"NextJS 16.0.4 + TypeScript 5.9"
"React 19.2.0 + TypeScript 5.9 using Vite 7.0"
"Both would run in front of Django 6.0 REST APIs using DRFs."
"We can't use Supabase or the like because of their limitations on the free tier."
Next.js offers built-in routing, server-side rendering, static generation, image optimization, middleware, and hybrid rendering that can reduce backend load and improve SEO. React with Vite provides a minimal, fast development environment with extremely quick HMR, smaller initial setups, and more explicit choices for routing, meta handling, and build tooling. Both setups integrate cleanly with Django REST Framework via fetch/axios and support TypeScript 5.9 equally. Authentication, caching, and deployment choices will drive architecture decisions. For content-heavy, SEO-sensitive sites choose Next.js; for internal tools or smaller SPAs prefer React+Vite for faster iteration and lower complexity.
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