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# Deployment

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## Docs

- [Deploy a Catalyst Storefront](https://docs.bigcommerce.com/developer/docs/storefront/catalyst/deployment/overview.md): Deploy Catalyst to Native Hosting, BigCommerce's own hosting infrastructure, or to Vercel, review requirements for other hosts, and configure environment variables and Redirected Checkout for production.
- [Choosing a hosting platform](https://docs.bigcommerce.com/developer/docs/storefront/catalyst/deployment/choosing-a-hosting-platform.md): Compare BigCommerce Native Hosting and Vercel for a Catalyst storefront across deployment, domains, caching, monitoring, configuration, and cost.
- [Native Hosting Overview](https://docs.bigcommerce.com/developer/docs/storefront/catalyst/deployment/native-hosting/overview.md): How BigCommerce Native Hosting runs Catalyst storefronts, including core concepts, authentication, and CLI configuration variables.
- [Getting Started](https://docs.bigcommerce.com/developer/docs/storefront/catalyst/deployment/native-hosting/getting-started.md): Deploy a Catalyst storefront to BigCommerce Native Hosting with the Catalyst CLI, from a new project or an existing one.
- [GitHub Actions](https://docs.bigcommerce.com/developer/docs/storefront/catalyst/deployment/native-hosting/github-actions.md): Deploy a Catalyst storefront to Native Hosting from GitHub Actions, on merge to your default branch and as a preview for each pull request.
- [Custom Domains](https://docs.bigcommerce.com/developer/docs/storefront/catalyst/deployment/native-hosting/custom-domains.md): Add a custom domain to a Catalyst Native Hosting project with the Catalyst CLI, including setup for stores that already serve their domain through Cloudflare.
- [Checkout Domains](https://docs.bigcommerce.com/developer/docs/storefront/catalyst/deployment/native-hosting/checkout-domains.md): Configure the checkout URL for a Catalyst Native Hosting channel with the Catalyst CLI, including the same-domain requirement and the checkout hostname BigCommerce provisions for auto-generated hostnames.
- [Makeswift](https://docs.bigcommerce.com/developer/docs/storefront/catalyst/deployment/native-hosting/makeswift.md): How the Makeswift site URL and the MAKESWIFT_SITE_API_KEY variable behave when you deploy a Makeswift-enabled Catalyst storefront to Native Hosting.
- [Deploy to Vercel](https://docs.bigcommerce.com/developer/docs/storefront/catalyst/deployment/vercel.md): Deploy a Catalyst storefront to Vercel using the Vercel dashboard or the Vercel CLI, and point your production Makeswift site at the deployment.