Metadata API. The migration can be done incrementally — the Pages Router and App Router can coexist during migration. We scope migrations after a codebase audit.

Yes, TypeScript strict mode is our default on all new Next.js projects. TypeScript catches type errors at compile time, provides IDE autocomplete across the codebase, and makes large codebases significantly more maintainable. cvinfotech.com is built in TypeScript strict mode. Every component, server action, and API route handler is typed. Projects delivered without TypeScript are explicitly scoped as JavaScript-only when the client requests it.

A Next.js marketing site (10-20 pages, no backend) takes 3 to 7 weeks. A Next.js SaaS application with authentication, billing, and core features takes 12 to 22 weeks. A Next.js dashboard or admin application takes 5 to 14 weeks. A Pages Router to App Router migration takes 3 to 10 weeks depending on codebase size. All timelines assume a complete brief at project start and client feedback within 48 hours.

The clearest reason: cvinfotech.com is built in Next.js 15 App Router. View its source. Check /sitemap.xml. Every JSON-LD schema, every Server Component, every Tailwind class is production Next.js from our team. No other agency in this SERP can point to their own live website as the portfolio piece. Add $30/hour, 512 verified 5.0 reviews on Freelancer.com, and 100% in-house development — and the value proposition is clear.