Infrastructure Decisions · judgement tool
Do I need server-side rendering?
Do I need server-side rendering? Answer a few real conditions and get a Not yet / Probably yes / Yes-priority verdict — every factor tagged official fact, calculation, StackSays rule or estimate. No fabricated industry threshold.
A judgement tool, not a tool ranking · thresholds are StackSays rules, not industry standards · official facts verified 2026-07-17 · share the URL to share your answers
Your situation
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Recommendation
Not yet
Based on the factors you set — 0 pushing toward adopting, 1 against.
Why it might be premature
- -16 Behind auth — A login-gated app isn't crawled or shared — a client-rendered SPA is usually fine, SSR buys littleStackSays rule
When to reassess
Revisit if the app gains public, shareable, must-rank pages — or if it's purely a private dashboard where a SPA is simpler.
Minimal implementation
For public content, prefer static generation (SSG) where possible and SSR only for per-request data. For a private dashboard, a client-rendered SPA is fine.
Risk of not doing it
Public pages that must rank/share may index poorly if they're client-only; for private apps, none.
Cost & complexity once adopted
SSR adds a server runtime, caching decisions and hydration; SSG avoids most of it; a SPA avoids all of it.
This is a judgement tool, not a leaderboard. The StackSays rule and StackSays estimate factors are StackSays logic and opinion; the official fact factors link to official sources below. No industry-standard threshold is implied — the answer is driven by the conditions you set.
Official facts cited
| Source | Verified |
|---|---|
| Google — JavaScript SEO basics (official) | 2026-07-18 |
| The Open Graph protocol (official spec) | 2026-07-18 |
Only the factors tagged “official fact” rest on these sources; rules and estimates are StackSays logic and are labeled as such.