Portability & Independence
A procurement and migration lens on the directory: how much does each option reduce vendor lock-in, ease migration, support flexible deployment, and stay auditable? Engineering, not politics — and a signal, not a certification.
How it's scored (0–100). Six dimensions: deployment flexibility, data control, portability, supply-chain flexibility, ecosystem maturity, and openness (derived from open-source status, API access, and a public repo).
Levels. Strategic 75–100 · Strong 50–74 · Partial 25–49 · Low 0–24.
Pilot: 69 products scored so far. Figures are display-ready estimates with an as-of date on each product page. Hardware / silicon is intentionally not yet scored — the rubric is software- and service-centric.
Strategic · 75–100 · 22
Candidate for critical / long-term replacement (still audit case by case).
MIT-licensed open-weight multimodal reasoning models, led by V4.1 Flash.
- ✓ Open weights
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
Alibaba's Apache-licensed Qwen3.8 open-weight family for multimodal, coding and agentic work.
- ✓ Open weights
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
Enterprise React/Vue component library; 90k+ GitHub stars; MIT-licensed.
- ✓ Open source
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
Zhipu's Apache-licensed GLM-5.3 open-weight models for coding and long-horizon agents.
- ✓ Open weights
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
Baidu's ERNIE model family; open-weight (4.5) and API.
- ✓ Open weights
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
Open-source relational database ecosystem originating from Huawei's GaussDB work, optimized for enterprise OLTP and domestic infrastructure.
- ✓ Open source
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
Apache top-level real-time analytics database for warehouses, lakehouse queries, logs and observability; commercialized by SelectDB.
- ✓ Open source
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
Open-source high-performance MPP analytics database for real-time OLAP, lakehouse and data warehouse workloads.
- ✓ Open source
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
High-performance cloud-native API & AI gateway.
- ✓ Open source
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
Enterprise React/Vue component library and design system; MIT-licensed.
- ✓ Open source
- ✓ Self-hostable
- Cost-effective
Multi-framework design system (React/Vue/Angular/Miniprogram); MIT-licensed.
- ✓ Open source
- ✓ Self-hostable
- Cost-effective
Design system + React library with strong theming/design-to-code; MIT-licensed.
- ✓ Open source
- ✓ Self-hostable
- Cost-effective
Popular Vue 3 component library, community-governed; MIT-licensed.
- ✓ Open source
- ✓ Self-hostable
- Cost-effective
Moonshot's Kimi combines K3 chat and open weights with Agent, Work, Code, Swarm and the always-on Kimi Claw.
- ✓ Open weights
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
Tencent's Hunyuan models (text, image, 3D); some open weights.
- ✓ Open weights
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
Open model hub and library (Alibaba): models, datasets, demos.
- ✓ Open source
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
Open-source distributed NewSQL (HTAP), MySQL-compatible.
- ✓ Open source
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
Distributed relational/HTAP database, TPC-C record holder.
- ✓ Open source
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
MiniMax M2.7 open weights for coding and agentic work; commercial deployment needs authorization.
- ✓ Open weights
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
Open-weight code-generation model and IDE assistant (Zhipu).
- ✓ Open weights
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
Open-source LLM app and agent development platform (LLMOps).
- ✓ Partly open
- ✓ Self-hostable
- AI stack
Open-source low-code/codegen platform (Spring Boot + Vue).
- ✓ Open source
- ✓ Self-hostable
- Cost-effective
Strong · 50–74 · 14
Usable for most replacement and migration scenarios.
Chinese commercial relational database used in government and enterprise systems, with domestic operating-system and CPU ecosystem support.
- Closed
- ✓ Self-hostable
- Cost-effective
Alibaba Cloud's cloud-native relational database family, with MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle-compatible editions plus the open-source PolarDB-X distributed SQL path.
- ✓ Partly open
- Global-ready
Huawei Cloud's enterprise distributed relational database, aligned with the openGauss ecosystem and used for financial, government and core enterprise workloads.
- ✓ Partly open
- Global-ready
Strongest non-Western global cloud footprint, especially APAC.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Cloud strong in gaming, media and social workloads.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Enterprise/government and telecom-grade cloud.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Cross-platform office suite with WPS AI and a strong free tier.
- Closed
- Cost-effective
AI-centric cloud built around the Ernie / PaddlePaddle stack.
- ✓ Partly open
- AI stack
Baidu's model-development and serving platform (ERNIE + third-party models).
- Closed
- AI stack
Chinese generative-image and video community with downloadable models, workflows, LoRA training, WebUI/ComfyUI and creation APIs.
- ✓ Partly open
- AI stack
China Telecom's telco cloud focused on cloud-network integration, distributed cloud and government/enterprise workloads.
- Closed
- Global-ready
China Mobile's cloud brand for compute, storage, databases, CDN and cloud-network integrated enterprise services.
- Closed
- Global-ready
China Unicom's cloud platform for secure enterprise cloud, edge-cloud and telecom-network-integrated workloads.
- Closed
- Global-ready
ByteDance's enterprise cloud and AI platform, spanning compute, data, media and model-serving services.
- Closed
- AI stack
Partial · 25–49 · 30
Some independence, but deployment, migration or stack adaptation is still constrained.
ByteDance's model family and consumer assistant; API via Volcano Engine.
- Closed
- AI stack
Alibaba Cloud's model-serving platform (Bailian) for Qwen and other models.
- Closed
- AI stack
Alibaba Cloud's AI agent suite for software development and daily work, including IDE coding, CLI, QoderWork desktop and cloud agents.
- Closed
- AI stack
Independent public cloud with growing AI infrastructure focus.
- Closed
- Global-ready
JD.com's cloud platform with compute, storage, networking and enterprise digital-infrastructure services.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Independent Chinese cloud provider offering public, private, hybrid and edge cloud services.
- Closed
- Cost-effective
Browser-based collaborative UI/UX design with AI features.
- Closed
- Cost-effective
Figma-style design tool that can import/edit Figma files.
- Closed
- Cost-effective
CDN, edge and cloud-security with a global node footprint.
- Closed
- Global-ready
International card network and payment services for UnionPay cards, mobile QuickPass, QR code and online payment scenarios.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Enterprise comms + collaboration + workflow (600M+ users).
- Closed
- Global-ready
All-in-one messaging + docs + video; Lark is the global edition.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Global B2B sourcing marketplace for manufacturers, suppliers, exporters and importers, including RFQ and trade-assurance workflows.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Alibaba Cloud's managed MongoDB-compatible document database service, supporting replica set and sharded-cluster architectures with backup, monitoring and elastic scaling.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Tencent Cloud's managed MongoDB-compatible NoSQL database for document workloads, with native protocol compatibility, sharding, monitoring and automated recovery.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Huawei Cloud's Document Database Service, a MongoDB-compatible online document database with replica set and cluster deployment options.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Post-purchase: tracking, returns, multi-carrier shipping.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Alibaba's international retail marketplace for cross-border consumer goods from third-party sellers.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Zhipu's open API platform for the GLM models.
- Closed
- AI stack
No-code platform for building AI agents and bots (ByteDance).
- Closed
- AI stack
Enterprise management SaaS covering ERP, finance, HCM, supply chain, procurement and manufacturing, with global English-facing operations.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Enterprise cloud and management software suite spanning ERP, finance, supply chain, CRM, HR and business intelligence.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Mobile payments + fintech; cross-border via Alipay+ / Antom.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Tencent's wallet and merchant payment network embedded in WeChat, supporting QR, in-app, mini-program and web payments.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Alibaba's AI work platform for research, documents, data, websites, skills, connectors and scheduled agent tasks.
- Closed
- AI stack
Cross-border store-builder SaaS expanding into global markets.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Cross-border B2B and B2C marketplace connecting global buyers with Chinese suppliers and small manufacturers.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Tencent's international cloud video-conferencing product, covering meetings across web, desktop and mobile.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Global value-focused marketplace operated by PDD Holdings, connecting consumers with low-cost consumer goods and cross-border fulfillment.
- Closed
- Cost-effective
Social-commerce marketplace embedded in TikTok, combining product listings, short video, livestream selling, affiliates and seller-center operations.
- Closed
- Global-ready
Low · 0–24 · 3
Nominal alternative only; high lock-in or unclear migration path.
ByteDance's AI-native IDE with agentic coding workflows.
- Closed
- AI stack
Cloud-computer agent for research, building, recurring automations and work across connected apps.
- Closed
- AI stack
Full-scenario AI office workspace from Tencent Cloud that plans and executes tasks across documents, spreadsheets, code, design, local files and multi-agent workflows.
- Closed
- AI stack