Gatsby vs Next - sarahduv-401-advanced-javascript/seattle-javascript-401d32 GitHub Wiki

At first glance..

• When you first look at Gatsby and next.js, they look similar since they both do the following:
• Generate very performant websites.
• Creates SPA out-of-the-box.
• Creates good SEO out-of-the-box
• Have an awesome developer experience.
• Also, neither of them are boilerplates but toolkits

Although they have many similarities, they are at the same time different..

• Static site generator (Gatsby) vs. server side rendered pages (next.js)
• Gatsby dictates how you handle your data, but next.js does not

When to use Gatsby

• When you don't have to worry about scaling, and when you know the data will be static.

When to NOT use Gatsby

• When you have a lot of data or if you expect it to grow over time. In other words, when you know the data will not remain static.

Source: https://blog.jakoblind.no/gatsby-vs-next/