Welcome, LowEndSpirit members
ZSoftly Cloud Platform (ZCP) is a developer-first cloud platform with virtual machines in Montréal, published CAD pricing, full root access, and API control.
Store backups, media, and app assets in S3-compatible object storage buckets.
Start with CA$100 at sign-up. Purchase at least CA$200 in Prepaid credit at signup for an instant LowEndSpirit match, capped at CA$500.
LowEndSpirit sign-up offers
Shh... a little extra for LowEndSpirit members. Keep your regular CA$100 sign-up credit and get an instant match on a signup Prepaid top-up of CA$200 or more.
LES-only match
Includes CA$100 welcome credit and an instant CA$200 match: CA$500 total, including your payment. Add CA$200 or more at Prepaid signup; the 100% match is capped at CA$500.
Top up at signup by January 31, 2027. Excludes the CA$200 spend bonus.
Standard sign-up credit
Get CA$100 in promotional credit at signup. After spending CA$200 on eligible services, request another CA$200 by email. That's up to CA$300 in promotional credit.
The standard offer runs through December 31, 2026. The LowEndSpirit campaign includes the CA$100 credit through January 31, 2027.
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Montreal VPS plans
These examples use AMD plans in YUL-1. Prices show on-demand monthly compute in Canadian dollars.
ca2s.xs
$7/mo
On-demand compute price
ca2s.s
$15/mo
On-demand compute price
ca2s.m
$32/mo
On-demand compute price
Developer-first by design
ZCP offers a Terraform and OpenTofu provider, the ZCP CLI, and documented APIs for building and managing supported platform resources.
Define supported infrastructure resources in code and keep deployments repeatable.
Manage resources from the terminal and use table, JSON, or YAML output in scripts.
Integrate the cloud platform and object storage through their documented APIs.
Preview the platform
Create a VM from the portal, choose a ready-to-deploy marketplace image, and manage the resources in your account.
Review your account, projects, and cloud services from the portal.
Choose a pre-configured image when you create a virtual machine.
See examples of the applications available through the marketplace.
Screenshots are previews of the portal and catalogue. Available images and portal details change over time.
Marketplace picks
These examples show common self-hosting workloads. Confirm each app’s requirements before deploying.
A content management system with Apache, MariaDB, and PHP included.
A web-hosting control panel with WHM. A separate cPanel licence is required.
Ubuntu with Docker CE and Docker Compose ready for container workloads.
Git repository hosting, CI/CD, issue tracking, and a container registry.
A visual workflow automation platform for connecting apps, APIs, and services.
A self-hosted personal AI assistant and multi-channel gateway.
A relational database with advanced data types and standards support.
An open-source relational database and drop-in MySQL replacement.
A preinstalled client for joining your existing NetBird network.
A preinstalled client for connecting this VM to your Tailscale network.
Dashboards for metrics, logs, and traces.
A self-hosted tool for monitoring websites, APIs, TCP ports, and more.
The marketplace contains 70 apps in total, including the examples above.
See platform previewsRun what you know
Host a site, a VPN, a monitoring endpoint, or a service you want to administer yourself.
Run a staging environment, build runner, API, database, or container host. Manage it through the ZCP API or Terraform.
Pair compute with S3-compatible object storage for backups, media, and deployment artifacts.
Questions before you start
Yes. You receive root access to administer the VM. Choose an operating-system image, connect to the server, and manage it yourself.
Both billing modes require a minimum CA$1 verification payment for KYC. We immediately credit this payment to your account. With Prepaid, fund your account before provisioning. Eligible Postpaid services are billed after use and require a saved credit card. Your billing mode remains fixed for the account.
Create a new Prepaid account and purchase at least CA$200 in account credit during sign-up with a valid credit card. We immediately add a 100% matching bonus, capped at CA$500, on top of your CA$100 welcome credit. The CA$100 signup credit is included throughout this campaign and is valid for 30 days from issue.
CA$200 paid credit + CA$300 promotional credit = CA$500 total. CA$300 paid credit + CA$400 promotional credit = CA$700 total. CA$500 paid credit + CA$600 promotional credit = CA$1,100 total. Each total includes your payment.
Make your first top-up by January 31, 2027. The separate CA$200 spend bonus does not apply to this campaign.
Eligible new accounts receive CA$100 in sign-up credit, valid for 30 days from issue. After spending CA$200 on eligible services, request an additional CA$200 by emailing info@zsoftly.ca from your account email address. Include your account number and use the subject “$200 Credit Request”. The additional credit is valid for 60 days from issue, for up to CA$300 in total promotional credit.
Request the spend bonus by December 31, 2026. See the
ZSoftly Cloud Platform
Create an account, select the billing mode that fits, and choose a VPS from the ZCP portal.