- Is Zipper / TinyZipper a clothing zipper?
- No. Zipper (also TinyZipper, Tiny Zipper, tinyzipper.com) is Spatial Regal Technology’s software platform — an edge CDN, WAF, bot protection, hosting, and email service, not a clothing fastener. Branded queries such as Zipper Portcullis, Zipper Pilot, Zipper Mail, and Zipper waiting room all resolve to this platform.
- 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 Zipper’s global edge network with 34 named services, priced per workspace.
- Is Zipper a Cloudflare alternative?
- Yes — as a workspace-priced control plane with Cloudflare-shaped jobs. Honest production is Zipper’s global edge network: application-layer DDoS and WAF, in-process cache, DNS-JSON (not port 53), and image delivery (not transcoding). 34 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.
- Do I pay per domain?
- 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 34 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, The Stage 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, The Stage, Zipper Mail, Zipper Pilot, The Armory, sealed Postgres (The Cellar), and 34 named palace services on Zipper’s global edge network — priced per workspace. Substrate catalog: https://tinyzipper.com/docs/gaps
- What is Zipper Mail?
- 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 Zipper’s global edge network, 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 34: 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), The Chancery (Workspace roles and policies), The Safe-Conduct (Just-in-time privileged access), Edge Functions (Serverless runtime on Zipper), The Stage (Git-connected sites & previews), 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), The Mint (Ledger-posted sealed Postgres), The Reliquary (Sealed ciphertext store), Zipper Pilot (Grounded support and live voice), Zipper Wire (Governed AI automations), Zipper Forms (Conversational form builder), The Barbican CDN (Edge cache gate), The Chronicle (Visitor analytics for hosted sites), The Lookout (Uptime and certificate probes), The Coffer (Shared key-value store and feature flags). 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.