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Sst vs Zeabur

Zeabur scores higher on the AgentReady, 46/100 against 44/100. They differ on 9 of the 41 signals. Which ones decides whether an agent can adopt them without a person watching.

What each one is

Sst. SST is a framework that makes it easy to build modern full-stack applications on your own infrastructure.

Zeabur. Zeabur is a platform that helps you deploy your service with one click, no matter what programming language or framework you use.

Where Sst is ahead

Sst passes llms.txt published and llms-full.txt / full agent docs, and Zeabur does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds understand: structured api reference. Zeabur misses it.

And on adopt, agent-compatible signup flow. Zeabur misses it.

Where Zeabur is ahead

Zeabur passes clear product positioning, and Sst does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds understand: pricing understandable and limits / constraints documented. Sst misses those.

And on adopt, self-service signup and free trial or free allowance. Sst misses those.

What neither does

Both fail mcp discoverable, openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, no mandatory sales call, programmatic credential creation, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart, mcp integration available, structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified. If your agent needs any of those, you will be building it yourself either way.

Score, pillar by pillar

The AgentReady splits into four pillars, scored separately, because a product can be easy to find and still impossible to adopt.

Discover. Both sit at 73/100 here. Sst misses clear product positioning, mcp discoverable; Zeabur misses llms.txt published, llms-full.txt / full agent docs, mcp discoverable.

Understand. Both sit at 31/100 here. Sst misses openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, pricing understandable, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented; Zeabur misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented.

Adopt is whether an agent can get a key and make its first successful call without a human in the loop. Zeabur leads 45 to 38. Sst misses self-service signup, no mandatory sales call, programmatic credential creation, free trial or free allowance, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart, mcp integration available; Zeabur misses no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, fast time to first request, copyable quickstart, mcp integration available.

Operate. Both sit at 35/100 here. Sst misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified; Zeabur misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified.

Pricing

Sst does not publish a machine-readable starting price. Zeabur starts at $0/mo and has a free tier.

Signal by signal

Which to pick

Zeabur clears more of the signals an agent needs, so it is the safer default for unattended use. Full profiles: Sst and Zeabur. Alternatives to each: Sst, Zeabur.

An agent can fetch this as data: POST /v1/compare {"slugs": ["sst", "zeabur"]}