Chinese alternatives to Microsoft Azure

11 China-built cloud infrastructure options.

Alibaba Cloud 阿里云
alternative to AWS / Azure / GCP

Strongest non-Western global cloud footprint, especially APAC.

Global-ready US-listed Closed Foreign-investable
Baidu AI Cloud 百度智能云
alternative to AWS / Azure / GCP

AI-centric cloud built around the Ernie / PaddlePaddle stack.

AI stack US-listed Partly open Foreign-investable
JD Cloud 京东云
alternative to AWS / Azure / GCP

JD.com's cloud platform with compute, storage, networking and enterprise digital-infrastructure services.

Global-ready US-listed Closed Foreign-investable
Kingsoft Cloud 金山云
alternative to AWS / Azure / GCP

Independent public cloud with growing AI infrastructure focus.

Global-ready US-listed Closed Foreign-investable
Tencent Cloud 腾讯云
alternative to AWS / Azure / GCP

Cloud strong in gaming, media and social workloads.

Global-ready HK-listed Closed Foreign-investable
UCloud 优刻得
alternative to AWS / Azure / GCP

Independent Chinese cloud provider offering public, private, hybrid and edge cloud services.

Cost-effective A-share Closed
Huawei Cloud 华为云
alternative to AWS / Azure / GCP

Enterprise/government and telecom-grade cloud.

Global-ready Private Closed
China Mobile Cloud 移动云
alternative to AWS / Azure / GCP

China Mobile's cloud brand for compute, storage, databases, CDN and cloud-network integrated enterprise services.

Global-ready HK-listed Closed Foreign-investable
eSurfing Cloud 天翼云
alternative to AWS / Azure / GCP

China Telecom's telco cloud focused on cloud-network integration, distributed cloud and government/enterprise workloads.

Global-ready HK-listed Closed Foreign-investable
Unicom Cloud 联通云
alternative to AWS / Azure / GCP

China Unicom's cloud platform for secure enterprise cloud, edge-cloud and telecom-network-integrated workloads.

Global-ready HK-listed Closed Foreign-investable
Volcano Engine 火山引擎
alternative to AWS / Azure / GCP

ByteDance's enterprise cloud and AI platform, spanning compute, data, media and model-serving services.

AI stack Private Closed