What Sealos does

Sealos, operated by Labring Inc. (a Delaware-incorporated entity with operational roots in Hangzhou, China), is an AI-native cloud operating system built on Kubernetes. The platform unifies the full application lifecycle — cloud development environments (DevBox), managed databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, and the Milvus vector database), an App Store of 173+ one-click deploy templates, and an S3-compatible object store — behind a single console. Its distinguishing interface is AI Pilot, which interprets plain-English deployment requests and provisions infrastructure without requiring YAML, Dockerfiles, or CI/CD pipelines, plus an AI Proxy that provides a cached, model-agnostic gateway to OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, DeepSeek, Google Gemini, Azure AI, AWS Bedrock, and Qwen. Sealos Skills (launched 2025) extends this into autonomous AI coding agent deployment via an open-source plugin compatible with OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

The company monetizes through tiered subscription plans ranging from a free individual tier through Starter ($7/mo), Hobby ($25/mo), Standard ($128/mo), Pro ($512/mo), and Team ($2,030/mo), with usage-based compute, storage, bandwidth, and AI credits layered on. Distribution is product-led and community-driven: the labring/sealos repository on GitHub has 16K+ stars and a contributor base of 100+, while 150+ SEO-optimized blog articles and comparison pages drive organic acquisition against competitors such as Vercel, Railway, Render, Heroku, Supabase, Fly.io, and OpenShift. Sealos reports 10K+ active developers, 2,000+ tenants (after a Nginx-to-Envoy migration), and 100+ educational institutions representing 100,000+ student users.

The business is privately held (no disclosed institutional investors beyond a $5.16M Alibaba Cloud-led round in December 2024 and earlier undisclosed amounts from Gaojie Capital and MiraclePlus), has 11–50 employees, and operates with a remote/global footprint. The legal entity is Labring Inc. in Delaware, and the platform is GDPR-, CCPA-, and EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework-compliant. No revenue, ARR, or valuation figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

Sealos

Legal name

Labring Inc.

Website

https://sealos.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sealos (operated by Labring Inc.) is an AI-native Kubernetes cloud operating system that lets developers deploy applications, databases, and AI agents via plain-English prompts, serving 10K+ developers, 2,000+ tenants, and 100+ educational institutions through a freemium subscription model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cloud Infrastructure

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Container Platforms & Orchestration (Kubernetes) (HDABADAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Managed Container Platforms (Kubernetes & Container PaaS) (HDABAAAB), Cloud-Native/Kubernetes Observability (HDABAJAF), Kubernetes & Container Security (KSPM/KCSPM, Runtime) (HDADADAE)

Keywords

• Cloud operating system
• Kubernetes platform
• Managed databases
• Cloud development environment
• AI-native deployment

Headquarters

HQ city

Hangzhou

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Cloud Platform Subscription Plans: Tiered subscription plans (Free, Starter $7/mo, Hobby $25/mo, Standard $128/mo, Pro $512/mo, Team $2,030/mo) providing compute resources (vCPU, RAM, disk, bandwidth, Nodeports) and AI credits. Revenue is recurring subscription-based with monthly or annual billing. Upsell path from individual to team/enterprise.
2. Managed Database Services: Managed database offerings (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, Milvus) with auto-scaling, backups, and monitoring included in tier plans. Additional compute/storage costs may apply at scale.
3. App Store — One-Click Deploy Templates: 173+ pre-built application templates (FastGPT, Dify, Lobe Chat, WordPress, n8n, and more) deployed via the Sealos App Store automation engine. Revenue from underlying compute resources consumed by deployed applications included in subscription tiers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Sealos is an AI-native cloud operating system built on Kubernetes that enables developers to deploy AI agents, databases, dev runtimes, and full-stack web applications using natural language prompts instead of YAML, Dockerfiles, or CI/CD pipelines. The platform unifies cloud development environments (DevBox), managed databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, Milvus), an App Store of 173+ one-click templates, AI Proxy for multi-model LLM routing, and S3-compatible object storage into a single recurring-subscription cloud service.

Product overview

Sealos is an AI-native cloud operating system that provides a unified platform for the complete application lifecycle. The core platform combines DevBox (cloud development environments), Managed Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, Milvus), and an App Store (173+ one-click deployable applications). AI capabilities are powered through AI Pilot (natural language deployment), AI Proxy (unified multi-model API), and Sealos Skills (AI agent deployment plugin). The platform is built on Kubernetes with full native API compatibility and supports multi-cloud strategies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DevBox: Cloud Development Environment - provides instant, pre-configured development environments with seamless deployment to production
• App Store
• FastGPT
• Sealos Skills

Products and services

• Sealos Cloud Platform Core AI-native cloud operating system that unifies the application lifecycle from idea to production. Enables deployment of AI agents, databases, dev runtimes, and full-stack applications via natural language prompts, built on Kubernetes with full K8s API compatibility. Sold on tiered subscription plans from Free to Team.
• DevBox Cloud-based development environment that launches in ~60 seconds and connects to local IDEs (VS Code, Cursor, JetBrains, Zed, Windsurf, Trae). Provides 100% environment parity across teams and one-click release packaging directly to production. Trusted by 10K+ developers.
• Managed Databases Production-ready managed database services including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Apache Kafka, and Milvus vector database. Features auto-scaling, automatic backups, one-click restore, one-click high availability with automated failover, and Kubernetes orchestration. Average deployment time ~5 seconds.
• Sealos App Store Template marketplace offering 173+ one-click deployable application templates including AI tools (FastGPT, Dify, Lobe Chat), automation (n8n), productivity (WordPress), databases, and developer tools. Provides HTTPS, persistent storage, and scalable cloud resources without YAML configuration.
• Sealos Skills Open-source deploy plugin enabling AI coding agents to inspect repositories, generate Docker and Sealos template artifacts, deploy to Sealos Cloud, and verify running applications automatically. Supports OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, Gemini, and Qwen.

Quantifiable outcome

• Environment setup time reduced from 2-3 days to 60 seconds (99.9% faster)
• +11 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration20 records

AI capability9 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• GitHub (labring/sealos)coreTechnology or IntegrationSealos is built as open-source on GitHub with 16K+ stars. GitHub integration enables GitHub Deploy functionality — users can deploy directly from GitHub repositories. GitHub CLI is used for GHCR pushes and private image pull secrets. The GitHub Stars count (16K+) serves as a key community and trust metric.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Railway: Railway is a developer-focused PaaS that lets users deploy from a Git repo without managing infrastructure. Sealos explicitly compares against Railway on its homepage, sharing the same instant-deploy, no-DevOps positioning, though Railway lacks native Kubernetes and AI-native workflows.
• Render: Render provides unified cloud hosting for web services, databases, and background workers with a Git-based deploy model. Like Sealos, it targets developers wanting production simplicity, but Render is not Kubernetes-native and lacks AI-prompt deployment and AI Proxy features.
• Vercel: Vercel is a frontend cloud platform optimized for Next.js and modern web frameworks. Sealos benchmarks directly against Vercel; Vercel leads in frontend DX but is limited on backend, Kubernetes compatibility, and full-stack AI app deployment, areas where Sealos competes.
• Fly.io: Fly.io runs full-stack apps close to users via a global container network. Both Fly.io and Sealos position around containerized workloads with developer-friendly deployment; Sealos differentiates with native Kubernetes, AI-native prompt deploy, and bundled managed databases.
• Supabase: Supabase is an open-source Postgres backend platform with Auth, Storage, and Edge Functions. Sealos's homepage comparison lists Supabase as a competitor; both target developers wanting managed data backends, though Sealos offers a broader Cloud OS scope beyond Postgres.

Broad incumbents

• Heroku: Heroku pioneered the simplified PaaS category that Sealos targets. As a Salesforce-owned incumbent, Heroku offers similar developer ergonomics but lacks Kubernetes compatibility and AI-native deployment; Sealos positions as the Kubernetes-native successor.
• DigitalOcean App Platform: DigitalOcean's App Platform offers simple app deployment and managed databases on a broader cloud provider footprint. Both serve the SMB/developer segment, but DigitalOcean is a general-purpose cloud with broader services rather than a Kubernetes-native AI-focused PaaS.

Emerging players

• Civo: Civo is a Kubernetes-native cloud provider targeting developers with simplified managed K8s clusters. Like Sealos, it emphasizes ease-of-use on top of Kubernetes, though Civo focuses on cluster provisioning while Sealos provides the full app lifecycle above it.
• Porter: Porter is a Kubernetes PaaS that runs in the user's own cloud account, similar in spirit to Sealos's source-available, self-hostable positioning. Both target developers wanting Heroku-like experience on Kubernetes with reduced vendor lock-in.

Others

• Akamai (Linode): Linode (now Akamai Cloud Computing) provides simple virtual servers and a managed Kubernetes service for SMBs and developers. As a broad cloud incumbent with Kubernetes offerings, it overlaps with Sealos's target customer base, though it does not offer AI-native prompt deployment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Sealos_io
• GitHubgithub.com/labring/sealos
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@sealos_io
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/labring

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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