Next.js consultant for teams facing a migration or cost crisis
Written audit of routing, caching, Vercel cost, and migration path. Optional implementation follow-up. Clear answers for leadership.
Who this is for
Engineering leader on a Next.js application who wants an outside senior to validate architecture before a re-platform or a major launch.
The pain today
- Team is split between Pages Router and App Router — no plan to unify.
- Vercel cost is climbing faster than traffic.
- ISR plus edge caching is misbehaving and nobody can explain why.
- Leadership wants a document before approving a 12-week migration.
The outcome you get
- A written Next.js audit covering routing, caching, cost, and migration.
- A sample Pages-to-App migration plan with hours and risks.
- A Vercel cost plan with levers and estimated savings.
- A clear rewrite-vs-refactor recommendation.
What the Next.js audit covers
The audit walks the codebase end to end: routing model (Pages vs App vs hybrid), data-fetching pattern (getServerSideProps, RSC, client fetch, Server Actions), caching layers (Next cache, fetch cache, Cache Components, Vercel CDN, any self-hosted Redis), middleware scope, ISR and PPR usage, bundle size and client JS budget, image pipeline, metadata and SEO baseline, Vercel project settings (edge vs node, output modes, region), and observability. Each finding lands in a table with severity, cost impact (in Vercel dollars per month where measurable), and estimated fix hours.
Imohub — what the advisory output actually looks like
Imohub needed to index 120k+ properties on Next.js with real estate search latency under 0.5 seconds and a Google-friendly URL structure. The audit before rebuild covered routing (ISR plus on-demand revalidation), search backend (Meilisearch over Mongo versus Postgres), image pipeline (optimized formats, lazy loading, critical path), and deploy topology (Vercel plus AWS hybrid). The written plan drove the rebuild, which delivered under 0.5 second queries, top-3 Google rankings, and roughly 70% infrastructure cost cut. The document came first. The code came after.
Sample Pages-to-App migration plan
A typical migration plan has four phases. Phase 1 is the foundation: App Router enabled alongside Pages, shared layout extracted, TypeScript strict mode, metadata migrated. Phase 2 is the leaf routes: static and marketing pages moved to App first. Phase 3 is the data-heavy routes: list and detail pages moved with RSC plus streaming. Phase 4 is the interactive routes: dashboards, forms, authenticated flows — the hardest and the last. Each phase has hours, risks, regression-test coverage needed, and a rollback path.
Pricing and scope
Advisory engagement at $4,500 per month (pro-rated for 1 to 4 week scope). Deliverables: written audit report (15 to 30 pages), Vercel cost model with scenarios, prioritized fix list with hours, one 60-minute debrief call with leadership, and a follow-up call two weeks later. If you want me to execute the fixes the Applications subscription at $3,499 per month covers implementation. Most teams do the audit first and decide after.
Recent proof
A comparable engagement, delivered and documented.
Rebuilt a real estate portal at a fraction of the cost
Rebuilt Imóveis SC's real estate portal as ImoHub — a faster, more scalable successor — handling 120k+ properties with sub-second search and drastically reduced AWS costs.
Frequently asked questions
The questions prospects ask before they book.
- How long does a Next.js audit take?
- 1 to 4 weeks. A typical App Router mid-size app takes 2 weeks. A larger Pages-router monolith with no tests takes 4.
- Do you need access to Vercel billing?
- Read-only access to the Vercel dashboard plus analytics is ideal. If that is blocked I can work from a recent invoice and the usage graphs exported manually.
- Can you recommend for or against a rewrite?
- Yes. The audit always ends with a rewrite-vs-refactor recommendation plus the hours and risk to back it. Most Next.js apps should refactor — rewrites are rare and reserved for Next.js 10 or older.
- Do you cover edge runtime and middleware?
- Yes. Edge vs node runtime decisions and middleware cost analysis are both inside the audit. Middleware that runs on every request is one of the fastest ways to inflate a Vercel bill.
- Will the audit hold up in a board meeting?
- Yes. The report is written for engineers and for leadership — each finding has a business-cost framing (Vercel dollars, engineer hours, launch risk) not just a technical one.
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