Release blog · May 2026
Release added Supabase support so teams can provision isolated PostgreSQL database branches for every pull-request environment with automatic provisioning and full schema isolation.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Release is a privately held developer-platform company that sells Environments as a Service (EaaS): on-demand, isolated full-stack environments for development, testing, QA, and production-like delivery. It positions itself as a Vercel alternative for full-stack apps and a Heroku replacement, with extra products around Instant Datasets, Release Delivery, and remote development environments.
Primary product
Environments as a Service (EaaS) platform for on-demand ephemeral full-stack environments and release delivery
Founded
2019
Headquarters
530 Divisadero St, San Francisco, California 94117, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Developer tools / platform engineering
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Offices
Business model
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$23M
Latest round
Series A · Oct 2021
Latest amount
$20M
Leadership
Co-founder & CEO
Co-founder
Co-founder
Chief Revenue Officer
Investors
Public materials describe a mission-driven, developer-focused company that emphasizes speed, simplicity, and helping teams release ideas faster. Hiring and blog posts suggest a remote-first, collaborative, high-ownership culture that values work-life balance and practical engineering.
Work style
Remote
Pricing
Consumption-based, hourly billing with plan tiers; no per-user charges. Public plans include Free, Teams, Enterprise, and Release Delivery.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
983.5K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Release blog · May 2026
Release added Supabase support so teams can provision isolated PostgreSQL database branches for every pull-request environment with automatic provisioning and full schema isolation.
Release blog · Apr 2026
Release added Neon support for instant isolated PostgreSQL branches in ephemeral environments, extending its Instant Datasets workflow.
Release blog · Apr 2026
Release added PlanetScale integration to provision isolated database branches for every pull-request environment.
Release blog · Apr 2025
A technical article showing how Release’s ephemeral environments can support AI-assisted end-to-end testing workflows.
Release blog · Mar 2025
A long-form product and thought-leadership post arguing that ephemeral environments reduce infrastructure cost, developer wait time, and release friction.