Uke-alot
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I would echo what John says above about Uke set-up. There are plenty of threads here on UU about that topic.
Ukes that have a plastic fretboard often have a zero fret, the brand that comes to mind is Magic Fluke (https://www.magicfluke.com/), some good players here love the Fleas and Flukes. Harmony used to make Ukes with plastic fretboards (now second hand only and old) and and I think that some Flight Ukes have them ... IMHO neither are high end brands but they still might do what you want and give you a lot of fun playing them.
The Magic Fluke instruments with traditional fretboards (i.e. wood with metal frets) as well as the ones with plastic fretboards have zero frets. I've had my Fluke tenor (with walnut fretboard) for 3 years now and it works perfectly. Good action and no string buzz. The Magic Fluke instruments with wood soundboards (like my tenor with spruce soundboard) are quite nice, although I have to admit that I have very limited experience with higher-end ukuleles and therefore I don't have a good basis for comparison. My wife has a Flea with the composite soundboard and plastic fretboard, and even that is a decent instrument. The stock tuners (cheapest Grover friction tuners) aren't that great, but otherwise she's been happy with it.