Netlify
vs
Zenlayer
What's good about each
- Specialized in Jamstack architectures: JS, APIs and Markup
- Extensive functionality such as forms, edge functions and analytics
- Pro plan bills per team, not per seat, with unlimited members
- Free plan includes 300 credits per month with a hard spend limit
- 350+ Points of Presence across 50+ countries with focus on emerging markets
- Flexible quarterly billing for GPUs (no 2-3 year lock-in)
- Strong presence in Southeast Asia, India, China, South America
- Competitive GPU pricing
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Netlify | Zenlayer | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $11.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $52.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $104.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $8.00 /mo 100 GB volume | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $32.70 /mo 1 TB estimated usage | |
| Serverless | $69.44 /mo 25M invocations, 1 GB RAM (minimum), 150 ms duration · Compute billed at 10 credits / GB-hour | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | Covered by plan credits (~15 GB) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $133.33 /TB 20 credits / GB ($0.13 / GB) | $4.50 /TB Estimated cost to transfer 1 TB per month | 30x more expensive on Netlify |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Zenlayer offers 1 GPU model. We track no GPU listings from Netlify. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Netlify | Zenlayer | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
T4
2 configs
|
-- | $0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | Zenlayer only |
Zenlayer bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Netlify | Zenlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | -- |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 16 | 22 |
| Example customers | Twilio, Mattel, Google, Riot Games, Mailchimp | -- |
| Website | netlify.com | cloud.zenlayer.com |
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Our data for Netlify was last updated on July 27, 2026, and for Zenlayer on Sept. 11, 2026.