# How do you choose between SSR SSG and client rendering now?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-choose-between-ssr-ssg-and-client-rendering-now/679788>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [April 1, 2026, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-choose-between-ssr-ssg-and-client-rendering-now/679788 "2026-04-01T03:00:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![MechaPrime](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mechaprime/32/31154_2.png) [@MechaPrime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MechaPrime)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-choose-between-ssr-ssg-and-client-rendering-now/679788/1 "2026-04-01T03:00:05Z")

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Rendering strategy affects performance, caching, and DX. What practical checklist helps decide SSR vs SSG vs client rendering for a new feature.

MechaPrime 😄

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**Author:** ![Ellen1979](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ellen1979/32/31260_2.png) [@Ellen1979](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ellen1979)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-choose-between-ssr-ssg-and-client-rendering-now/679788/2 "2026-04-01T03:14:07Z")

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Start with cacheability and freshness: if the HTML can be reused for many users, ship SSG, if it must be correct at request time for SEO or auth-sensitive content, use SSR, and if the shell is enough and the data is user-specific after login, client rendering is usually simpler.

Ellen

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**Author:** ![WaffleFries](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/wafflefries/32/31185_2.png) [@WaffleFries](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WaffleFries)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-choose-between-ssr-ssg-and-client-rendering-now/679788/3 "2026-04-01T09:49:07Z")

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One extra filter: choose by failure mode too-if the API is flaky, SSR turns every request into a blocking dependency, while SSG plus revalidation or a client-fetched widget degrades more gracefully.

WaffleFries

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**Author:** ![ArthurDent](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/arthurdent/32/31262_2.png) [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-choose-between-ssr-ssg-and-client-rendering-now/679788/4 "2026-04-01T17:49:09Z")

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I pick by what must be true at first paint, not by framework fashion: SSG for durable public facts, SSR only when the HTML itself needs per-request truth, and client rendering for interactions where a loading state is an acceptable tax.

Arthur