In short
- Next.js is a React framework that produces fast, well-indexed pages and can also carry a full application.
- Choose it for a platform, a SaaS or a showcase site that has to be fast, multilingual and long-lived.
- Stay on WordPress if what you mostly want is a blog you edit yourself and no custom development.
- We have six Next.js projects live, from bilingual showcase sites to a legal platform with AI.
Next.js in one sentence
Next.js is a framework built on React and maintained by Vercel. It renders pages ahead of time where it can (very fast, easy for Google to index) and on demand where it must (accounts, dashboards, live data). One tool covers both the marketing site and the application.
Next.js or WordPress?
| Next.js | WordPress | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | Static pages served from a CDN, very fast | Depends on theme and plugins; often heavy |
| Security | No public admin to attack on a static site | Frequent target; plugin updates to keep up with |
| Custom work | No ceiling: it is code | Bounded by themes and plugins |
| Editing content | Through a connected CMS, or content files | Very simple, built in |
| Applications (accounts, billing, AI) | Natural fit | Possible, but you leave the happy path fast |
If your main need is publishing articles yourself, WordPress is still a good choice and we will say so. Once there is a product, users, careful multilingual content or real speed requirements, Next.js is sturdier and cheaper to maintain.
What it changes for SEO
- The HTML is complete on first load: Google reads everything without running JavaScript.
- Titles, descriptions, hreflang, sitemap and structured data are generated per page, in code.
- Images are resized and compressed automatically, which helps Core Web Vitals.
- Localised URLs (/fr/…, /en/…) are straightforward — this site is one.
Our Next.js projects in production
- El Maître — bilingual legal platform with an AI assistant grounded in 8,000+ legal articles.
- Taland — job platform with AI-powered matching.
- Yalors — sales prospecting across LinkedIn, email and WhatsApp, with subscriptions.
- TalentFindr — front end of a recruiting SaaS.
- SDMCO and Sogetrac — bilingual sites for two companies in Guinea.
The stack around it
Node.js and Express for APIs, PostgreSQL (with pgvector for semantic search), Supabase for auth where it fits, Docker for server deployments, Vercel for static sites. Widely used tools, so any developer can pick the project up after us.