ZCP roadmap # What we are building next. ZCP is becoming a developer cloud that runs in ZSoftly regions, private environments, and partner data centers. This roadmap shows direction and lifecycle, not a promise of exact release dates. [Start building on ZCP](https://cloud.zcp.zsoftly.ca/register) [See availability](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/availability) 26 Strategic items A focused public view 4 Lifecycle stages From direction to availability Last updated October 11, 2026 Targets are reviewed as the work changes. From services to platform ## The path to ZCP. ZCP grew out of ZSoftly's professional services practice. The milestones below separate our company origin, partner ecosystem, private-cloud engineering, and public-cloud product work. Feb 09, 2025 ### ZSoftly starts with professional services The founding team defined the company around cloud security, DevOps, cloud migration, and practical technology services. Apr 04, 2025 ### The partner model takes shape Strategic partner planning became part of the operating model as ZSoftly prepared a broader services ecosystem. Apr 12, 2025 ### Partner ecosystem expands Partner documentation covered Vanta, JumpCloud, GitLab, and related security and DevOps tooling for customer delivery. May 08, 2025 ### AWS partner work begins AWS partner accreditation work joined the services and partner program alongside the existing cloud delivery practice. June 2025 ### The private-cloud direction is conceived ZSoftly began exploring how to operate private clouds and package infrastructure as a managed product, extending the professional-services model. December 2025 to January 2026 ### The hosted business suite becomes platform work ZSoftly codified and operated a hosted suite of open-source business applications through GitOps, including identity, helpdesk, automation, passwords, knowledge, security, time tracking, databases, observability, and CI runners. Jan 23, 2026 ### Dedicated IaaS engineering begins The IaaS repository formalized CloudStack and OpenStack architecture, Proxmox, KVM, Ceph, networking, storage, and the deployment foundations for private-cloud delivery. Mar 22, 2026 ### ZCP public beta begins ZCP entered public beta with YOW-1 as the only live region. The first public product surface began, followed by public-release preparation for the ZCP CLI on March 23. Mar 26, 2026 ### YOW becomes the first ZCP region The YOW CloudStack foundation brought together KVM compute, Ceph storage, networking, monitoring, and Kubernetes service work for the first regional platform. May 04, 2026 ### Regional platform assembly accelerates CloudStack networking, storage, VPCs, Terraform modules, deployment automation, and regional operations moved into active build-out. May 07, 2026 ### YUL becomes the second live region The YUL zone bring-up established regional CloudStack, Ceph, networking, DNS, and customer control-plane foundations for Montreal deployments. Jun 10, 2026 ### The universal control plane takes shape The API, CLI, documentation, and Terraform provider began converging around one ZCP resource model. Jul 19, 2026 ### Developer releases establish a cadence The CLI and Terraform provider reached regular release activity across compute, networking, storage, Kubernetes, and DNS. Aug 22, 2026 ### YUL local storage tiers become available Host-local NVMe and SATA SSD storage choices became available in YUL-1 for workloads with an application-level recovery design. Sep 01, 2026 ### Postpaid billing becomes available New customers gained a Postpaid billing option alongside Prepaid during account signup. Sep 06, 2026 ### Kubernetes and onboarding documentation advance Kubernetes 1.37 became available for new managed clusters while the documentation gained clearer service navigation and onboarding guides. Sep 07, 2026 ### CLI and infrastructure-as-code releases ship CLI v0.0.28 and v0.0.29 fixed backup and volume-listing failures and redacted credentials in debug output. Provider v0.2.0 expanded object-storage and network configuration. Public product direction ## A clear path from idea to service. We publish a small set of product themes so teams know where ZCP is headed without turning the public roadmap into an internal project tracker. ### Exploring Direction under evaluation Core cloud #### YUL lower-cost shared HDD storage Evaluate a durable shared HDD tier for backups, archives, and infrequently accessed data. A proposed b2.g3 category would sit apart from the local tiers and their recovery model. Target No date committed Last updated Aug 20, 2026 Developer platform #### AI application hosting and operations Explore a managed hosting service for AI-generated websites, stores, SaaS products, learning platforms, and internal tools. The service would cover hosting, security, updates, backups, monitoring, and support after launch. Target No date committed Last updated Aug 20, 2026 Data and AI #### Managed databases Offer managed database instances with backups, maintenance, access controls, and regional boundaries. Target No date committed Last updated Jun 22, 2026 Universal control plane #### Universal deployment package Deploy the same ZCP control model across ZSoftly regions, private environments, and partner data centers. Target No date committed Last updated Jun 10, 2026 Data and AI #### Private AI and data platform Build region-controlled foundations for GPUs, inference, embeddings, vector search, and AI workloads. Target No date committed Last updated Jun 19, 2026 Core cloud #### Regional expansion Explore future regions in YVR, BUF, LAX, LHR, and AMS. YUL-1 and YOW-1 remain the two live regions today. Target No date committed Last updated Sep 07, 2026 ### Building Active product work Universal control plane #### Terraform provider update with root disk sizing A Terraform and OpenTofu provider update will let you set the root disk size and block storage plan on instances, matching Pricing V2. No release date is set. Last updated Oct 11, 2026 Core cloud #### Backup schedules and storage-based billing Create, edit, pause, resume, and run backup schedules, each with its own timezone and retention policy. Activity logs track schedule creation and updates, runs, failures, and retention cleanup. Backup billing is moving from the schedule to the storage backups consume, and each backup subscription ends when its backup is deleted. Last updated Oct 03, 2026 Account and billing #### Resource-based Kubernetes billing Managed Kubernetes clusters will bill for the resources they provision: control-plane and worker virtual machines, block storage, networks, public IP addresses, and load balancers. The cluster itself will not carry a separate charge, and control-plane and worker nodes will take independent CPU and memory sizes. Existing billing configurations need an update. CSI integration is not included. Last updated Oct 03, 2026 Account and billing #### Redesigned Store Search products, browse category counts, and use product cards. Open a product detail panel for vendor information and contract details, choose an available billing cycle and quantity, and see the total price before you buy. Last updated Oct 03, 2026 Developer platform #### Marketplace deployment email After a Marketplace application VM deploys successfully, an email will deliver the application credentials and the configuration values you supplied during setup. Last updated Oct 03, 2026 Developer platform #### ZCP CMP and PaaS runtime Develop a ZCP control plane with richer project workflows, serverless, and managed application runtimes. Target Q4 2026 Last updated Aug 09, 2026 Core cloud #### Platform observability Bring metrics, traces, logs, alerts, and audit events together for each deployment. Target Q4 2026 Last updated Jun 27, 2026 ### Preview Available for early use Universal control plane #### Public API and CLI Manage core platform building blocks through documented APIs and command-line workflows. CLI v0.0.30 adds custom VM configuration flags, load-balancer rule listing, and object-storage access-key rotation. Earlier releases added credential redaction, backup fixes, public-IP SSH preference, and complete volume listings. Last updated Oct 03, 2026 Universal control plane #### Terraform and OpenTofu provider Provision ZCP resources as code with reusable, region-aware infrastructure definitions. Provider v0.2.0 adds object-storage bucket settings, VPC and multi-network instances, and volume lookups. Last updated Sep 07, 2026 ### Available Ready for customers Account and billing #### Compute and storage sold separately (Pricing V2) VM plans cover CPU and memory only. You choose the root disk size in GB at create time and pay the per-GB rate of the storage tier. Review and Deploy lists each charge on its own line. Existing servers keep their plan and price. Released Oct 11, 2026 Last updated Oct 11, 2026 Universal control plane #### CLI v1.0.0 with root disk sizing ZCP CLI v1.0.0 adds the block storage plan, root disk size, network plan and storage category flags to instance creation, matching Pricing V2. Released 2026-10-11. Released Oct 11, 2026 Last updated Oct 11, 2026 Core cloud #### Compute, storage, and networking Run workloads with regional VMs, object, block, and file storage, private networking, and up to eight subnets per VPC. Newly created VPCs resolve the object-storage endpoint. Last updated Sep 07, 2026 Core cloud #### YUL local storage tiers Host-local NVMe and SATA SSD data volumes and root-storage choices are available in YUL-1. A host or disk failure can make local data unavailable, so use application replication and backups when the workload needs recovery. Last updated Aug 22, 2026 Core cloud #### OPNsense Marketplace image Deploy OPNsense from the Marketplace and complete initial setup in the console. You manage its configuration, rules, and security updates. Last updated Sep 07, 2026 Developer platform #### Kubernetes Engine Run managed Kubernetes clusters in YUL-1 and YOW-1 with node pools, access, networking, and lifecycle controls. Choose 1.34, 1.35, 1.36, or 1.37 (default 1.36.4). Last updated Sep 06, 2026 Universal control plane #### Account and project console Manage accounts, projects, regions, access, and lifecycle controls through the current customer console and CMP layer. Last updated Aug 09, 2026 Account and billing #### Prepaid and Postpaid billing Choose Prepaid to fund your account before provisioning new services, or Postpaid to use eligible services first and pay invoices afterward. Postpaid accepts only a credit card saved through Stripe. Your signup choice fixes the billing mode for the life of the account. Released Sep 01, 2026 Last updated Sep 07, 2026 Developer platform #### Expanded Marketplace catalog Marketplace documentation now covers a wider catalog of preconfigured images, including HermesAgent, IceWarp, K3s, Technitium DNS, and Ubuntu KDE. Last updated Sep 07, 2026 Developer platform #### Service navigation and onboarding guides Documentation navigation now groups services and categories more clearly, with English and French signup and billing guides. Last updated Sep 06, 2026 Core cloud #### Intel Xeon compute capacity Intel CPU capacity is available in YUL alongside AMD, with general-purpose, memory-optimized, CPU-optimized, and managed Kubernetes offerings. Last updated Aug 16, 2026 [Availability ## Where services run. Compare regions, service status, and deployment models.](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/availability) [Updates ## What shipped. Read release notes in the canonical ZCP documentation changelog.](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/updates) [Documentation ## Build with the platform. Follow the implementation details, API references, and tutorials.](https://docs.zcp.zsoftly.ca/) Get started ## Start building on sovereign cloud today. Start with CA$100 in credit. Earn up to CA$300 as you spend. No long-term contract. [Start building for free](https://cloud.zcp.zsoftly.ca/register) [Talk to our team](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/contact) Eligible new accounts only · CA$200 spend unlocks CA$200 more, up to CA$300 · Offer ends Dec 31, 2026 · Prepaid adds a CA$1 verification payment, credited to your account · [Terms apply](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/legal/terms#launch-credit) · ZSoftly Technologies Inc., Ottawa ON