The aim of the acquisition is to accelerate Netlify’s product roadmap and provide developers with greater flexibility and choice in building composable web experiences.
- Netlify’s cloud-based platform is described as a one-stop platform for developers equipped with integrations that connect to an entire ecosystem of developer tools.
- According to its website, Netlify’s app platform for modern web development can work with any framework, data source, and tool.
- Other notable platform features include collaborative deploy reviews, worry-free deployments, customizable build environments, and automatic deployments.
- Gatsby has been regarded as Netlify’s main competitor and specializes in open-source development solutions for building web experiences through Gatsby Framework, Gatsby Data Layer, and Gatsby Cloud.
- Netlify will leverage Gatsby’s extensive cloud innovations, including its Valhalla Content Hub, a centralized data layer providing enterprises with an architecture for managing content across various sources.
