Koyeb vs Zeabur (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Zeabur grades higher than Koyeb: 2.2 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Koyeb grades higher on features and platforms. Zeabur grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Zeabur
Deployment platform with a dashboard for apps and servers
Which one is for you
Pick Koyeb if
- Fits if you deploy containers and want autoscaling
- Works for AI jobs that need GPUs and per-second billing
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan
- Pricey if you run one small app, at $29 plus compute
- Watch out: the pricing page says Koyeb is joining Mistral AI and doesn't say what changes
- Watch out: private Slack support, SSO and RBAC are on higher plans, and the SLA starts at Scale, $299
- Watch out: the monthly total depends on usage
Pick Zeabur if
- Fits if you want one dashboard over several servers you own
- Works for small teams on the $79 plan with 3 seats
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: the plan price covers the dashboard, so servers and running costs are extra
- Tight if you stay free, with 1 manageable server and no advanced Agent messages
- Too light for a fast-answer support need: standard tickets target a first reply within 4 working days
- Pricey if you grow a team, as extra seats are $24 a month each past 3
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAKoyebWeak | 2.2GPAZeaburFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D$29 a month plus compute on Pro, with $10 of compute included, against a category middle of $11. Scale is $299. | BDev is $5 a month after a 14-day trial, inside the cheaper quarter of web hosting. The price is for the dashboard, and server costs are separate. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan, apart from a 5-hour Postgres tier. | CFree plan has dashboard basics, community support and 48 hours of logs. The 14-day trial on Dev and Pro is the way to try more. |
| Features | BAutoscaling and scale-to-zero, GPUs, Postgres, 7 regions, GitHub and registry deploys, CLI, API and Terraform. Nothing core is missing in the listing. | CServices and servers, monitoring, backups, logs, email and team roles. Advanced-model Agent messages are not on Free, and running costs sit outside the plan. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You connect repos or containers and pick instance sizes. | CDeploying services means choosing servers and setup, and the listing shows a learning curve with no store rating. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with GitHub, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, Postgres and AWS. | CWeb dashboard only, with a single integration on the listing. |
| Best for | autoscaling containers and GPUs on a usage bill | deploying apps with an AI build planner |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Koyeb and Zeabur. How we grade
Price against what you get
Koyeb starts at $29 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Zeabur starts at $5 a month and scores 2.0.
Koyeb scores higher, and starts $24 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other web hosts on the chart, none scores higher than Koyeb for less, and 13 score higher than Zeabur for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Zeabur also covers databases.
At a glance
| Koyeb | Zeabur | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free plan |
| Starts at | $29 per month plus compute (Pro) | $5 per month (Dev plan, after a 14-day free trial) |
| Free plan | None | Dashboard basics, community support, 1 manageable own server, a 2C4G build machine and 48 hours of log retention. |
| Free trial | None listed | 14 days free on the Dev and Pro plans |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Koyeb | Zeabur Inc. |
| Price read from | koyeb.com | zeabur.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Koyeb
- The plan fee is on top of compute, which is billed per second, so the monthly total depends on usage.
- The pricing page carries a banner saying Koyeb is joining Mistral AI; what that means for the product was not stated there.
- Private Slack support, SSO and RBAC are limited to higher plans, and an uptime SLA starts with Scale.
- No free plan is listed on the pricing page, apart from a 5-hour free Postgres tier.
Zeabur
- The plan price covers dashboard features; the pricing page has a server and cluster selector, so the cost of running services is separate.
- Advanced-model Agent messages are not included on the Free plan (0 a month).
- Standard support tickets target a first response within 4 working days; faster replies use limited express passes.
- Extra Team seats cost $24 per seat per month beyond the 3 included.
Key features
Koyeb
- Serverless compute
- Apps run in autoscaling VMs on bare metal, with scale-to-zero and per-second billing, and deploy from a GitHub push or a container registry.
- GPU instances
- The pricing page lists GPUs from RTX-4000-SFF-ADA at $0.50 an hour up to 8x H200 at $24 an hour.
- Serverless Postgres
- Postgres instances are billed by the second, from a free 5-hour tier up to larger instances, with storage at $0.50 per GB a month.
- Seven regions
- Pro and Scale deploy to 7 regions in the US, EU and Asia; Scale adds AWS regions, and Enterprise lists 50 on-demand regions.
- Networking
- 1 TB of bandwidth a month is included, with extra at $0.02 per GB in the EU and US and $0.04 in Asia, plus automatic HTTPS, private networking and WebSockets.
- CLI, API and Terraform
- Deployment can be driven from the CLI, an API, Terraform or Pulumi.
Zeabur
- Dashboard for services and servers
- Manage services, plus servers you bought and own elsewhere, from the Zeabur dashboard.
- AI build planner and agent
- zbplan reads your code to generate a build, and the Zeabur Agent has a monthly quota of advanced-model messages: 30 on Dev, 200 on Pro, 600 on Team.
- Monitoring, backups and logs
- Dev and above add monitoring and backups; log retention runs from 48 hours on Free to 90 days on Team.
- Email service and domains
- Paid plans can send email through Zeabur and buy domains from the dashboard, with daily send quotas that grow by plan.
- Team roles
- The Team plan adds project collaboration and role and permission management for its 3 included seats.
Plans
Koyeb
Pro$29
per month, plus compute used
Includes $10 of compute, 10 users, 100 services, 5 concurrent builds, volumes and snapshots, and email and chat support.
Scale$299
per month, plus compute used
Includes $100 of compute, 50 users, 1,000 services, 20 concurrent builds, AWS regions, a Slack cross-connect and a 99.9% uptime SLA.
EnterpriseCustom
Starts at $1,000 a month, according to the page: private dedicated locations, unlimited users, SSO, RBAC, audit trail and 24x7 support.
Zeabur
Free$0
per month
Dashboard basics, 1 manageable own server, 48-hour log retention and community support.
Dev$5
per month, after a 14-day free trial
Adds monitoring and backups, 3 own servers, 7-day logs, a Zeabur Agent quota and email.
Pro$19
per month, after a 14-day free trial
Adds 10 own servers, a 4C8G build machine, 30-day logs, log search and forwarding, priority support.
Team$79
per month, 3 seats included, +$24 per extra seat
Everything in Pro with unlimited own servers, team collaboration, roles and 90-day log retention.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom usage limits, dedicated technical resources and custom contracts, sold through sales.
Ways to pay less
Koyeb
- Startups
Up to $30k in credits for early-stage startups
The pricing page offers early-stage startups up to $30k in credits; the details are on a separate startup program page.
- Other savings
Up to 50% off with long-term reservations
The pricing page says saving plans with long-term reservations get up to 50% off on-demand prices, arranged through sales.
Zeabur
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Koyeb or Zeabur?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Zeabur is cheaper to start with: $5 a month, against $29 a month for Koyeb. Koyeb starts at $29 per month plus compute (Pro), and Zeabur starts at $5 per month (Dev plan, after a 14-day free trial).
Which has a free plan, Koyeb or Zeabur?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Zeabur has a free plan. Koyeb does not.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.