Thunder Compute
vs
Zeabur
What's good about each
- Per-minute billing, nothing charged while an instance is stopped
- Per-second GPU sandboxes, each its own Firecracker microVM
- MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
- 100 GB persistent disk per GPU, no egress fees
- Easy to use dashboard
- Automated SSL, deployments, and PR previews
- Framework detection, no need to write Dockerfiles
- Pre-built templates for databases, caches and more including automated backups
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Thunder Compute | Zeabur | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $10.80 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (team plan) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $172.80 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (custom/enterprise plan) | |
| Block storage | $21.90 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB per GPU included | $20.00 /mo 100 GB | 9% cheaper on Zeabur |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 10-100 GB, depends on plan | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | $100.00 /TB $0.1 / GB |
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
Thunder Compute offers 4 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Zeabur.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Thunder Compute | Zeabur |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed MySQL | ||
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Managed Redis®* | ||
| Serverless Functions |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
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 | Thunder Compute | Zeabur |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | Singapore |
| Locations | -- | 5 |
| Example customers | NYU Langone Health, MIT, ETH Zürich, UC Berkeley, Theseus, Conduit, InstaLILY | ChatHub, Bytebase, PodWise, Kanaries Data, Matter Labo |
| Website | www.thundercompute.com | zeabur.com |
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Our data for Thunder Compute was last updated on Oct. 22, 2026, and for Zeabur on Sept. 18, 2026.