Easel
What it is
Easel is a cloud platform for deploying web apps, sites, agents, and platforms globally. Teams connect a GitHub repository, receive a preview URL with each push, and can 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 use warm runtimes to handle overlapping requests through in-function concurrency. Deployments include a global CDN, managed TLS, framework-aware caching, and tag revalidation. Observability brings together 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. Hobby is free forever within monthly usage limits; Pro costs $20 per month plus additional usage and includes $20 in metered usage. Enterprise pricing is by contact. Easel is in private beta and invites a small number of JavaScript teams each week.
For and against
For
- Creates a preview URL on each repository push.
- Supports several listed JavaScript framework paths.
- Deployments include a global CDN and managed TLS.
- Observability combines logs, traces, and runtime details.
Against
- The platform is in private beta.
- Hobby usage is limited to included monthly allowances.
- Pro is $20 per month plus additional usage.
- Enterprise pricing requires contacting the company.
The verdict
Easel brings deployment, previews, runtime functions, and observability into one cloud platform. Teams should account for its private-beta status and plan usage limits before choosing a tier.
Who it suits
Easel is aimed at JavaScript teams deploying web applications and related services. It may suit teams looking for Git-based previews, deployment controls, and integrated runtime observability.
Plans and prices
Hobby
1M edge requests/month · 100 GB edge transfer/month · 100K function requests/month · 100 GB-hrs function duration/month
Read 5 Oct 2026 · easel.sh
Pro
10M edge requests/month · 1 TB edge transfer/month · 1M function requests/month · 1,000 GB-hrs function duration/month
Read 5 Oct 2026 · easel.sh
Enterprise
Custom contracts · multi-region compute and failover · 99.99% SLA · advanced support
Read 5 Oct 2026 · easel.sh
On the record
- Beta access
- The deployments page says Easel is in private beta and invites a small number of JavaScript teams each week.easel.sh · read 5 Oct 2026
- CDN
- Deployments include a global CDN with managed TLS, framework-aware caching, and tag revalidation.easel.sh · read 5 Oct 2026
- Company focus
- Easel lists its focus as developer infrastructure, edge computing, and AI workloads.easel.sh · read 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.easel.sh · read 5 Oct 2026
- Framework integrations
- The documentation lists production-ready deployment paths for Next.js, TanStack Start, Nuxt, React Router, SvelteKit, and Vite.easel.sh · read 5 Oct 2026
- Infrastructure
- Easel says its platform is built mostly on bare metal rather than on top of a hyperscaler.easel.sh · read 5 Oct 2026
- Observability
- Observability combines traffic trends, request logs, platform spans, application OpenTelemetry, cold starts, and function invocations.easel.sh · read 5 Oct 2026
- Product
- Easel is a cloud deployment platform for running web apps, sites, agents, and platforms globally.easel.sh · read 5 Oct 2026
- Runtime
- Easel Functions run framework server routes and allow warm runtimes to handle overlapping requests through in-function concurrency.easel.sh · read 5 Oct 2026
- Security
- Security features include DDoS mitigation, managed and custom WAF rules, attack challenges, BotID, and deployment protection.easel.sh · read 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- Product and account support is available by email, and Pro and Enterprise customers get priority handling.easel.sh · read 5 Oct 2026
- Usage limits
- Hobby is free within its included limits, and unused included usage does not roll over.easel.sh · read 5 Oct 2026
