QingCloud
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What is QingCloud
QingCloud is a cloud infrastructure platform that provides IaaS resources such as virtual machines, networking, and storage, with additional managed services for running applications. It targets organizations that want to deploy workloads in mainland China or operate hybrid environments that combine on-premises infrastructure with cloud resources. The product emphasizes API-driven provisioning and supports common infrastructure building blocks (VPC-style networking, load balancing, and persistent storage) used to host web applications, enterprise systems, and development/test environments.
Core IaaS building blocks
QingCloud provides foundational infrastructure services such as compute instances, virtual networking, and storage that support typical application hosting patterns. These components enable teams to provision environments for web apps, internal business systems, and dev/test workloads. The platform’s focus on standard primitives aligns with how IaaS is commonly consumed by infrastructure and platform teams.
API-driven provisioning approach
QingCloud exposes APIs and tooling intended for programmatic infrastructure provisioning. This supports automation use cases such as repeatable environment creation and integration with CI/CD pipelines. For teams standardizing on infrastructure-as-code practices, API availability can reduce reliance on manual console operations.
China-focused deployment option
QingCloud is positioned for customers that need cloud infrastructure in mainland China, where data residency and connectivity considerations often influence provider selection. This can be relevant for companies serving users in China or operating China-based business units. It can also support architectures where China-hosted workloads must integrate with systems hosted elsewhere.
Smaller global service footprint
Compared with the largest global cloud providers, QingCloud has a more limited international region and service presence. This can constrain multi-region architectures that require broad geographic redundancy outside China. Organizations with globally distributed workloads may need additional providers or colocation to meet latency and resiliency requirements.
Ecosystem and integrations vary
The breadth of third-party marketplace offerings, managed service depth, and pre-built integrations may be narrower than platforms with very large partner ecosystems. This can increase implementation effort when teams depend on specific managed databases, analytics services, or security tooling. Buyers should validate availability of required integrations and operational tooling before standardizing.
Documentation and support accessibility
For non-Chinese-speaking teams, documentation, training materials, and support workflows may be less accessible depending on the customer’s region and language needs. This can affect onboarding speed and day-to-day operations for globally distributed engineering teams. Prospective customers should confirm support hours, escalation paths, and language coverage in their contract.
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go (按需付费) with optional reserved/commitment discounts (预留资源 / 预留实例).
Free tier/trial: Some permanently free quotas exist for specific services (see examples). Time-limited free trials are offered for some marketplace products.
Example costs (official site evidence):
- QingStor (对象存储) — 存储分阶梯计价：0GB–10GB 免费；10GB–1TB ¥0.147/GB/月；1TB–3TB ¥0.145/GB/月；逐级递减，最高阶梯示例到 5000TB+ ¥0.129/GB/月。流量/请求也分阶梯计价（如出网流量 1GB–3TB ¥0.45/GB；请求 GET/PUT 等 ¥0.01 元/万次）。
- CDN — 分阶梯按流量计费：HTTP 起步价 ¥0.35/GB（0–1TB），随用量递减至 ¥0.25/GB（>100TB）；HTTPS 起步价 ¥0.42/GB 等。
- 负载均衡（Load Balancer）— 按实例规格与节点数按小时计费，最低规格示例：5000 最大连接数: ¥0.05/小时（部分区域价格略高）。
- VPC 网络 — 存在“免费型(0元)”规格；其他规格例如小型 ¥0.05/小时、 中型 ¥0.19/小时、 大型 ¥0.39/小时（按区域不同略有差异）。
- API Gateway — 支持按需与预留合约；按小时计费示例：基础版 ¥5.80/小时；也提供包年/包月预留合约价（示例：基础版 1 年 ¥29,481.6）。
- SSL 证书（付费项） — 多种品牌与年付价格（例如 GeoTrust 企业型 OV ¥2,850/年；Symantec/EV 类更高价位；TrustAsia 有 90 天免费证书选项）。
Discount options: Reserved resources / 预留实例 (包年包月) for VMs, physical hosts, RDB, disks, AppCenter, etc., offer lower unit prices vs. on-demand; also tiered volume discounts for storage and CDN.
Notes & scope: Pricing is service-specific (compute, storage, networking, middleware, etc.). The vendor site documents both per-second/hour on-demand billing and longer-term reserved pricing; many services include tiered volume pricing and some permanently-free small quotas for specific services.
Seller details
Beijing QingCloud Technologies Co., Ltd.
Beijing, China
2012
Public
https://www.qingcloud.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/qingcloud
