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Tencent Cloud

$ Budgetfrom $5/mo · Last reviewed May 2026

Tencent Cloud is the cloud arm of Tencent, offering global IaaS/PaaS including Cloud Virtual Machine (CVM), the Lighthouse lightweight server, object storage, managed databases, and a strong media, gaming, and real-time communications portfolio. It targets businesses operating in or expanding into Asia-Pacific, with an international footprint of 23 regions and 66 availability zones. It provides Tencent Kubernetes Engine (TKE), including a serverless variant, and maintains ISO 27001 and SOC compliance. A free tier spans 30+ products with several services permanently free up to usage limits, alongside new-user trial credits.

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Overview

Founded
2013
Pricing tier
Low
Startup-friendly
Yes
Enterprise-ready
Yes

Cloud infrastructure

Starting price
$5/mo
Regions
23
Availability zones
66
SLA uptime
99.95%
Managed Kubernetes
Yes
Helm support
Yes
Free tier
Yes
Vendor lock-in
Medium
Open standards
Yes
Easy data export
Yes
Multi-cloud friendly
Yes
Org size
Enterprise
Support tier
Enterprise
Ease of use
3/5

Categories & compliance

Categories

Compliance

SOC2ISO27001
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