Zeabur vs LucidLink
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Zeabur and LucidLink.
Quick Verdict
3.3/5
Zeabur
0 reviews
4.0/5
LucidLink
0 reviews
LucidLink is rated higher (4.0 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. LucidLink turns S3 object storage into a shared, streaming cloud filesystem for teams working with large files.
Zeabur Deploy services in seconds — APAC-focused PaaS | LucidLink Cloud file streaming for teams: a shared filesystem on top of S3 object storage | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.3 (0 reviews) | 4.0 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | freemium | paid |
| Starting price | Free tier available✓ | From $7/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 | Creative and production teams (video, audio, VFX, design) with large shared files and distributed members who need one live filesystem without syncing or shipping drives. |
| 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 | — |
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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
LucidLink
Pros
- + Streams large shared files on demand — no full downloads before work starts
- + Zero-knowledge encryption: the vendor cannot read customer content
- + Transparent published per-member pricing with included storage per seat
- + Built on S3, with bring-your-own-S3 on Enterprise for storage-substrate flexibility
- + 30-day free trial without a credit card; desktop, mobile and web clients
- + TeamCache add-on brings cloud files to on-prem users at LAN speed
Cons
- - Storage overage of $7-8 per 100 GB is roughly $70-80 per TB per month — far above raw S3
- - Starter tier is tightly capped: 10 members, 1 filespace, 1 TB, and no snapshot recovery
- - Specialized for file-streaming workloads; wrong shape for databases or block storage
- - No published region list or public uptime SLA outside Enterprise discussions
- - Client and control-plane dependency on a mid-size specialist vendor
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