Zeabur vs Cleavr
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Zeabur and Cleavr.
Quick Verdict
3.3/5
Zeabur
0 reviews
3.8/5
Cleavr
0 reviews
Cleavr is rated higher (3.8 vs 3.3). One-click deployments and managed databases on a subscription platform (Free $0, Dev $5, Pro $19, Team $79 per month) plus fixed-price servers from Tencent Cloud, Aliyun, Hetzner, AWS, GCP, Linode, DigitalOcean and Volcengine, or bring-your-own-server; the usage-billed shared cluster closed to new projects in March 2026. Cleavr is a server management and deployment tool for deploying Laravel, Node.js, and static sites to your own VPS. Manages Nginx, databases, SSL, and deployments through a UI.
Zeabur Deploy services in seconds — APAC-focused PaaS | Cleavr Deploy Laravel and Node.js apps via UI | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.3 (0 reviews) | 3.8 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | freemium | paid |
| Starting price | Free tier available✓ | From $5.5/mo |
| Best for | Individual developers and small teams in Asia-Pacific who want PaaS-style deployments on Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore or Greater China infrastructure, at fixed low monthly cost | Solo developers and small teams running PHP, Laravel, WordPress, or Node apps who want Forge-style deployment workflows on their own VPS at half the price |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 2 vCPU | — |
| RAM | 2 GB | — |
| Storage | — | — |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | — | — |
| Data-center count | 10 | — |
| €/vCPU/mo | €0.00 | — |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €0.00 | — |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ✓ | |
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Newark, Dallas, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Toronto, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney (Zeabur clusters), plus marketplace regions via Tencent Cloud/Aliyun including Seoul, Jakarta, Manila, Hong Kong and mainland China | — |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | free tiermanaged optioneu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenter | managed option |
| Visit Zeabur → | Visit Cleavr → | |
Zeabur
Pros
- + Best budget-tier APAC coverage we have seen: Seoul, Jakarta, Manila, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong and mainland China via Tencent Cloud and Aliyun
- + PaaS ergonomics (auto build detection, templates, domains, SSL, monitoring, backups) over fixed-price servers or your own hosts
- + Genuine free tier and cheap entry: Tencent 2C/2GB from $2-3/month plus a $0-5 plan fee
- + Open-source tooling and documentation on GitHub, with an AI agent that provisions infrastructure from natural language
Cons
- - Platform model changed in 2026 — shared usage-billed cluster closed to new projects with weeks of notice
- - No published uptime SLA below the Enterprise tier; reliability rests on the underlying provider
- - Small, young vendor: thin operational documentation and Discord-first support
- - Refund policy is unfriendly: roughly 30% Stripe fee on card refunds and no refunds on servers created or renewed after July 2025
Cleavr
Pros
- + Cheap and honest: Lite $5.50/mo for one server with unlimited apps, Pro $15/mo for unlimited servers with backups and monitoring
- + Production deployment features — zero-downtime releases, rollback, canary with health checks, push-to-deploy
- + Works with all the usual VPS providers plus a custom BYO-server connector; servers remain fully yours
- + Complete stack management from the UI: Nginx/PHP, MySQL/PostgreSQL/MariaDB, SSL, Fail2Ban/UFW, cron, PM2
- + Real free trial (5 days, Pro features, no card) and 7-day refunds; 50% discounts for students and non-profits
Cons
- - Bootstrapped two-person company with no published uptime SLA and email-only support
- - API access is locked to trial and Business ($30/mo); team features are Business-only
- - Agent plus panel components reportedly consume ~200-500 MB RAM on each managed server
- - Published prices are yearly-billing rates; the monthly-billing rate is not shown on the pricing page
- - Younger areas (Next.js, newer app types) are thinner than the mature Laravel/PHP core
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