As recorded at collection: Around 10 always-free services on Huawei Cloud International

Huawei Cloud International's free packages are divided into always-free services and limited-time offers. The around 10 always-free services include Auto Scaling, Domain Name Service (DNS), Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cloud Trace, Application Operations Management (AOM 1.0), Software Repository for Container (SWR), Resource Formation Service (RFS), SMS, Cloud Eye, and Anti-DDoS protection at 500Mbit/s. The limited-time offers apply to products such as Elastic Cloud Server (ECS), Relational Database Service (RDS), Object Storage Service (OBS), Elastic Volume Service (EVS), Elastic IP (EIP), and Distributed Cache Service (DCS).

Create an account on the free packages page of the international site, then apply for the free package for the product you want. The free period varies by product: 1 month, 1,500 hours, 8,760 hours, or 12 months. You must register a Visa or Mastercard before applying for the 1-month virtual server trial.

The limited-time offer is available only to new users who signed up after January 1, 2025. The AI development platform ModelArts and the Pangu large language model are also available, but there is no separate AI-specific free offer, and no dedicated free package for ModelArts has been announced. Resources for AI workloads must be obtained through the limited-time offers for compute and storage products. It is considered a good fit if you already use Huawei products, need servers in Hong Kong, Singapore, Riyadh, or São Paulo, or want to try Pangu and Ascend chips. If you only need AI compute resources, free allowances from other cloud providers that do not require card registration are described as more convenient.