You've decided to leave WordPress. Good decision. But now comes the question every business owner asks us: "Next.js or Astro — which one do I need?"
The honest answer is: it depends on what your site needs to do. Here's how to choose.
What Astro is built for
Astro is a framework designed from the ground up for one thing: publishing content as fast as possible. Blogs, marketing sites, portfolios, documentation, brochure sites — anywhere the goal is "visitor reads, visitor is impressed, visitor contacts you."
The key idea behind Astro is what developers call "zero JS by default." When a visitor loads your page, Astro sends pure, lightweight HTML — no extra scripts loading in the background, no framework code the browser has to process before showing anything. The result is pages that feel instant.
If your site is mostly pages people read — your homepage, your about page, your services, a blog — Astro is likely the right choice.
What Next.js is built for
Next.js is a more powerful framework that handles both content and complex interactive behaviour. It's the right choice when your site needs to do things, not just display them.
- A booking system or reservation calendar - A member area or customer dashboard - An online shop with cart, checkout and orders - A real-time search or filtering interface - Any page that behaves differently based on who's logged in
Next.js handles all of this natively and efficiently. It also does content sites very well — it's just more tool than you need if your site is purely informational.
A simple comparison
| Your site type | Recommended stack |
|---|---|
| Blog, magazine, documentation | Astro |
| Marketing site, portfolio, brochure | Astro |
| Business site with blog | Astro or Next.js |
| Ecommerce shop | Next.js + Stripe |
| Booking or reservation system | Next.js |
| Member area or dashboard | Next.js |
| Site with mixed content and interactivity | Next.js |
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What about the cost?
The good news: for most services, the price is the same whether you choose Next.js or Astro. Our Astro Landing Page and Next.js Landing Page are both priced from €590. The Astro Headless Site starts at €1.090 — slightly below the Next.js equivalent because Astro requires less server infrastructure.
Still not sure?
That's what the brief form is for. After you purchase any service, you fill in a short questionnaire describing your project — goals, content, features you need. We look at your answers and recommend the stack that fits. If you've picked the "wrong" one, we tell you before starting, not after.
If you'd rather talk it through first, contact us — no commitment, no sales pitch, just a straight answer about what your project needs.