What Cloud.ru does

Cloud.ru is a Russian cloud infrastructure provider operating nine Tier III data centers across Russia and delivering IaaS, PaaS, and AI/ML services through three production platforms: VMware-based Cloud.ru VMware (since 2019), vendor-based Cloud.ru Advanced (since 2020), and the proprietary Cloud.ru Evolution stack (since 2024). The Evolution platform is the strategic core, built in-house with full source code control, and spans compute (virtual machines, bare metal), storage, networking, managed Kubernetes, managed databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, SQL Server, ArenadataDB, Trino, Spark), and security services, totaling more than 127 services across the portfolio.

Technology positioning emphasizes import independence and Russian data residency, supported by certifications for 152-FZ, PCI DSS, GOST 57580, and ISO 27001/27017/27018/27701, with all infrastructure located in Russia. AI capabilities are bundled under Evolution AI Factory, which combines ML Inference, Distributed Train (multi-node GPU), ML Finetuning, Notebooks, and a Personal AI Assistant (Giga-pomoshchnik) in the cloud console; NVIDIA V100, H100, and A100 GPUs are available for rent, and multi-agent GenAI systems can be built on the platform.

The company runs a quad-channel go-to-market combining a self-serve cloud console with free bonus credits (4,000 RUB for individuals, 20,000 RUB for legal entities), enterprise field sales with 24/7 support and free migration, a Cloud.ru Marketplace with an 80% partner revenue share, and a technology/reseller and referral channel offering up to 25% discounts and 20% referral payouts. Pricing is consumption-based (pay-as-you-go) for compute, storage, and GPU, supplemented by subscription terms for services such as 1C server rentals and bare metal. Customers span individual developers, SMBs, AI and data science teams, and Russian enterprises with regulated workloads; no named customer logos were disclosed in available materials.

Name

Cloud.ru

Legal name

Cloud.ru

Website

https://cloud.ru

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Cloud.ru is a Russian cloud infrastructure provider operating nine Tier III data centers across Russia, delivering IaaS, PaaS, and AI/ML services through its proprietary Evolution platform, Advanced platform, and VMware-based stack, serving regulated enterprises, developers, and SMBs requiring domestic data residency.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS)

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computer Facilities Management Services (541513), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Managed Application Platforms (App PaaS & Runtime Services) (HDABAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Compute Cloud & GPU-as-a-Service (HDAAAAAK), Cloud Networking Core Services (VPC/VNet, Load Balancing, DNS, NAT) (HDABAAAJ), Private Cloud Platforms (On‑Prem Cloud Stacks) (HDABABAA), Hybrid Cloud Migration, Modernization & Integration (HDABAMAH)

Keywords

• Cloud infrastructure services
• Platform as a service
• Infrastructure as a service
• GPU cloud computing
• Managed Kubernetes

Headquarters

HQ city

Moscow

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Cloud Infrastructure Services: Revenue from providing virtual machines, bare metal servers, storage, networking, containers, databases, and managed services on consumption basis (pay-as-you-go) and subscription models
2. GPU Computing Services: Revenue from renting GPU compute power for AI, rendering, and complex calculations using NVIDIA V100, H100, A100 accelerators
3. Professional Services: Migration services, consulting, infrastructure selection, training, and ongoing technical support for enterprise clients
4. Marketplace Commission: Partners receive 80% of client payments when listing services on Cloud.ru Marketplace
5. Referral Program: Referral partners earn 20% of client payments for recommending Cloud.ru services
6. Technology Partnership Resale: Technology partners resell Cloud.ru services and receive discounts up to 25% from current tariffs

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cloud.ru provides public and private cloud infrastructure delivered through three platforms — Evolution (proprietary), Advanced (vendor-based) and VMware — supplying IaaS virtual machines and bare metal, PaaS services (Kubernetes, managed databases, object storage, networking), GPU computing, security services, and GenAI/ML capabilities via the Evolution AI Factory. It serves Russian enterprises, developers and SMBs with 127+ services, nine Tier III Russian data centers, compliance with 152-FZ, PCI DSS, GOST 57580 and ISO 27001/27017/27018/27701, and both self-service and enterprise sales motions.

Product overview

Cloud.ru is a Russian cloud services provider offering a multi-platform cloud portfolio. The company operates three main platforms: Cloud.ru Evolution (proprietary in-house development, launched 2024 with 20+ PaaS services), Cloud.ru Advanced (vendor-based platform, launched 2020 with 60+ PaaS services), and Cloud.ru VMware (VMware-based IaaS platform, launched 2019). Cloud.ru Evolution Stack enables hybrid or private cloud deployments. The company provides 100+ services including compute (virtual machines, bare metal), containers (managed Kubernetes, container apps), storage (object storage, block storage), databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, SQL Server, ArenadataDB, Trino, Spark), networking (VPC, load balancer, DNS, CDN, Direct Connect), AI/ML services through Evolution AI Factory (ML Inference, Distributed Train, ML Finetuning, Notebooks), and security services (Anti-DDoS, WAF, IAM). The product portfolio spans IaaS, PaaS, and AI/ML layers, serving enterprises requiring import-independent solutions as well as those preferring vendor-established technologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cloud.ru Evolution: Public cloud platform built on proprietary developments of Cloud.ru team, providing IaaS and PaaS services, GPU computing, bare metal servers, and AI tools with Russian-language interface.
• Cloud.ru Advanced
• Cloud.ru Evolution Stack
• Cloud.ru VMware

Products and services

• Cloud.ru Evolution Platform Public cloud platform built on Cloud.ru's proprietary in-house developments, providing IaaS and PaaS services, GPU computing resources, bare-metal server rental, and AI/ML tools with Russian-language interface, API and Terraform support, serving developers, IT teams and Russian enterprises that require import-independent, data-resident infrastructure.
• Cloud.ru Advanced Platform Vendor-based cloud platform that delivers IaaS and PaaS services from a global cloud market leader, providing 60+ PaaS services, 128 VM specifications, bilingual Russian/English documentation, and CLI/PowerCLI support, aimed at organizations preferring a mature vendor technology stack.
• Cloud.ru VMware Cloud Platform Vendor-based IaaS platform built on VMware technologies, providing virtual data centers, GPU VMs, virtual desktops (VDI), backup services and disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS), with English-language interface, API, Terraform, Ansible and PowerCLI support and a 99.98% SLA.
• Cloud.ru Evolution Stack Hybrid or private-cloud deployment offering built on Cloud.ru Evolution technologies for organizations that require on-premises or dedicated private-cloud infrastructure based on the Evolution platform.
• Evolution AI Factory Digital environment for working with generative AI on the Evolution platform, combining ready-made tools for rapid LLM deployment and multi-agent system creation; bundles ML Inference, Distributed Train, ML Finetuning and Notebooks services for AI/ML teams building GenAI products.
• GPU Rental Pay-as-you-go rental of NVIDIA GPU computing capacity (V100 32GB, H100 80GB, A100 80GB) on the Evolution and VMware platforms for AI training and inference, 3D rendering and complex scientific computations; supports multi-GPU and managed-Kubernetes configurations.
• Cloud.ru Marketplace Marketplace of pre-configured software images and services available across Cloud.ru platforms, where third-party vendors and developers publish offerings and earn 80% of client payments, with the remainder retained as a Cloud.ru commission.
• Personal AI Assistant (Giga-pomoshchnik) AI-powered personal assistant integrated into the Evolution and Advanced cloud consoles that handles part of the operator's tasks and simplifies day-to-day work in the cloud environment.
• Evolution Compute (Virtual Machines) Virtual-machine service on the Evolution platform offering customizable Small, Standard and High workload configurations with guaranteed vCPU share, RAM and NVMe disk storage for deploying services and applications, deployable in 2–5 minutes.
• Evolution Bare Metal Dedicated physical-server rental on the Evolution platform with monthly billing and no minimum contract term for workloads requiring full hardware isolation and maximum performance.
• Evolution Managed Kubernetes Managed Kubernetes service on the Evolution platform for orchestrating containerized applications, with GPU workload support, Persistent Volumes, ingress controller based on a load balancer, and Calico/Cilium CNI plugins.
• Evolution Object Storage Scalable, S3-compatible object storage service on the Evolution platform for storing files, backups and unstructured data of all types.
• Evolution Managed PostgreSQL Managed PostgreSQL database service on the Evolution platform providing automated backups, scaling and database administration for application teams that need a hosted relational DB.
• Evolution ML Inference Machine-learning model inference service on the Evolution platform supporting synchronous and asynchronous inference with auto-scaling, part of Evolution AI Factory for serving production ML/AI workloads.
• Evolution Distributed Train Distributed GPU training service on the Evolution platform for training machine-learning models across multiple nodes with multiple NVIDIA GPUs, part of Evolution AI Factory.
• Evolution ML Finetuning Service on the Evolution platform for fine-tuning pre-trained machine-learning models on custom datasets, part of Evolution AI Factory.
• Evolution Notebooks Collaborative development environment on the Evolution platform for data-science and machine-learning workflows, part of Evolution AI Factory.
• Advanced Elastic Cloud Server Virtual-machine service on the Cloud.ru Advanced platform with predefined configurations on a KVM hypervisor for organizations using the Advanced platform stack.
• Advanced Cloud Container Engine Managed Kubernetes service on the Cloud.ru Advanced platform for orchestrating containerized applications on the Advanced stack.
• Advanced Identity and Access Management Identity and access management service on the Cloud.ru Advanced platform for users, groups, policies and roles, supporting federated identity authentication via SAML and OpenID Connect.
• VMware Virtual Data Center Virtual data center service on the Cloud.ru VMware platform providing public cloud infrastructure on VMware technology, with API, Terraform, Ansible and PowerCLI management for organizations using VMware stacks.
• VMware Virtual Workspaces (VDI) Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) service on the Cloud.ru VMware platform based on VMware Horizon, providing remote desktop environments for distributed workforces.
• VMware Disaster Recovery (DRaaS) Disaster-recovery-as-a-service on the Cloud.ru VMware platform that replicates and recovers workloads in case of outage for business-continuity planning.
• Curator Anti-DDoS DDoS-attack protection service with traffic filtering, part of Cloud.ru's security offerings on the Evolution platform, for protecting business infrastructure from volumetric attacks.
• StormWall Anti-DDoS DDoS and hacker-attack protection service from StormWall integrated on Cloud.ru platforms to defend business infrastructure from network-borne attacks.
• UserGate Virtual NGFW Virtual next-generation firewall (NGFW) service based on UserGate technology available on the Cloud.ru VMware platform, providing comprehensive network protection.
• 1C Server Rental (in-cloud 1C infrastructure) Rental of configured server infrastructure on Cloud.ru for hosting 1C enterprise applications (1C server rental), with pricing starting from 1,700 rubles per month, targeted at Russian enterprises running 1C in the cloud.

Quantifiable outcome

• Server deployment in 2-5 minutes without manual approval
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

AI capability10 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• VMwarecoreTechnology or IntegrationCloud.ru VMware is a vendor platform providing IaaS infrastructure based on VMware technologies. Supports English interface, API, Terraform, Ansible, and PowerCLI. Platform available only to legal entities with 99.98% SLA.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or IntegrationNVIDIA GPU accelerators (V100 32GB, H100 80GB, A100 80GB) available for rent on Cloud.ru Evolution for AI training, inference, and complex computations. GPU support in managed Kubernetes clusters.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Yandex Cloud: Yandex Cloud is the leading Russian public cloud platform, offering IaaS, PaaS, data services, and AI/ML tools. It is the most direct competitor to Cloud.ru in the Russian market with overlapping IaaS/PaaS/AI portfolios and similar data-residency positioning.
• SberCloud: SberCloud is the cloud arm of Sberbank, offering IaaS, PaaS, and AI/ML services (including the GigaChat LLM platform) to Russian enterprises. It is a direct competitor with deep financial-sector relationships and substantial captive demand.
• VK Cloud: VK Cloud (part of VK Group) provides IaaS/PaaS, Kubernetes, databases, and AI services to the Russian market. It is a directly comparable cloud platform competing for the same enterprise and developer customers as Cloud.ru.
• Selectel: Selectel is a major Russian hosting and cloud provider offering dedicated servers, IaaS, managed databases, and colocation across multiple data centers. It competes directly with Cloud.ru in the IaaS and managed services layer.
• Rostelecom Cloud: Rostelecom Cloud is the cloud platform of Russian state telecom Rostelecom, offering IaaS/PaaS services with strong data-residency positioning. It is a direct competitor particularly for government and regulated enterprise workloads.
• Hetzner: Hetzner is a European cloud and dedicated server provider known for developer-friendly pricing, simple self-serve IaaS, and data center operations. It is a comparable operating model to Cloud.ru's self-serve, pay-as-you-go cloud offering focused on developers and SMBs.
• DigitalOcean: DigitalOcean is a cloud provider focused on developers, SMBs, and startups with simple IaaS/PaaS, predictable pricing, and a self-serve console — directly comparable to Cloud.ru's self-serve PLG motion and free-tier onboarding.
• OVHcloud: OVHcloud is a European cloud and bare-metal provider with integrated IaaS, PaaS, and hosting. It is comparable in its mix of proprietary infrastructure, bare-metal offerings, and developer/SMB focus — similar to Cloud.ru's combined IaaS/PaaS/bare-metal portfolio.

Regional players

• M1Cloud (M1) / Stack Group: M1Cloud is a Russian cloud and data center operator offering IaaS, virtual data centers, and colocation. It targets a similar Russian enterprise customer base with a comparable IaaS-centric product set.

Broad incumbents

• Alibaba Cloud: Alibaba Cloud is the global hyperscaler whose technology stack is visibly the basis for Cloud.ru's Advanced platform (IAM, ECS, Kafka, etc.). The Advanced platform directly mirrors Alibaba Cloud's service catalog and architecture.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sbercloud
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cloudru

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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