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Virtual Machines

Production compute in minutes — priced in CAD, with no egress bill.

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Overview

Run your applications on cloud infrastructure ZSoftly owns and operates, with predictable Canadian-dollar pricing and free data transfer. A straightforward path off unpredictable hyperscaler bills and vendor lock-in, with a Canadian team on the call from first deploy through production.

What's included

Predictable CAD billing — no currency surprises
Free, unmetered data transfer in and out
Your data stays in the Canadian region you choose
Snapshots and automated backups included
Open-source foundation — no proprietary lock-in
Live across two regions today

Technical documentation

Why choose Virtual Machines?

Transparent CAD pricing with free, unmetered data transfer — reserved instances save 15%, and 10+ VMs unlock 20% off.

Predictable Canadian-dollar billing

Every plan is priced in CAD, so there are no currency surprises and no hyperscaler exchange-rate drift.

Free, unmetered data transfer

Data in and out of your instances is never metered, removing the egress bill that dominates AWS and Azure invoices.

Your data stays in Canada

Each instance runs in the Canadian region you select, with data residency you control end to end.

Open-source foundation, no lock-in

Built on open-source virtualization with standard tooling, so your workloads stay portable.

Core features

Everything you need to build and scale.

General, memory, and CPU-optimized families

Choose general-purpose, memory-optimized, or CPU-optimized plans sized from extra-small to 6xl.

NVMe and value storage tiers

Pair instances with high-performance NVMe or lower-cost SSD and HDD tiers to match the workload.

Snapshots and automated backups

Capture on-demand snapshots and schedule automated backups for fast recovery.

Live across two Canadian regions

Deploy in Montreal or Ottawa today, with data residency in the region you pick.

Reserved and volume pricing

Commit to one-year reserved instances for 15% off, and run ten or more VMs for an additional 20% off.

Standard images and full access

Launch from standard Linux and Windows templates with full SSH and console access to your instances.

What sets us apart

See why teams choose ZSoftly Cloud Platform.

Capability	Why it matters
Free, unmetered egress	Moving data out costs nothing, while AWS, Azure, and GCP all bill per gigabyte.
CAD pricing	Budget in Canadian dollars with no exchange-rate exposure on your monthly bill.
Sovereign Canadian infrastructure	Your instances run on hardware ZSoftly owns and operates in Canada, not resold hyperscaler capacity.
No proprietary lock-in	Open-source virtualization and standard tooling keep your workloads portable.
Real human support	A Canadian engineering team is on the call from first deploy through production.
Reserved and volume discounts	Predictable savings of 15% reserved and 20% at ten-plus VMs, without opaque committed-use math.

Ideal use cases

Production web and application servers
Databases and stateful backends on memory-optimized plans
Batch and compute-heavy jobs on CPU-optimized plans
Development, test, and staging environments
Lift-and-shift migrations off hyperscaler bills
Internal tools and line-of-business applications

How it works

1

Choose a region

Select Montreal or Ottawa so your data stays in the Canadian region you pick.
2

Pick a plan

Choose a general-purpose, memory-optimized, or CPU-optimized plan sized to your workload.
3

Select an image and storage

Launch from a standard Linux or Windows template and attach the storage tier you need.
4

Configure networking and keys

Place the instance on your network and add an SSH key for secure access.
5

Deploy in minutes

Create the instance and connect over SSH or the console right away.
6

Snapshot and scale

Take snapshots, enable backups, and resize or add instances as you grow.

Getting started

Launch in minutes, scale when ready.

Sign up and choose your Canadian region
Pick a plan and launch from a standard image
Connect over SSH and configure backups
Reserve instances or add nodes for volume discounts

Production compute in minutes — priced in CAD, with no egress bill and no lock-in.

Get started

Start building on
sovereign cloud today.

New accounts start with $100 in credit, valid 30 days, and can earn up to $300 total. Creating an account requires a minimum CA$1.00 payment for verification and validation, which is added as infra credit you can spend. No commitment. Or talk to our team about a private cloud build-out.