Firebase Hosting / Functions vs Zeit Now

Question

I have a next.js Server side rendered application. hosted in Zeit now and Firebase Hosting / Functions, the same app. Google insight gives different performance analysis,

Firebase Mobile : 20 Desktop : 40

Now.sh Mobile : 60 Desktop : 80

can someone explain this

Answer 1

• ZEIT Now is made by the creators of Next.js and has first-class support for Next.js. When you deploy your Next.js app to ZEIT Now, the following happens by default:
  • Pages that use Static Generation and assets (JS, CSS, images, fonts, etc) will automatically be served from the ZEIT Now Smart CDN, which is blazingly fast.
  • Pages that use Server-Side Rendering and API routes will automatically become isolated Serverless Functions. This allows page rendering and API requests to scale infinitely.

These optimizations are likely why your page speeds are better with now.sh.

Edit: FYI, ZEIT rebranded to Vercel.