Zeabur
Newark, US Β· 4 known investors
Zeabur is a deployment platform aimed at software developers. The company is building developer-focused product with roots in Taiwan and a presence in Silicon Valley.
Also known as Zeabur
Founders & leadership
Investors Β· 4
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Zeabur operates a cloud deployment and infrastructure-management platform that lets developers ship applications without writing deployment configuration. The platform automatically analyzes a codebase to detect its language and framework, then builds and deploys it without requiring a Dockerfile or docker-compose file, with support for GitHub/Git integration, Dockerfile and custom Docker image deploys, a CLI, a Chrome extension, and VS Code/Cursor and Raycast extensions. Deployments run either on single-machine "Servers" β purchased through Zeabur or brought by the customer from AWS, GCP, Hetzner, Linode, DigitalOcean or an own datacenter β or on multi-node Kubernetes "Clusters" offering cross-node scheduling, automatic failover, distributed storage and horizontal scaling.
Around the core deployment product, Zeabur sells adjacent infrastructure services: an AI Hub providing access to multiple model providers (GPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini) through a single OpenAI-compatible API key with per-token billing and endpoints in Tokyo and San Francisco; domain registration and DNS management with automatic SSL and free zeabur.app subdomains; and Zeabur Email, an email-sending API built on AWS SES with a stated 99.9% uptime guarantee, REST API, webhooks for delivery/bounce/complaint events and DKIM/SPF custom sender domains. Wonder Mesh converts any Linux or macOS machine into a Zeabur compute node over an encrypted WireGuard tunnel without a public IP or port forwarding. A template catalog offers one-click deployments of services such as WordPress, Postgres, Redis, n8n and Ghost, and third parties can publish templates and earn rewards.
The company positions the product as an "AI DevOps Engineer": Zeabur Agent and Zeabur Skills translate natural-language prompts into infrastructure actions such as renting servers, deploying services, binding domains, configuring databases, analyzing logs and troubleshooting. Integrations include an official Claude Code plugin, an MCP server for MCP-compatible assistants, and InsForge, an agent-oriented backend with PostgreSQL, JWT auth, S3-compatible storage and edge functions. Developer tooling includes a GraphQL API, REST upload and email APIs, and WebSocket subscriptions for streaming logs and events.
Founding story
Founder Yuanlin Lin began the project while a student at Zhejiang University, where juggling outsourced development work that all required deployment made backend infrastructure management frustrating. Observing that frontend deployment was simple on platforms like Vercel while backend work still required AWS or GCP configuration, networking, DNS, firewalls, YAML and CLI scripts, he set out to build a "Vercel for the backend" and, after shipping an MVP, joined the MiraclePlus accelerator.
Business model
Zeabur sells subscription plans for its deployment dashboard and agent, alongside usage-based infrastructure and service revenue. Published plans are Free ($0/month), Dev ($5/month), Pro ($19/month) and Team ($79/month with three seats included and $24 per additional seat per month), plus a custom Enterprise plan; Dev and Pro include a 14-day free trial. Plan tiers gate the number of manageable own servers, build CI machine specs, log retention, advanced-model agent message quotas, email daily/monthly quotas, domains, API keys, webhooks and support response guarantees. Additional revenue lines include servers and clusters purchased through Zeabur, per-token AI Hub billing, domain registration, and usage-based email sending.
Recurring monthly subscriptions across Free, Dev, Pro, Team and Enterprise tiers, combined with pay-as-you-go charges for AI model usage, fixed monthly rates for servers purchased through the platform, and usage-based email and domain services.
Traction
As of November 11, 2025 the company reported more than 5,000 individual paying customers, up from the 1,000 individual paying users it reported on November 11, 2024, describing 500% year-over-year growth and 10β15% month-over-month growth. Its main open-source GitHub repository had 669 stars and 101 forks, and the organization listed 117 repositories.
Latest developments
In November 2025 Zeabur announced a $2M seed round led by 500 Global with participation from Baidu Ventures, AVA Angels and existing backer MiraclePlus. Recent product releases include ZeaburOS, which lets customers choose an operating system when buying a server, Zeabur Skills for prompt-driven DevOps actions, the AI Hub for unified multi-model API access, Wonder Mesh, an email-sending service, and the zbplan AI build planner positioned as the successor to zbpack. Documentation lists integrations including InsForge, n8n and SillyTavern, plus imports from AI app builders such as Replit, Lovable, Bolt, Emergent and AI Studio.
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Market position
Zeabur presents itself as a backend-oriented counterpart to frontend deployment platforms, described by its founder as a "Vercel for the backend," and later as an AI DevOps engineer spanning both managed PaaS and bring-your-own-server operations. Its documentation targets users migrating from Heroku, Railway, Vercel and Fly.io, and from AI app builders such as Replit, Lovable and Bolt. Press coverage frames the company as addressing deployment needs arising from vibe-coding workflows.
Combines managed PaaS convenience with bring-your-own-server and bring-your-own-cluster support, allowing deployment onto infrastructure purchased from AWS, GCP, Hetzner, Linode or DigitalOcean, or onto private machines connected via WireGuard, while retaining one-click deploys and no Dockerfile requirement. It markets fixed-price plans as an alternative to variable usage bills, and bundles deployment with adjacent services β multi-model AI API access, domain/DNS, and transactional email β under a natural-language agent interface embedded in AI coding tools.
Technology
The platform performs automatic language and framework detection to build projects into static assets, serverless functions or container images without a Dockerfile (open-source zbpack, with a successor AI build planner called zbplan on paid tiers). It supports Kubernetes-based multi-node clusters, bring-your-own-server management including firewall rules and resource allocation without SSH, and WireGuard-tunnel-based node attachment via Wonder Mesh for Linux and macOS on amd64 and arm64. Supported runtimes span Node.js, Bun, Deno, Java, PHP, Python, Go, Rust, Swift, Dart, TypeScript, .NET and static site generators, with framework guides for Next.js, Nuxt, Astro, Django, Laravel, Spring Boot and others. Interfaces include a GraphQL API, REST APIs, WebSocket log streaming, a CLI (npx zeabur), an MCP server and a Claude Code plugin.
Go-to-market
Self-serve signup with a free tier and 14-day trials on paid plans, supported by extensive documentation, migration guides from Heroku, Railway, Vercel, Fly.io, Replit, Lovable, Bolt and Emergent, and a one-click template marketplace. Distribution also runs through developer tooling and AI environments β a Claude Code plugin, MCP server, VS Code/Cursor, Raycast and Chrome extensions, and a CLI. Community and partner motions include a Discord server and forum, an ambassador programme, referral and contribution reward programs, open-source sponsorship, education and sales partner programs, and a paid template marketplace for external contributors.
Software developers and small-to-medium engineering teams deploying frontend, backend, database, message queue and object storage workloads without dedicated DevOps expertise, ranging from individual side projects to production teams; an Enterprise tier addresses organizations needing custom usage limits, contracts and dedicated technical resources.
Geography
The team was in Silicon Valley at the time of the November 2025 seed announcement and planned to open its first office in Taipei by the end of 2025, with plans to host workshops and hackathons there. AI Hub endpoints are offered in Tokyo and San Francisco, and deployments can be placed with providers and regions selected by the user.
History
After the initial MVP and MiraclePlus accelerator participation, Zeabur launched its Dedicated Server feature about a year before November 2025, shifting from a pure PaaS to a DevOps service supporting bring-your-own-server and letting developers purchase infrastructure from AWS, GCP, Linode, Hetzner and DigitalOcean through the platform. In 2025 it launched Zeabur Agent for natural-language infrastructure management, which the founder describes as the company's most significant of several pivots. On November 11, 2025 it announced a $2M seed round and said it planned to open its first office in Taipei by the end of that year while expanding engineering and customer support teams. The founder also acknowledged several service incidents over the preceding two years that affected early customers.
Risks & controversies
The founder publicly acknowledged that the platform experienced several incidents over its first two years that affected some early customers, and stated that expanding engineering and customer support teams to improve system stability and security is a priority.
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launches, deals, and filingsZeabur introduced ZeaburOS, letting customers pick their preferred operating system when buying a server.
Zeabur announced a $2M seed round led by 500 Global, with participation from Baidu Ventures, Taiwan's AVA Angels and early backer MiraclePlus, to build an AI DevOps engineer.
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Following a Silicon Valley trip, Zeabur said it would open its first office in Taipei by the end of the year and expand its engineering and customer support teams.
Zeabur launched Zeabur Agent, allowing developers to use natural language to deploy services, analyze logs and monitor resource utilization; the founder described it as the company's most significant pivot.
Zeabur launched its Dedicated Server feature, moving from a pure PaaS to a DevOps service supporting BYOS and letting developers buy servers from AWS, GCP, Linode, Hetzner and DigitalOcean through the platform.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Zeabur do?
- Zeabur is a developer deployment and DevOps platform that manages servers, clusters, domains and email through an AI agent.
- Who founded Zeabur?
- Zeabur was founded by Yuanlin Lin.
- Who are Zeabur's investors?
- Zeabur's investors include 500 Global, AVA Angels.
- Where is Zeabur headquartered?
- Zeabur is headquartered in Newark, US.