Is Next.js 15 better than React for web apps?

[Ashurohilla]

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[Sandhya Chaudhari]

Hello,

Is Next.js 15 better than React for web apps?

Honestly, depends what you mean by “better.” I’ve used both and here’s kinda how I see it.

React by itself is just the core stuff — components, state, etc. Super flexible but like, you have to set up routing, SSR, data fetching, all that yourself if you need it. Not a bad thing, just more work.

Next.js 15 basically wraps React and adds all the stuff you’d need for building actual production apps. Routing’s baked in, server-side rendering is super smooth now (esp. with App Router), and I think they’ve improved a ton of stuff performance-wise.

I haven’t gone super deep into all the new features, but from what I’ve tried, it’s more plug-and-play than just React alone.

If I’m building a full web app now? Yeah, I’d pick Next.js. But if it’s something small or just messing with UI, maybe plain React is fine.

So yeah, no hard rule, just depends on the project tbh.

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