What is Zipper / TinyZipper?

Zipper (also searched as TinyZipper, Tiny Zipper, and tinyzipper.com) is Spatial Regal Technology’s Cloudflare-shaped edge platform. Honest production on multi-layered Global Server nodes with 26 named services, priced per workspace.

Is Zipper a Cloudflare alternative?

Yes — as a workspace-priced control plane with Cloudflare-shaped jobs. Honest production is multi-layered Global Server nodes: application-layer DDoS and WAF, in-process cache, DNS-JSON (not port 53), and image delivery (not transcoding). 26 named services plus Palace Guard.

How is pricing cheaper than Cloudflare?

Starter is US$12/mo for 8 hostnames versus Cloudflare Pro US$20 per domain. Business is US$39/mo for 40 hostnames versus Cloudflare Business US$200 per domain. Workers, Load Balancing, and Stream are not separate Zipper SKUs.

No. Hostnames (zones) are included in the plan quota. You are not billed per domain the way Cloudflare Pro (US$20) and Business (US$200) are.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Free includes all 26 services, 2 zones, 2 TB of Crown egress, 50,000 Portcullis challenges, Palace Guard scans, and no credit card.

What is the cheapest paid Zipper plan?

Starter is US$12 per month (US$120 billed yearly) with 8 hostnames. That is below Cloudflare Pro and products such as Vercel Pro or Netlify Pro, and you are not billed per domain.

Can I replace Cloudflare Workers, Pages, and Turnstile?

Yes. Edge Functions maps to Workers, Site Hosting maps to Pages, and Portcullis maps to Turnstile. Origin Connect maps to Tunnel. Palace Guard is Zipper’s edge antivirus — Cloudflare has no analogue. Guides live in /docs.

What does Zipper run on day one?

Application-layer DDoS and WAF, in-process cache, DNS-JSON, original-byte images, Edge Functions, Site Hosting, Zipper Mail, Zipper Pilot, The Armory, sealed Postgres (The Cellar), and 26 named palace services on multi-layered Global Server nodes — priced per workspace. Substrate catalog: https://tinyzipper.com/docs/gaps

Zipper Mail (also called Zipper Email) is Zipper’s transactional email and webmail service: HTTP send API on every plan, SMTP on Starter+, DKIM-signed mail on Global Server nodes, company inboxes, and the web client at mail.tinyzipper.com. Docs: https://tinyzipper.com/docs/email · Product: https://tinyzipper.com/products/email · Webmail: https://tinyzipper.com/webmail.

Which services does Zipper include?

All 26: The Crown (In-process cache), The Keep (Web application firewall), Portcullis (Human verification), The Moat (Application-layer DDoS), The Herald (DNS-JSON over HTTPS), The Vault (TLS certificates), The Scepter (API shield and rate limits), The Watchtower (Analytics and logs), The Drawbridge (Load balancing), The Gallery (Image delivery), The Archives (Object storage), The Throne Room (Zero-trust access), Edge Functions (Serverless runtime on Zipper), Site Hosting (Git-connected sites), Job Queues (Background work), Edge AI (Grounded inference on Zipper), Video Delivery (Stored video objects), Origin Connect (Private origin links), Zipper Mail (Transactional send + inbound hatch), Visitor Queue (Surge protection), Palace Guard (Edge antivirus cordon), The Cellar (World's first sealed Postgres), The Armory (Sealed warrant backend), Zipper Pilot (Grounded support and live voice), Zipper Wire (Governed AI automations), Zipper Forms (Conversational form builder). Each ships with its own docs at https://tinyzipper.com/docs/{key}.

How do I migrate from Cloudflare to Zipper?

Copy DNS into The Herald, proxy through The Crown, swap Turnstile for Portcullis, and point Workers at Edge Functions. Step-by-step: https://tinyzipper.com/docs/migrate-from-cloudflare.

Alternative to Vercel frontend cloud

Zipper (TinyZipper) is a Vercel frontend cloud alternative.

Zipper hosts Next.js (and Astro, SvelteKit, Nuxt, Remix, Vite) with Edge Functions instead of stitching Vercel to a separate CDN and WAF.

1. Framework choice. Site Hosting pipelines for Next, Astro, SvelteKit, Nuxt, Remix, Vite, or static HTML. Node 20 or 22.
2. Preview protection. Password or Portcullis on previews, matching Vercel Deployment Protection without a second product.

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