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Zeabur
✓ verifiedFreemium
Cloud deployment platform for developers that auto-detects code and frameworks to ship apps, servers, and AI-hub services with one push.
455K visits/mo72 saves
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Pump
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Free cloud cost-optimization platform that pools buying power to give startups enterprise-level AWS, GCP, and Azure discounts.
64K visits/mo3.2K saves
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Dagster
✓ verifiedFreemium
Open-source asset-based data orchestrator, with Dagster+ cloud, for building, observing and delivering reliable data and AI pipelines.
152K visits/mo
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Windsurf Editor
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AI-powered code editor with agentic workflows for developers.
3.3M visits/mo
Pricing
Free: $0/mo (1 manageable server)
Dev: $5/mo (first 14 days free, 3 servers)
Pro: $19/mo (first 14 days free, 10 servers)
Team: $79/mo (3 seats included, +$24/seat/mo)
Free trial available
No public pricing
Solo: $10/mo + $0.040/credit (1 user)
Starter: $100/mo + $0.035/credit (up to 3 users)
Free trial available
No public pricing
Core features
- ✦Automatic language and framework detection and deployment
- ✦Git-push CI/CD with zero configuration
- ✦Auto-scaling compute resources
- ✦Built-in object storage similar to S3
- ✦One-click managed VPS purchase
- ✦Unified AI Hub API for multiple AI models
- ✦Domain and DNS management
- ✦In-browser file management console
- ✦Automated cloud spend optimization
- ✦Group buying for enterprise discounts
- ✦Cost visibility and insights dashboards
- ✦Coverage across AWS, GCP, and Azure
- ✦No-cost service model
- ✦Asset-based pipeline orchestration
- ✦Built-in lineage and data-quality checks
- ✦Data catalog with asset metadata
- ✦Native dbt, Snowflake and Fivetran integrations
- ✦Branch deployments and hybrid deployment
- ✦Open-source core plus managed Dagster+ cloud
- ✦AI-powered code completion and suggestions
- ✦Automated lint fixing
- ✦Cascade agent for advanced coding assistance
- ✦Integrated app building and deployment
- ✦MCP server support for custom tools
- ✦Terminal command integration
- ✦Memory of codebase structure and workflow
Use cases
- →Developers deploying apps without manual server config
- →Teams wanting predictable, fixed-plan hosting costs
- →Startups needing quick CI/CD pipelines
- →Projects needing bundled AI model access alongside hosting
- →Reducing startup cloud bills
- →Automating reserved-capacity savings
- →Gaining visibility into multi-cloud spend
- →Accessing enterprise pricing without scale
- →Orchestrate ETL/ELT and dbt pipelines
- →Monitor data health and lineage
- →Build AI/ML data pipelines
- →Run reliable, observable data platforms
- →Accelerating software development by automating repetitive tasks
- →Reducing onboarding time for new developers
- →Improving code quality and reducing tech debt
- →Streamlining the app building and deployment process
- →Enhancing developer productivity by keeping them in a state of flow
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