Easel
Easel is a cloud deployment platform for running web apps, sites, agents, and platforms globally.
What Easel is
Easel is a cloud deployment platform for running web apps, sites, agents, and platforms globally. Teams can connect a GitHub repository, receive a preview URL on each push, and promote an immutable deployment to production. Its documentation lists deployment paths for Next.js, TanStack Start, Nuxt, React Router, SvelteKit, and Vite. Easel Functions run framework server routes and let warm runtimes handle overlapping requests through in-function concurrency. Deployments include a global CDN with managed TLS, framework-aware caching, and tag revalidation. Observability combines traffic trends, request logs, platform spans, application OpenTelemetry, cold starts, and function invocations. Security features include DDoS mitigation, managed and custom WAF rules, attack challenges, BotID, and deployment protection. Easel says its infrastructure is built mostly on bare metal rather than on a hyperscaler. The Hobby plan is free forever within included monthly usage limits; Pro costs $20 a month plus additional usage. Easel is in private beta and invites a small number of JavaScript teams each week.
Good
- Preview URL on each GitHub push
- Immutable deployments can be promoted to production
- Lists deployment paths for six frameworks
- Includes global CDN with managed TLS
- Free Hobby plan within monthly usage limits
Watch out
- Private beta with limited weekly invitations
- Pro costs $20 a month plus additional usage
- Unused included Hobby usage does not roll over
Who it suits
Easel suits JavaScript teams looking for a deployment workflow with repository previews and production promotion. Its listed framework paths, observability tools, and security features may fit teams building web apps, sites, agents, or platforms.
Verdict
Easel combines repository-based previews, deployment promotion, CDN delivery, and observability. Its private beta and plan usage limits are important considerations for teams evaluating the platform.
Plans and prices
From Easel's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby | Free | 1M edge requests/month · 100 GB edge transfer/month · 100K function requests/month · 100 GB-hrs function duration/month · 100 standard build minutes/month · Free forever; plans bill monthly |
| Pro | $20 a month | 10M edge requests/month · 1 TB edge transfer/month · 1M function requests/month · 1,000 GB-hrs function duration/month · team collaboration and free viewer seats · $20 + additional usage; $20 included metered usage |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Custom contracts · multi-region compute and failover · 99.99% SLA · advanced support · Contact us |
The facts
Each one read from Easel's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Beta access
- The deployments page says Easel is in private beta and invites a small number of JavaScript teams each week.checked 5 Oct 2026
- CDN
- Deployments include a global CDN with managed TLS, framework-aware caching, and tag revalidation.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Deployment workflow
- Users can connect a Git repository, get a preview URL on each push, and promote an immutable deployment to production.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Framework integrations
- The documentation lists production-ready deployment paths for Next.js, TanStack Start, Nuxt, React Router, SvelteKit, and Vite.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Infrastructure
- Easel says its platform is built mostly on bare metal rather than on top of a hyperscaler.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Observability
- Observability combines traffic trends, request logs, platform spans, application OpenTelemetry, cold starts, and function invocations.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Product
- Easel is a cloud deployment platform for running web apps, sites, agents, and platforms globally.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Runtime
- Easel Functions run framework server routes and allow warm runtimes to handle overlapping requests through in-function concurrency.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Security
- Security features include DDoS mitigation, managed and custom WAF rules, attack challenges, BotID, and deployment protection.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- Product and account support is available by email, and Pro and Enterprise customers get priority handling.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Usage limits
- Hobby is free within its included limits, and unused included usage does not roll over.checked 5 Oct 2026
The company
- Company focus
- Easel lists its focus as developer infrastructure, edge computing, and AI workloads.checked 5 Oct 2026
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