Hosting
Yandex Cloud
Cloud platform offering compute, storage, managed data, containers, serverless, analytics and machine-learning services.
What it is
Yandex Cloud is a proprietary cloud platform with Compute Cloud virtual machines and more than 50 infrastructure, data, container, serverless and ML services. Billing and signup depend on payer type, country and contracting entity. New business customers can receive a limited trial; new individuals start on consumption billing, while a separate initial grant requires a linked card and has exclusions. VM compute is billed per second while running, but disks, snapshots, images, public IPs, licenses and outbound traffic are separate and may continue after a VM stops or is deleted.
Key features
Compute Cloud
Runs virtual machines, preemptible capacity and fault-tolerant instance groups.
Persistent storage
Uses zonally replicated disks plus separately billed snapshots and images.
Organization and IAM
Structures organizations, clouds and folders with role-based service access.
Billing controls
Tracks detailed usage, grants, budgets, notifications and commitment discounts.
Strengths and trade-offs
What works well
- Broad managed catalog: Compute, object storage, databases, Kubernetes, serverless, analytics and ML share one platform.
- Granular compute billing: VM CPU, RAM and eligible operating-system use accrue per second only while running.
- Cost controls: Billing dashboards, budgets, alert thresholds, grants and commitment discounts support governance.
- API-managed resources: Compute exposes HTTP APIs, IAM roles, quotas, instance groups, images and snapshots.
Where it falls short
- Access is country-dependent: Official signup documentation notes unsupported countries and different payer/contract flows.
- Trial is not universal: Business customers and individuals receive different trial or consumption treatment, with grant exclusions.
- Stopped VM is not zero cost: Disks bill from creation to deletion; images, snapshots, IPs, licenses and traffic are separate.
- Regional/legal fit is specific: Currency, tax, data location, compliance and service availability depend on contracting entity and region.
Who it is for
Organizations whose geography, contracting options and workload needs align with Yandex Cloud's regional platform.
Our verdict
Yandex Cloud can fit regionally aligned workloads, but eligibility and contract route are first-order checks; confirm payer support, price all persistent resources after credits, constrain IAM and quotas, and test zone failure plus independent restoration before production.
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What we checked
- Public APIOffers a documented API you can build against.Yes
- Mobile appHas a native app for iOS or Android, not just a mobile website.No
- Open source / self-hostableSource is open and the tool can be run on your own infrastructure.No
- SSO (SAML)Supports SAML single sign-on on at least one plan.No
“Not checked” means exactly that — we have not verified it, and we do not guess.
Evidence and freshness
Status: Official sources reviewedReviewed: 2026-08-24
- Yandex Cloud — Platform home ↗
Checked 2026-08-24 · Supports: service catalog breadth, pay-as-you-go, free-tier and reservation positioning, two-month grant marketing, regional platform positioning, billing visibility
- Yandex Cloud Docs — Billing-account signup ↗
Checked 2026-08-24 · Supports: billing-account requirement, individual and business payer types, business trial distinction, individual consumption model, country signup restriction, 60-day initial grant, linked-card condition, grant exclusions, contract and currency variation
- Yandex Cloud Docs — Compute pricing ↗
Checked 2026-08-24 · Supports: CPU RAM OS storage IP and egress components, per-second running VM billing, stopped compute waiver, disk billing while stopped and after VM deletion, snapshot and image charges, contracting-entity currencies, first 100 GB outbound allowance
- Yandex Cloud Docs — Compute overview ↗
Checked 2026-08-24 · Supports: virtual machines, preemptible VMs, instance groups, zonal disk replication, snapshots, HTTP API, IAM quotas and limits, service-level reference
- Yandex Cloud Docs — Compute quotas ↗
Checked 2026-08-24 · Supports: organizational quotas, technical limits, quota-increase requests, Quota Manager role requirement, VM disk snapshot and host constraints
- Yandex Cloud — Billing service ↗
Checked 2026-08-24 · Supports: grant tracking, granular expense views, billing roles, budget thresholds, payment options, six- and twelve-month commitment discounts, residency-based currency
Limit: Official Yandex Cloud platform, signup, billing and Compute documentation was reviewed; ToolCompare did not verify signup from Turkey, create a payer or organization, obtain a grant, inspect a live international quote, deploy or benchmark a VM, test APIs/IAM/support, assess sanctions or legal constraints, validate compliance, induce preemption, or restore a snapshot. Eligibility, currency, taxes, services and contracting entities can change.