What Aleph Cloud does

Aleph Cloud is a Paris-based decentralized cloud computing platform operating a two-tier peer-to-peer network of Core Channel Nodes (CCNs, requiring a 200,000 ALEPH stake) and Compute Resource Nodes (CRNs, sponsored and gated at 80%+ performance with mandatory IPv6). On top of this infrastructure the company offers a full stack of cloud primitives — VPS instances (1–12 vCPU, 2–24 GB RAM, 20–240 GB NVMe SSD), high-availability SSD block storage from 1 MB to 20 TB, GPU instances from $0.055/hour, serverless functions, decentralized Web3 hosting on IPFS, and hardware-verified Confidential VMs protected by AMD SEV/SEV-SNP Trusted Execution Environments. The stack is anchored by a multi-chain settlement layer spanning Ethereum, Solana, Base, Avalanche, BSC, Polygon, Polkadot, Arbitrum, Optimism, Cosmos, Tezos, Sonic Labs, Oasys and HOME Verse, with L1/L2 indexers and cross-chain bridges for composability, plus an Aleph VRF service for verifiable randomness.

The platform serves four primary customer segments: AI/ML startups needing confidential training and inference, Web3 gaming studios (flagship Ubisoft partnership since 2021 powering Ubisoft Quartz, Champions Tactics, Captain Laserhawk and Ghost Recon Breakpoint), DeFi protocols (Aave, dYdX, Liquity, HyperSwap, Request Finance hosting decentralized frontends and backends), and enterprises in finance, gaming, AI and healthcare that require data sovereignty and GDPR-aligned data localization. Monetization runs through a unified credit payment system — top-upable with USDC, fiat or ALEPH tokens at a discount — that replaced legacy Pay-As-You-Go and Holder Tier plans on March 11, 2026, with 95% of credit revenue flowing to a distribution pool for node operators and stakers and 5% funding protocol development. Distribution is multi-channel: a self-serve app console (app.aleph.cloud), an enterprise sales motion routed through Telegram, an Aleph Cloud Collective ambassador program, and token distribution through Revolut, Coinbase, Kucoin, Gate.io, Mexc and major DEXs.

Founded circa 2019 (firmographic) with 11–50 employees and headquartered in Paris, Aleph Cloud has raised $10 million in a single disclosed round led by Stratos Technologies in January 2022. In 2025 the company consolidated its former Twentysix Cloud sub-brand into the unified platform, listed ALEPH on Revolut, and released major upgrades across its Aleph-vm, Aleph-client and Pyaleph stack; in early 2026 it launched both the unified credit payment system and the Aleph v2 dual-stream tokenomics framework with a transitional 900,000 ALEPH per 30-day reward floor for operators.

Name

Aleph Cloud

Legal name

Aleph Cloud

Website

https://aleph.cloud

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Aleph Cloud operates a decentralized cloud computing platform offering VPS, GPU instances, confidential VMs (AMD SEV/SEV-SNP), serverless functions, and IPFS-based storage across a peer-to-peer node network. It serves AI startups, Web3 gaming studios, DeFi protocols, and GDPR-conscious enterprises at up to 92% below AWS pricing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Decentralized Cloud Computing

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Hybrid Cloud Compute & Virtualization Stack (HCI/VMs/Kubernetes) (HDABAMAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data Security & Privacy for Cloud (DLP, DSPM, Tokenization) (HDABAHAK), Kubernetes & Container Platform Management (Private Cloud) (HDABABAC)

Keywords

• Decentralized cloud computing
• Web3 infrastructure
• Confidential virtual machines
• GPU cloud instances
• Serverless functions

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Cloud compute, storage and hosting consumption (credits): Customers pre-purchase credits (topped up via USDC, fiat, or ALEPH at a discount) and consume resources for VPS, GPU instances, Confidential VMs, block storage, serverless functions, and web hosting on a pay-as-you-go basis. Billing is by the millisecond; resources stop when balance runs out and resume on top-up.
2. Free tier for static websites: Complimentary decentralized hosting for static sites distributed via IPFS with basic bandwidth at no cost; functions as a funnel into paid hosting, VPS, and storage tiers.
3. ALEPH token staking and node operations: ALEPH token is used to pay for cloud services, stake for network security, run Core Channel Nodes (CCN, 200,000 ALEPH stake) and Compute Resource Nodes (CRN, sponsored), and earn protocol rewards (20% of protocol revenue distributed to stakers, baseline ~4.6% APR).
4. Startup accelerator credits and ecosystem incentives: $1M in ALEPH credits allocated across Web3 startups building on Avalanche, Base, BNB Chain, Mode, and Solana through the Acceleratooor program; Chainlink BUILD members receive free compute credits in exchange for ecosystem support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion6 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Aleph Cloud is a distributed cloud platform that provides serverless computing services, file storage, and database hosting on a decentralized network of Core Channel Nodes (CCN) and Compute Resource Nodes (CRN). Its product suite spans VPS instances, Confidential VMs (hardware-encrypted via AMD SEV/SEV-SNP), GPU instances, serverless functions, Web3 hosting, and high-availability SSD block storage, with pay-as-you-go credit-based billing denominated in USDC, fiat, or the $ALEPH utility token. The platform emphasizes censorship resistance, multi-jurisdiction data sovereignty, GDPR compliance, and multi-chain interoperability for Web3, AI, gaming, and enterprise workloads.

Product overview

Aleph Cloud is a unified decentralized cloud computing platform branded as the 'Web3 Supercloud' and 'AI Supercloud,' positioning itself as a censorship-resistant alternative to traditional hyperscalers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud at up to 69% lower cost. The offering combines a platform-plus-modules architecture: the core platform delivers the distributed compute and storage network, while modular products include VPS (Instances), Confidential VMs (hardware-encrypted with AMD SEV/SEV-SNP TEEs), GPU Instances, Serverless Functions, Web3 Hosting, and Storage (Immutable Volumes / Block Storage). User-facing add-ons include Custom Domains and ENS integration. Developer tooling spans the Rust-based Aleph CLI, multi-language SDKs (Python aleph-client, JavaScript, Rust aleph-rs), and public APIs documented at docs.aleph.cloud. The $ALEPH token powers the ecosystem through payments, staking (minimum 10,000 ALEPH), and governance, and the unified Credit Payment System (top-upable with USDC, fiat, or ALEPH) replaced the legacy PAYG and Holder Tier models in March 2026. Specialized services include Aleph Cloud VRF for verifiable randomness (used by Ubisoft's Champions Tactics and Captain Laserhawk) and the LiberClaw AI agent platform for autonomous AI agents. Programs such as the Acceleratooor Web3 startup accelerator ($1M in ALEPH credits) and the Aleph Cloud Collective community program round out the offering, while the Decentralized Frontend Marketplace provides censorship-resistant frontends for major DeFi protocols including Aave ($33.1B TVL), dYdX ($2.18B TVL), and Liquity ($3.15B TVL). The platform supports multi-chain deployment across Ethereum, Solana, Base, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Polygon, Binance Chain, Optimism, Polkadot, Cosmos, Tezos, Sonic, Eclipse (Solana VM), and HOME Verse (Oasys).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Twentysix Cloud: Former standalone decentralized cloud brand offering pay-as-you-go storage, compute, and confidential VMs; fully integrated into Aleph Cloud in 2025 and no longer operated as a separate brand.
• Liberclaw

Products and services

• VPS (Instances) Decentralized Virtual Private Server offering on a globally distributed network of compute nodes, with configurations from 1 vCPU/2 GB RAM/20 GB SSD NVMe up to 12 vCPU/24 GB RAM/240 GB SSD NVMe with unlimited bandwidth. Starts at $0.0143/hour in credit-based pay-as-you-go pricing, with SSH access, root control, snapshots, and optional confidential compute via AMD SEV.
• Confidential VM Hardware-encrypted virtual machines using AMD SEV (Secure Encrypted Virtualization) and SEV-SNP Trusted Execution Environments, ensuring data and workloads remain confidential even from the node operator. Memory and disk are fully encrypted by the CPU, enabling sensitive workloads for AI training, financial services, and healthcare use cases.
• GPU Instances High-performance GPU instances for AI, ML, rendering, and simulations with up to 12 vCPU, 18-72 GB RAM, and 20-48 GB vRAM, sourced from a global pool of decentralized compute nodes via the GPU marketplace. Priced from $0.055/hour in pay-as-you-go billing and marketed as up to 80% cheaper than centralized GPU providers.
• Serverless Functions Stateless, API-first serverless functions for backend logic with limitless scalability and instant provisioning, executed across a distributed compute network for event-driven, on-demand computing without long-term resource commitments.
• Web3 Hosting Decentralized website hosting on globally distributed nodes via IPFS, supporting frameworks including Next.js, React, and Vue.js, with $ALEPH token staking for resource access, ENS domain integration, custom domains, unlimited bandwidth, SSH access, 99.9% availability, and GDPR-compliant infrastructure. Includes a free tier for static websites.
• Storage (Block / Volume Storage) Distributed block storage with high-availability SSD volumes ranging from 1 MB to 20 TB, supporting any dependency file or SquashFS volume, starting at $0.0033 per volume, with decentralized redundancy eliminating single points of failure via IPFS-based content-addressable storage.
• Aleph Cloud VRF (Verifiable Random Function) Verifiable Random Function service for generating verifiable random numbers on-chain, used by Ubisoft's Champions Tactics Web3 game for fair champion mints and by Captain Laserhawk for gameplay mechanics. Accompanied by Oasys L1 / HOME Verse L2 indexers and a custom oracle for integrating external data sources.
• LiberClaw (AI Agent Platform) AI agent platform hosted on Aleph Cloud's decentralized infrastructure, enabling users to deploy and own AI agents in under 5 minutes without managing servers, DevOps, or wallet setup. Agents take multi-step autonomous actions across calendar, email, recurring tasks, codebases, and chat surfaces (WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Signal, iMessage), with confidential compute (AMD SEV TEEs) for end-to-end privacy.
• Decentralized Frontend Marketplace Marketplace at aleph.cloud/ecosystem for decentralized frontends built on Aleph Cloud, providing censorship-resistant, community-run access points for Web3 protocols. Q4 2025 launch secured backup frontends for Aave ($33.1B TVL, 100K+ monthly users), dYdX ($2.18B TVL, 250K+ active traders), Liquity ($3.15B TVL), yiield.xyz, Fun.aleph, Checksum, and Liberclaw.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 92% cheaper than AWS on 1 vCPU / 2 GB VPS tier; 91% cheaper on 4 vCPU tier; ~90% cheaper on 2 vCPU tier
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability4 records

Feature12 records

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Akash Network: Decentralized cloud computing marketplace built on Cosmos, offering GPU and CPU instances for AI/ML workloads in a model directly comparable to Aleph Cloud's decentralized GPU marketplace and VPS offerings.
• Render Network: Decentralized GPU rendering and compute network that monetizes idle GPU capacity via a token-based marketplace, closely mirroring Aleph Cloud's GPU marketplace positioning for AI and rendering workloads.
• Filecoin: Decentralized storage network built on IPFS for enterprise-grade data storage, directly comparable to Aleph Cloud's IPFS-based block storage and web hosting product lines.
• Storj: Decentralized cloud object storage provider competing on cost and resilience for enterprise workloads; overlaps directly with Aleph Cloud's decentralized storage and IPFS offering.
• Ankr: Web3 infrastructure provider offering decentralized node hosting, GPU APIs and AppChain services that compete with Aleph Cloud's multi-chain compute and confidential VM offerings.
• iExec RLC: Decentralized confidential computing marketplace using Trusted Execution Environments for off-chain compute, directly comparable to Aleph Cloud's AMD SEV/SEV-SNP-based Confidential VM product.
• Flux: Decentralized cloud infrastructure network offering VPS, GPU, and storage on distributed nodes with a tokenized incentive model, comparable in architecture and target market to Aleph Cloud.

Emerging players

• Phala Network: Decentralized TEE-based confidential computing network focused on AI and Web3 workloads; competes in the same AMD SEV-based confidential compute niche as Aleph Cloud's CVMs.

Broad incumbents

• Amazon Web Services (AWS): Largest hyperscaler, used as the primary pricing benchmark in Aleph Cloud's marketing (up to 92% cheaper than AWS); represents the broader incumbent Aleph Cloud positions against.
• Scaleway: European cloud provider used as a pricing benchmark (up to 57% cheaper than Scaleway); both Aleph Cloud and Scaleway target European customers seeking sovereignty and GDPR-compliant infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aleph_im
• GitHubgithub.com/aleph-im
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@alephcloud
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aleph-cloud

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors13 records

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M&A

Investments

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