Next.js is an open-source React meta-framework developed by Vercel. It was released in October 2016 and has become one of the most widely adopted frontend frameworks for building SEO-friendly and performant websites and applications since.

As the demand for Next.js developers increases, finding the right talent or agency to work with can be difficult. Whether you're a startup seeking to launch your minimum viable product (MVP) or an established enterprise looking to revamp your digital presence, partnering with experienced Next.js professionals is crucial.

This comprehensive guide will cover 15 Next.js freelancers and agencies with a proven track record of delivering exceptional projects. It will help you navigate the landscape and make an informed decision when hiring Next.js expertise.

Let’s dive in!

Why hire a Next.js developer or agency?

Here are some of the benefits of hiring a Next.js developer or agency, which can be a smart investment for anyone looking to build a modern web application:

Expertise and experience

One of the main reasons to consider hiring a Next.js developer or agency is their expertise and experience in building web applications with this framework. Next.js developers are well-versed in the latest web development trends and best practices, and they’ll deliver high-quality solutions that meet your specific requirements.

Hiring experienced Next.js developers and agencies ensures that your project is in capable hands. They know the ins and outs of the framework and will ultimately deliver a high-quality product that meets your specific requirements.

Access to a wider range of technical skills

By working with a team of developers and designers who specialize in Next.js, you can take advantage of their collective knowledge and experience to create a more robust and feature-rich web application. Whether you need help with frontend design, backend development, or database management, a Next.js developer or agency can provide the expertise your product requires.

Saves time and resources

Instead of spending hours learning how to use the framework and troubleshoot any issues that arise, you can rely on the expertise of professionals who have already mastered Next.js. This can help you launch your product faster and ensure that you meet your deadlines and stay within your budget. Hiring gives your team the freedom to focus on other core aspects of your business.

Ongoing support and maintenance

Building a high-quality application is just the beginning; ongoing support and maintenance are important to ensure your application remains up-to-date, secure, and performant.

Hiring a Next.js developer or agency gives you access to continuous support and maintenance in the form of:

• Bug fixes, if any
• New feature implementations
• Keeping your application compliant with the latest industry standards and best practices

Cost-effective solution

While hiring a Next.js developer or agency may seem like an upfront investment, it can be a cost-effective solution in the long run. By leveraging their expertise and experience, you can avoid costly mistakes, reduce development time, and ensure that your application is built to meet your requirements.

Factors to consider when hiring Next.js developers and agencies

Here are some key factors to consider to ensure you find the right fit for your project:

Reputation

A developer's or agency's reputation can be a good indicator of their expertise and quality of work. Check for testimonials from past clients and online reviews to get a better understanding of their track record.

Budget

Next.js developers and agencies can vary significantly in terms of pricing. It's crucial to have a clear budget in mind and find a professional or agency that aligns with your financial constraints.

Tech stack and proficiency with Next.js

Evaluate the developer's or agency's proficiency with Next.js and their familiarity with the technologies and tools you plan to use in your project. This will ensure a smooth development process and seamless integration.

Domain expertise

If your project requires specific domain knowledge, such as building a headless website or a complex application like a ride-hailing platform, it's best to work with experts who have experience in that domain. Check their portfolio and years of experience to gauge their suitability.

Nature of the project

Simple projects like a portfolio or landing page may be well-suited for a skilled freelancer, while complex projects like the MVP for a startup may require the resources and expertise of an agency. Consider the project details, such as the number of developers required, when making your decision.

Top 15 Next.js freelancers and agencies

DPDK

DPDK is a digital agency that specializes in creating digital products and experiences for businesses. They help brands transform and thrive in the digital era through what they call "exceptional digitalism."

DPDK has won over over 30 awards for their excellent service over the years, including:

• MarCom Awards for Digital Marketing, 2021
• MarCom Awards for Website, 2021
• Webby Awards for Fashion & Beauty, 2019
• Webby Awards for Best Art Direction, 2019

View DPDK’s Prismic profile

• Services & expertise: strategy & consulting, customer experience & design, technology & engineering, branding, digital content & advertising, product & business innovation, digital teams, client portals & b2b platforms, corporate CMS websites, tailored web applications
• Tech stack: Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe AEM, BigCommerce, GraphQL, Node.js, React, Next.js, MongoDB, WebGL, Prismic, AWS, Shopify
• Team size: 50+
• Years of experience: 20+
• Notable clients: Nike, Atomico, Rosco Vision, Paybyrd, Intimi, and Oasen.nl
• Locations: Rotterdam Netherlands, San Francisco, New York
• Notable projects: Nike Reactor

Convert Digital

Convert Digital is an Australian ecommerce agency specializing in developing high-converting websites with Shopify Plus, commercetools, Magento (Adobe Commerce), and BigCommerce. They focus on building ecommerce solutions and have over 10 years of experience working with brands like Cadbury, Koko Black, and 2XU.

Convert Digital has won several awards, including:

• commercetools’ APAC Partner of the Year Award 2022
• GOLD in the Better Future Sydney Design Awards 2022 for Ghanda
• NES Ecommerce Summit’s Agency Partner of the Year Award APAC 2022
• Searchspring’s APAC Partner of the Year 2021

View Convert Digital’s Prismic profile

• Services & expertise: Website development, systems integration, UX and design, ecommerce strategy, platform migrations, ongoing site management, headless development
• Tech stack: Next.js, BigCommerce, Vercel, commercetools, Shopify Plus, Adobe Commerce (Magento), web migrations, Prismic
• Team size: 70+
• Years of experience: 10+
• Notable clients: Cadbury, Aje, 2XU, Koko Black, CAMILLA AND MARC, and Thermomix
• Locations: Victoria, Australia
• Notable projects: Cadbury Australia, Henne

Fineart Design Agency

Fineart is a Canadian design agency that offers various services, including AI-driven website & product design, branding, data visualization, and UX research. They also specialize in digital transformation for businesses. Fineart prides itself on creating user-centered experiences that help businesses grow.

View Fineart’s Prismic profile

• Services & expertise: Data visualization, UI UX Design, digital platforms product development, web design & development, and UX research
• Tech stack: Next.js, React, Material UI, Prismic, Native iOS, Android, Node.js, Java, React Native, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Azure, Angular.js
• Team size: 10+
• Years of experience: 12+
• Notable clients: Hitachi Vantara Corp
• Industries they serve: Healthcare, Corporate, Education, Restaurant & Food, Finance & Banking, Fashion, IT, Lifestyle, Non-profit, Real Estate, and more.
• Locations: Toronto, Canada
• Notable projects: Hitachi Vantara Corp, Pac IQ, NexGen HR

AKQA

AKQA is a global design and communications agency with over 2000 employees and 40 offices worldwide. They are a world-class firm with 20 years of experience providing design and technological services to brands like UPS, Louis Vuitton, Volvo Cars, and Coca-Cola.

AKQA has won several awards, including:

• 81 Agency of the Year awards
• Campaign’s 2023 Digital Agency Global Network of the Year
• Winner of Fast Company World Changing Ideas Award 2022 and 2021

View AKQA's Prismic profile

• Services & expertise: Digital Product and Experience Design, Brand Storytelling and Content, Brand Design and Identity, Creative Technology, Growth Strategy and Optimization, Industrial Design and Space
• Tech stack: Vue.js, React, Next.js, Nuxt, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Netlify, Vercel, Shopify, BigCommerce, CommerceLayer, SiteCore, Adobe AEM, Prismic
• Team size: 2,100+
• Years of experience: 20+
• Notable clients: UPS, Louis Vuitton, Volvo Cars, Coca-Cola, Sprite, Here Technologies, Nike, Hyundai, General Motors, HP, GoFundMe
• Industries they serve: Fashion, Logistics, Healthcare, IT, Sports, Startups, Automobile, Beverage, Social Media, Gaming, etc
• Locations: London, San Francisco, São Paulo, Melbourne, Aarhus, Amsterdam, ArcTouch, Atlanta, and more
• Notable projects: UPS, Louis Vuitton, Here Technologies, One Verily

Bruno

Bruno is a “full-stack” digital agency whose services extend beyond web development to include branding and marketing solutions. They specialize in creating visual identities for products and brands and have over 14 years of experience working with brands like Uber, Qonto, and Greenly.

View Bruno's Prismic profile

• Services & expertise: Branding, UI/UX, digital design, creative development, full-stack development, CMS integration, Motion videos, social media strategy, 2D & 3D illustrations, and pitch & sales decks
• Tech stack: Next.js, Nuxt, Gatsby, PHP 8 (Slim), GSAP, Lottie animation, Prismic
• Team size: 30+
• Years of experience: 14+
• Notable clients: Uber, Qonto, Greenly, Brevo (prev Sendinblue), Buzzman, Foodles, Rydoo, Allianz, Mixpanel
• Industries they serve: Ride healing, fintech, email marketing, business travel, expense management, insurance, environmental & sustainability, healthcare, retail, etc
• Locations: Paris, San Antonio, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, and more
• Notable projects: Qonto, Brevo, Rydoo

MAJOR Digital

MAJOR Digital is a UK-based digital agency with 7 years of experience building websites and web applications for brands like Callen-Lenz, the University of Oxford, KIMS Hospital, and the British boarding schools network. They also provide customer support, marketing strategy, and brand management solutions to businesses.

View MAJOR's Prismic profile

• Services & expertise: Headless CMS websites, brand experience design, continuous improvement, product development
• Tech stack: Next.js, Gatsby, GraphQL, Figma, Prismic, Storybook, React, AWS, Netlify, Tailwind CSS, GSAP, Vercel, TypeScript, Shopify
• Team size: 7+
• Years of experience: 17+
• Notable clients: Callen-Lenz, University of Oxford, KIMS Hospital, British boarding schools network, Zynga, Ricardo
• Industries they serve: Healthcare, education, railway, music, gaming, manufacturing, transportation
• Locations: Brighton, United Kingdom
• Notable projects: Callen-Lenz, University of Oxford, KIMS Hospital

Make me pulse

Make me pulse is a creative digital agency that specializes in developing interactive web experiences that leave a strong impression on web visitors. Besides web development, they also offer virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) services.

Make Me Pulse has over 16 years of experience and has worked with brands like Remy Martin, Renault, and Mcdonald's.

View Make me pulse's Prismic profile

• Services & expertise: Native iOS & Android applications, UI/UX design, VR, AR, illustrations, social media content, graphic design, creative strategy, creative direction sound design, motion graphics
• Tech stack: Unity, WebGL, Next.js, Nuxt, React, Vue.js, AWS, Prismic
• Team size: 45+
• Years of experience: 16
• Notable clients: Ubisoft, Google, Hermes, Remy Martin, Renault, McDonald's, UNICEF, Dior
• Industries they serve: Fashion, automobile, gaming, online search, fast food, humanitarian & international development, ecommerce, and more
• Locations: France, United Kingdom, United States
• Notable projects: FrontRow Group, Al Safar, Netflix

Monogram

Monogram is an Atlanta-based digital agency that promises to “elevate your digital products with the design + engineering experts.” They build JAMstack websites and experiences and are experts in CMS development.

From ecommerce platforms to headless website development, and AI integrations, Monogram doesn’t fail to deliver the best services to clients.

View Monogram's Prismic profile

• Services & expertise: Headless commerce, website development, app development, devops, performance testing, UI/UX design, branding, motion design,
• Tech stack: Vercel, Stripe Algolia, Prismic, imgix, Swell, Svelte, TypeScript, Raster, BigCommerce, Shopify, Tailwind CSS, React, Angular, GitHub, Next.js, Firebase
• Team size: 20+
• Years of experience: 5+
• Notable clients: Angular, Checkly, Birchbox, Vercel, Magic, Gateway First Bank
• Industries they serve: Banking and finance, blockchain, gaming, automobile, healthcare, beauty, home hardware, and more
• Locations: Atlanta, GA, United States
• Notable projects: Angular, Checkly, Birchbox

Ali Parandeh

Ali Parandeh is a UK-based developer that specializes in building fullstack web apps and ecommerce platforms. Besides web development, Ali is also a Microsoft-certified Data Scientist and a chartered systems engineer. He has led engineering teams at several tech startups and large multi-national consultancies in London.

View Ali's Prismic profile

• Services & expertise: UX/UI Design, website development, advanced analytics, custom integrations, tools automation, Shopify design & setup
• Tech stack: Next.js, Tailwind CSS, React, Prismic, Shopify, TensorFlow, Python
• Years of experience: 5+
• Notable clients: Danielle Haden
• Industries they serve: Ecommerce
• Location: United Kingdom

Antoine Martin

Antoine Martin is a Paris-based full-stack and freelance interactive developer with a decade of experience building websites for agencies like 84.paris and Octave & Octave and clients like Supercell, L'Oréal, Nespresso, Dassault, and Chanel.

View Antoine's Prismic profile

• Services & expertise: Web development, interactive web design, full-stack development
• Tech stack: Next.js, Gatsby, Prismic
• Years of experience: 10+
• Notable clients: 84.paris, Octave & Octave, Supercell, L'Oréal, Nespresso, Dassault, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton
• Industries they serve: Web3, web services, banking & finance, entertainment, and more
• Location: Paris
• Notable projects: 84.paris, Memo Bank, Billy, Eminente

David Fox

David Fox is a freelance Jamstack developer that specializes in building fast, secure, modern, and SEO-optimized headless websites. He is detail-oriented, has an eye for design, and can build pixel-perfect websites from scratch based on the designs on a Figma or Sketch file.

View David's Prismic profile

• Services & expertise: Web development, headless development
• Tech stack: Next.js, Gatsby, Prismic, Tailwind CSS, Material UI, and GraphQL
• Years of experience: 3+
• Notable clients: Rubber Ring, Eldur Studio, Mux, Chorus, Actve, Boston Hypnosis, Precept, Turn, Leadout Capital, FortIT, Rosetta.ai, and more
• Industries they serve: Ecommerce, venture capital, software development, health & wellness, etc
• Location: Sunderland, United Kingdom
• Notable projects: Rubber Ring, Rosetta.ai, Thuy Doan

Diemas

Diemas is a Belgium-based freelance front-end developer that specializes in building interactive web experiences with Prismic, Next.js, and Three.js.

View Diemas' Prismic profile

• Services & expertise:
• Tech stack: Next.js, TypeScript, Prismic, Styled-components, Three.js, and Shopify
• Years of experience: 8+
• Notable clients: Kempen Light and Sound, Zuiver beauty salon, Garage Michiels
• Industries they serve: Beauty, Automobile, and more
• Location: Antwerpen, Belgium
• Notable projects: Zuiver beauty salon, Kempen Light and Sound, Garage Michiels

Marco Heine

Marco Heine is a freelance web developer based in Germany. He specializes in building fast-blazing and accessible websites using technologies like Next.js and Prismic. He has over 10 years of experience creating digital experiences.

View Marco's Prismic profile.

• Services & expertise: Next.js, TypeScript, React, Tailwind CSS, Vercel, PostgreSQL
• Tech stack: React, Typescript, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Vercel, Prismic, Algolia, Firebase, Netflify
• Years of experience: 10+
• Notable clients: Dieda,
• Industries they serve: Ecommerce, home improvement & construction, non-profit
• Location: Stuttgart, Germany
• Notable projects: Dieda, Aerosol Alliance, Laura Heine

Luna Cuevas

Luna Cuevas is a UI designer and full-stack developer with over 5 years of experience building tailor-made websites and applications for clients.

View Luna’s Upwork profile

• Services & expertise: CMS development, front-end development
• Tech stack: React, Next.js, Tailwind, TypeScript, Node.js, Supabase, Material UI, and Shopify.
• Years of experience: 5+
• Notable clients: Pro2, Colton Tools, Site Tour 360
• Location: Daly City, United States
• Notable projects: Colton Tools, Site Tour 360, Swom, Design League

Stephen Gbolagade

Stephen Gbolagade is a frontend developer with over 4 years of experience creating websites and applications. He is well-versed in building digital solutions with modern technologies like Next.js.

• Services & expertise: web development, SEO, analytics, marketing funnels, social media management, digital marketing, content writing
• Tech stack: React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, TypeScript, Groq, GraphQL, Material UI, etc
• Years of experience: 4+
• Notable clients: Openwaver, AG Consulting, Learnium AI, AG Consulting, IntoDoors, and more.
• Industries they serve: Real estate, media, e-learning, web3, and more
• Location: Nigeria
• Notable projects: Homesilo, Openwaver, Learnium AI

Work with a trusted Prismic partner for your next project

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One way Prismic is revolutionizing how brands build websites is through our partner program, which boasts various expert developers and agencies with decades of experience delivering technological solutions to small businesses, startups, large-scale businesses, and Fortune 500 companies.

By working with a trusted Prismic partner, you can ensure that your Next.js project is developed with industry-leading practices while seamlessly integrating with Prismic's powerful content management capabilities.

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Conclusion

Next.js has emerged as a powerful framework for building high-performance, scalable, and user-friendly websites and applications.

Working with experienced Next.js freelancers or agencies allows you leverage their expertise, save time and resources, and ensure your project meets the highest quality standards.

With the comprehensive list of top Next.js professionals we’ve covered in this guide and the factors to consider when hiring, you're set to choose a partner that aligns with your goals and objectives.

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