diff --git a/docs/content/1.getting-started/5.commands.md b/docs/content/1.getting-started/5.commands.md
index e9c22519441..709bc2a2d9c 100644
--- a/docs/content/1.getting-started/5.commands.md
+++ b/docs/content/1.getting-started/5.commands.md
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ npm run build
 
 Nuxt will create a [`.output`](/docs/directory-structure/output) directory with all your application, server and dependencies ready to be deployed. Check out the [deployment](/docs/deployment) section to learn where and how you can deploy a Nuxt application using Nitro.
 
+## Previewing your production build
+
+Once you've built your Nuxt application, you can preview it locally:
+
+```bash
+npx nuxi preview
+```
+
+If you're using a supported preset, this will start a local server (for testing purposes only).
+
 ## Upgrade Nuxt3 version
 
 To upgrade Nuxt3 version:
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/build.ts b/packages/nitro/src/build.ts
index be13632507c..c2b3cad51fa 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/build.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/build.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as rollup from 'rollup'
 import fse from 'fs-extra'
 import { printFSTree } from './utils/tree'
 import { getRollupConfig } from './rollup/config'
-import { hl, prettyPath, serializeTemplate, writeFile, isDirectory, readDirRecursively } from './utils'
+import { hl, prettyPath, serializeTemplate, writeFile, isDirectory, readDirRecursively, replaceAll } from './utils'
 import { NitroContext } from './context'
 import { scanMiddleware } from './server/middleware'
 
@@ -107,10 +107,35 @@ async function _build (nitroContext: NitroContext) {
   consola.start('Writing server bundle...')
   await build.write(nitroContext.rollupConfig.output)
 
+  const rewriteBuildPaths = (input: unknown, to: string) =>
+    typeof input === 'string' ? replaceAll(input, nitroContext.output.dir, to) : undefined
+
+  // Write build info
+  const nitroConfigPath = resolve(nitroContext.output.dir, 'nitro.json')
+  const buildInfo = {
+    date: new Date(),
+    preset: nitroContext.preset,
+    commands: {
+      preview: rewriteBuildPaths(nitroContext.commands.preview, '.'),
+      deploy: rewriteBuildPaths(nitroContext.commands.deploy, '.')
+    }
+  }
+  await writeFile(nitroConfigPath, JSON.stringify(buildInfo, null, 2))
+
   consola.success('Server built')
   await printFSTree(nitroContext.output.serverDir)
   await nitroContext._internal.hooks.callHook('nitro:compiled', nitroContext)
 
+  // Show deploy and preview hints
+  const rOutDir = relative(process.cwd(), nitroContext.output.dir)
+  if (nitroContext.commands.preview) {
+    // consola.info(`You can preview this build using \`${rewriteBuildPaths(nitroContext.commands.preview, rOutDir)}\``)
+    consola.info('You can preview this build using `nuxi preview`')
+  }
+  if (nitroContext.commands.deploy) {
+    consola.info(`You can deploy this build using \`${rewriteBuildPaths(nitroContext.commands.deploy, rOutDir)}\``)
+  }
+
   return {
     entry: resolve(nitroContext.rollupConfig.output.dir, nitroContext.rollupConfig.output.entryFileNames as string)
   }
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/context.ts b/packages/nitro/src/context.ts
index 7d82b5d1f2c..ff062057d42 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/context.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/context.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { createHooks, Hookable, NestedHooks } from 'hookable'
 import type { Preset } from 'unenv'
 import type { NuxtHooks, NuxtOptions } from '@nuxt/schema'
 import type { PluginVisualizerOptions } from 'rollup-plugin-visualizer'
-import { tryImport, resolvePath, detectTarget, extendPreset } from './utils'
+import { tryImport, resolvePath, detectTarget, extendPreset, evalTemplate } from './utils'
 import * as PRESETS from './presets'
 import type { NodeExternalsOptions } from './rollup/plugins/externals'
 import type { StorageOptions } from './rollup/plugins/storage'
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ export interface NitroContext {
   experiments?: {
     wasm?: boolean
   }
+  commands: {
+    preview: string | ((config: NitroContext) => string)
+    deploy: string | ((config: NitroContext) => string)
+  },
   moduleSideEffects: string[]
   renderer: string
   serveStatic: boolean
@@ -104,6 +108,10 @@ export function getNitroContext (nuxtOptions: NuxtOptions, input: NitroInput): N
     moduleSideEffects: ['unenv/runtime/polyfill/'],
     renderer: undefined,
     serveStatic: undefined,
+    commands: {
+      preview: undefined,
+      deploy: undefined
+    },
     middleware: [],
     scannedMiddleware: [],
     ignore: [],
@@ -164,6 +172,13 @@ export function getNitroContext (nuxtOptions: NuxtOptions, input: NitroInput): N
   nitroContext.output.publicDir = resolvePath(nitroContext, nitroContext.output.publicDir)
   nitroContext.output.serverDir = resolvePath(nitroContext, nitroContext.output.serverDir)
 
+  if (nitroContext.commands.preview) {
+    nitroContext.commands.preview = evalTemplate(nitroContext, nitroContext.commands.preview)
+  }
+  if (nitroContext.commands.deploy) {
+    nitroContext.commands.deploy = evalTemplate(nitroContext, nitroContext.commands.deploy)
+  }
+
   nitroContext._internal.hooks.addHooks(nitroContext.hooks)
 
   // Dev-only storage
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/presets/azure.ts b/packages/nitro/src/presets/azure.ts
index 150b7e938ec..5d7774b776e 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/presets/azure.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/presets/azure.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import consola from 'consola'
 import fse from 'fs-extra'
 import globby from 'globby'
 import { join, resolve } from 'pathe'
-import { hl, prettyPath, writeFile } from '../utils'
+import { writeFile } from '../utils'
 import { NitroPreset, NitroContext } from '../context'
 
 export const azure: NitroPreset = {
@@ -11,6 +10,9 @@ export const azure: NitroPreset = {
   output: {
     serverDir: '{{ output.dir }}/server/functions'
   },
+  commands: {
+    preview: 'npx @azure/static-web-apps-cli start {{ output.publicDir }} --api-location {{ output.serverDir }}/..'
+  },
   hooks: {
     async 'nitro:compiled' (ctx: NitroContext) {
       await writeRoutes(ctx)
@@ -101,8 +103,4 @@ async function writeRoutes ({ output }: NitroContext) {
   if (!indexFileExists) {
     await writeFile(indexPath, '')
   }
-
-  const apiDir = resolve(output.serverDir, '..')
-
-  consola.success('Ready to run', hl('npx @azure/static-web-apps-cli start ' + prettyPath(output.publicDir) + ' --api-location ' + prettyPath(apiDir)), 'for local testing')
 }
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/presets/azure_functions.ts b/packages/nitro/src/presets/azure_functions.ts
index 104b903c485..30d67fec16c 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/presets/azure_functions.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/presets/azure_functions.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { createWriteStream } from 'fs'
 import archiver from 'archiver'
-import consola from 'consola'
 import { join, resolve } from 'pathe'
-import { prettyPath, writeFile } from '../utils'
+import { writeFile } from '../utils'
 import { NitroPreset, NitroContext } from '../context'
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line
@@ -10,6 +9,9 @@ export const azure_functions: NitroPreset = {
   serveStatic: true,
   entry: '{{ _internal.runtimeDir }}/entries/azure_functions',
   externals: true,
+  commands: {
+    deploy: 'az functionapp deployment source config-zip -g <resource-group> -n <app-name> --src {{ output.dir }}/deploy.zip'
+  },
   hooks: {
     async 'nitro:compiled' (ctx: NitroContext) {
       await writeRoutes(ctx)
@@ -67,9 +69,5 @@ async function writeRoutes ({ output: { dir, serverDir } }: NitroContext) {
 
   await writeFile(resolve(serverDir, 'function.json'), JSON.stringify(functionDefinition))
   await writeFile(resolve(dir, 'host.json'), JSON.stringify(host))
-
   await zipDirectory(dir, join(dir, 'deploy.zip'))
-  const zipPath = prettyPath(resolve(dir, 'deploy.zip'))
-
-  consola.success(`Ready to run \`az functionapp deployment source config-zip -g <resource-group> -n <app-name> --src ${zipPath}\``)
 }
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/presets/cloudflare.ts b/packages/nitro/src/presets/cloudflare.ts
index 093b7cdb000..f8a4405a36d 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/presets/cloudflare.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/presets/cloudflare.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { resolve } from 'pathe'
-import consola from 'consola'
-import { extendPreset, writeFile, prettyPath, hl } from '../utils'
+import { extendPreset, writeFile } from '../utils'
 import { NitroContext, NitroPreset } from '../context'
 import { worker } from './worker'
 
@@ -9,15 +8,14 @@ export const cloudflare: NitroPreset = extendPreset(worker, {
   ignore: [
     'wrangler.toml'
   ],
+  commands: {
+    preview: 'npx miniflare {{ output.serverDir }}/index.mjs --site {{ output.publicDir }}',
+    deploy: 'cd {{ output.serverDir }} && npx wrangler publish'
+  },
   hooks: {
     async 'nitro:compiled' ({ output, _nuxt }: NitroContext) {
       await writeFile(resolve(output.dir, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify({ private: true, main: './server/index.mjs' }, null, 2))
       await writeFile(resolve(output.dir, 'package-lock.json'), JSON.stringify({ lockfileVersion: 1 }, null, 2))
-      let inDir = prettyPath(_nuxt.rootDir)
-      if (inDir) {
-        inDir = 'in ' + inDir
-      }
-      consola.success('Ready to run', hl('npx wrangler publish ' + inDir), 'or', hl('npx miniflare ' + prettyPath(output.serverDir) + '/index.mjs --site ' + prettyPath(output.publicDir)), 'for local testing')
     }
   }
 })
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/presets/firebase.ts b/packages/nitro/src/presets/firebase.ts
index 4049732179e..8acaadd7e08 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/presets/firebase.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/presets/firebase.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { createRequire } from 'module'
 import { join, relative, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import fse from 'fs-extra'
-import consola from 'consola'
 import globby from 'globby'
 import { readPackageJSON } from 'pkg-types'
 import { writeFile } from '../utils'
@@ -10,6 +9,9 @@ import { NitroPreset, NitroContext } from '../context'
 export const firebase: NitroPreset = {
   entry: '{{ _internal.runtimeDir }}/entries/firebase',
   externals: true,
+  commands: {
+    deploy: 'npx firebase deploy'
+  },
   hooks: {
     async 'nitro:compiled' (ctx: NitroContext) {
       await writeRoutes(ctx)
@@ -85,6 +87,4 @@ async function writeRoutes ({ output: { publicDir, serverDir }, _nuxt: { rootDir
       2
     )
   )
-
-  consola.success('Ready to run `firebase deploy`')
 }
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/presets/server.ts b/packages/nitro/src/presets/server.ts
index 474c3e4641a..86ea46cdeb6 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/presets/server.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/presets/server.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-import consola from 'consola'
-import { extendPreset, hl, prettyPath } from '../utils'
-import { NitroPreset, NitroContext } from '../context'
+import { extendPreset } from '../utils'
+import { NitroPreset } from '../context'
 import { node } from './node'
 
 export const server: NitroPreset = extendPreset(node, {
   entry: '{{ _internal.runtimeDir }}/entries/server',
   serveStatic: true,
-  hooks: {
-    'nitro:compiled' ({ output }: NitroContext) {
-      consola.success('Ready to run', hl('node ' + prettyPath(output.serverDir) + '/index.mjs'))
-    }
+  commands: {
+    preview: 'node {{ output.serverDir }}/index.mjs'
   }
 })
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/nitro/src/utils/index.ts
index bd75ba5eb65..3326f936aac 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -51,18 +51,22 @@ export async function writeFile (file: string, contents: string, log = false) {
   }
 }
 
-export function resolvePath (nitroContext: NitroInput, path: string | ((nitroContext: NitroInput) => string), resolveBase: string = ''): string {
-  if (typeof path === 'function') {
-    path = path(nitroContext)
+export function evalTemplate (ctx, input: string | ((ctx) => string)): string {
+  if (typeof input === 'function') {
+    input = input(ctx)
   }
-
-  if (typeof path !== 'string') {
-    throw new TypeError('Invalid path: ' + path)
+  if (typeof input !== 'string') {
+    throw new TypeError('Invalid template: ' + input)
   }
+  return compileTemplate(input)(ctx)
+}
 
-  path = compileTemplate(path)(nitroContext)
+export function resolvePath (nitroContext: NitroInput, input: string | ((nitroContext: NitroInput) => string), resolveBase: string = ''): string {
+  return resolve(resolveBase, evalTemplate(nitroContext, input))
+}
 
-  return resolve(resolveBase, path)
+export function replaceAll (input: string, from: string, to: string) {
+  return input.replace(new RegExp(from, 'g'), to)
 }
 
 export function detectTarget () {
diff --git a/packages/nuxi/src/commands/index.ts b/packages/nuxi/src/commands/index.ts
index e232af14141..0d8e3987fe5 100644
--- a/packages/nuxi/src/commands/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxi/src/commands/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ const _rDefault = r => r.default || r
 export const commands = {
   dev: () => import('./dev').then(_rDefault),
   build: () => import('./build').then(_rDefault),
+  preview: () => import('./preview').then(_rDefault),
+  start: () => import('./preview').then(_rDefault),
   analyze: () => import('./analyze').then(_rDefault),
   generate: () => import('./generate').then(_rDefault),
   prepare: () => import('./prepare').then(_rDefault),
diff --git a/packages/nuxi/src/commands/preview.ts b/packages/nuxi/src/commands/preview.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d55d334e4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nuxi/src/commands/preview.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { existsSync, promises as fsp } from 'fs'
+import { dirname, relative } from 'path'
+import { execa } from 'execa'
+import { resolve } from 'pathe'
+import consola from 'consola'
+
+import { defineNuxtCommand } from './index'
+
+export default defineNuxtCommand({
+  meta: {
+    name: 'preview',
+    usage: 'npx nuxi preview|start [rootDir]',
+    description: 'Launches nitro server for local testing after `nuxi build`.'
+  },
+  async invoke (args) {
+    process.env.NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'production'
+    const rootDir = resolve(args._[0] || '.')
+
+    const nitroJSONPaths = ['.output/nitro.json', 'nitro.json'].map(p => resolve(rootDir, p))
+    const nitroJSONPath = nitroJSONPaths.find(p => existsSync(p))
+    if (!nitroJSONPath) {
+      consola.error('Cannot find `nitro.json`. Did you run `nuxi build` first? Search path:\n', nitroJSONPaths)
+      process.exit(1)
+    }
+    const outputPath = dirname(nitroJSONPath)
+    const nitroJSON = JSON.parse(await fsp.readFile(nitroJSONPath, 'utf-8'))
+
+    consola.info('Node.js version:', process.versions.node)
+    consola.info('Preset:', nitroJSON.preset)
+    consola.info('Working dir:', relative(process.cwd(), outputPath))
+
+    if (!nitroJSON.commands.preview) {
+      consola.error('Preview is not supported for this build.')
+      process.exit(1)
+    }
+
+    consola.info('Starting preview command:', nitroJSON.commands.preview)
+    const [command, ...commandArgs] = nitroJSON.commands.preview.split(' ')
+    consola.log('')
+    await execa(command, commandArgs, { stdio: 'inherit', cwd: outputPath })
+  }
+})