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 | 97% cheaper on Zenlayer |
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.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Netlify | Zenlayer |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Yes |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Enterprise only | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | -- |
| PCI DSS | SAQ-A | -- |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
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 Sept. 18, 2026, and for Zenlayer on Oct. 2, 2026.