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: 67 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).
Open-weight foundation and reasoning models (V3 / R1 series).
Alibaba's open-weight model family (text, multimodal, coding).
Enterprise React/Vue component library; 90k+ GitHub stars; MIT-licensed.
Long-context models and chat assistant from Moonshot AI.
Zhipu's GLM model family; open-weight and API.
Baidu's ERNIE model family; open-weight (4.5) and API.
Open-source relational database ecosystem originating from Huawei's GaussDB work, optimized for enterprise OLTP and domestic infrastructure.
Apache top-level real-time analytics database for warehouses, lakehouse queries, logs and observability; commercialized by SelectDB.
Open-source high-performance MPP analytics database for real-time OLAP, lakehouse and data warehouse workloads.
High-performance cloud-native API & AI gateway.
Enterprise React/Vue component library and design system; MIT-licensed.
Multi-framework design system (React/Vue/Angular/Miniprogram); MIT-licensed.
Design system + React library with strong theming/design-to-code; MIT-licensed.
Popular Vue 3 component library, community-governed; MIT-licensed.
Tencent's Hunyuan models (text, image, 3D); some open weights.
Open model hub and library (Alibaba): models, datasets, demos.
Open-source LLM app and agent development platform (LLMOps).
Open-source distributed NewSQL (HTAP), MySQL-compatible.
Distributed relational/HTAP database, TPC-C record holder.
Foundation and multimodal models; open-weight and API.
Open-weight code-generation model and IDE assistant (Zhipu).
Open-source low-code/codegen platform (Spring Boot + Vue).
Strong · 50–74 · 13
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.
Alibaba Cloud's cloud-native relational database family, with MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle-compatible editions plus the open-source PolarDB-X distributed SQL path.
Huawei Cloud's enterprise distributed relational database, aligned with the openGauss ecosystem and used for financial, government and core enterprise workloads.
Strongest non-Western global cloud footprint, especially APAC.
Cloud strong in gaming, media and social workloads.
Enterprise/government and telecom-grade cloud.
Cross-platform office suite with WPS AI and a strong free tier.
AI-centric cloud built around the Ernie / PaddlePaddle stack.
Baidu's model-development and serving platform (ERNIE + third-party models).
China Telecom's telco cloud focused on cloud-network integration, distributed cloud and government/enterprise workloads.
China Mobile's cloud brand for compute, storage, databases, CDN and cloud-network integrated enterprise services.
China Unicom's cloud platform for secure enterprise cloud, edge-cloud and telecom-network-integrated workloads.
ByteDance's enterprise cloud and AI platform, spanning compute, data, media and model-serving services.
Partial · 25–49 · 29
Some independence, but deployment, migration or stack adaptation is still constrained.
ByteDance's model family and consumer assistant; API via Volcano Engine.
Alibaba Cloud's model-serving platform (Bailian) for Qwen and other models.
Alibaba Cloud's AI agent suite for software development and daily work, including IDE coding, CLI, QoderWork desktop and cloud agents.
Independent public cloud with growing AI infrastructure focus.
JD.com's cloud platform with compute, storage, networking and enterprise digital-infrastructure services.
Independent Chinese cloud provider offering public, private, hybrid and edge cloud services.
Browser-based collaborative UI/UX design with AI features.
Figma-style design tool that can import/edit Figma files.
CDN, edge and cloud-security with a global node footprint.
International card network and payment services for UnionPay cards, mobile QuickPass, QR code and online payment scenarios.
Enterprise comms + collaboration + workflow (600M+ users).
All-in-one messaging + docs + video; Lark is the global edition.
Global B2B sourcing marketplace for manufacturers, suppliers, exporters and importers, including RFQ and trade-assurance workflows.
Alibaba Cloud's managed MongoDB-compatible document database service, supporting replica set and sharded-cluster architectures with backup, monitoring and elastic scaling.
Tencent Cloud's managed MongoDB-compatible NoSQL database for document workloads, with native protocol compatibility, sharding, monitoring and automated recovery.
Huawei Cloud's Document Database Service, a MongoDB-compatible online document database with replica set and cluster deployment options.
Post-purchase: tracking, returns, multi-carrier shipping.
Alibaba's international retail marketplace for cross-border consumer goods from third-party sellers.
Zhipu's open API platform for the GLM models.
No-code platform for building AI agents and bots (ByteDance).
Enterprise management SaaS covering ERP, finance, HCM, supply chain, procurement and manufacturing, with global English-facing operations.
Enterprise cloud and management software suite spanning ERP, finance, supply chain, CRM, HR and business intelligence.
Mobile payments + fintech; cross-border via Alipay+ / Antom.
Tencent's wallet and merchant payment network embedded in WeChat, supporting QR, in-app, mini-program and web payments.
Cross-border store-builder SaaS expanding into global markets.
Cross-border B2B and B2C marketplace connecting global buyers with Chinese suppliers and small manufacturers.
Tencent's international cloud video-conferencing product, covering meetings across web, desktop and mobile.
Global value-focused marketplace operated by PDD Holdings, connecting consumers with low-cost consumer goods and cross-border fulfillment.
Social-commerce marketplace embedded in TikTok, combining product listings, short video, livestream selling, affiliates and seller-center operations.
Low · 0–24 · 3
Nominal alternative only; high lock-in or unclear migration path.
ByteDance's AI-native IDE with agentic coding workflows.
Full-scenario AI office workspace from Tencent Cloud that plans and executes tasks across documents, spreadsheets, code, design, local files and multi-agent workflows.
General autonomous agent that plans and executes multi-step tasks in a sandbox.