Upyun
Leading Chinese cloud service provider offering CDN, cloud storage, and edge computing.
Last updated October 9, 2026
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Overview
Upyun (又拍云) is a Chinese enterprise-grade cloud service provider and national high-tech enterprise, headquartered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. According to its official site, it holds a CDN license issued by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and positions itself around one-stop online business acceleration, with scenario-based CDN at its core. Its product portfolio spans object storage, HTTPS/SSL certificates, multimedia processing (such as WebP adaptive and H.265 adaptive transcoding), cloud communication, image and text recognition, short-video SDKs, live-streaming SDKs and co-streaming (连麦) SDKs. The company organizes its offerings into several families. Basic services include CDN, overseas acceleration, WebSocket, PrismCDN, cloud storage, converged cloud storage, edge computing, container cloud and GPU cloud hosts. Security services include SSL certificates, vulnerability scanning, Web Application Firewall and 风净 (an AI-based public-opinion and data-security risk service). Video services include 明眸 (Mingmu), audio/video processing, short video, live cloud and VOD cloud. Value-added services include SMS and one-click login, plus blockchain services and intelligent tools such as edge rules and image processing. Upyun describes its infrastructure as 10 data processing centers, more than 1,000 domestic CDN nodes, nearly 100 overseas CDN nodes, 40,000 servers and 10TB of reserved bandwidth, with more than 150 billion daily requests. Its CDN product advertises 1,100+ global nodes and 10Tbps bandwidth reserve, and the company says it was an early domestic CDN vendor to support TLS 1.3, HTTP/2, Brotli and EdgeRules across its whole network. It targets scenarios such as online education, e-commerce, gaming, WeChat mini-programs, image applications, short video, live streaming and audio applications. Upyun states a mission of "making entrepreneurship simpler" (让创业更简单) and values of service first, continuous improvement and willingness to take responsibility. It has received recognition including being named a Hangzhou unicorn or quasi-unicorn enterprise in 2020, 2021 and 2022, national high-tech enterprise status, and a national CDN operating license. The company is privately held and is not known to be publicly listed.
History
Upyun (又拍云) is a Chinese enterprise cloud service provider based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and describes itself as a national high-tech enterprise holding a CDN license issued by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The company built its business around scenario-based CDN, offering one-stop online business acceleration together with object storage, HTTPS/SSL certificates, multimedia processing, cloud communication, image and text recognition, and short-video, live-streaming and co-streaming SDKs. Over time Upyun expanded from core CDN and storage into a broader cloud portfolio. Its basic services now include CDN, overseas acceleration, WebSocket, PrismCDN, cloud storage, converged cloud storage, edge computing, container cloud and GPU cloud hosts. Security services include SSL certificates, vulnerability scanning, Web Application Firewall and 风净, an AI-based public-opinion and data-security risk service. Video services include 明眸, audio/video processing, short video, live cloud and VOD cloud, while value-added services include SMS, one-click login and blockchain services, alongside intelligent tools such as edge rules and image processing. Upyun reports infrastructure of 10 data processing centers, more than 1,000 domestic CDN nodes, nearly 100 overseas CDN nodes, 40,000 servers and 10TB of reserved bandwidth, with more than 150 billion daily requests. Its CDN product advertises 1,100+ global nodes and 10Tbps bandwidth reserve, and the company says it was an early domestic CDN vendor to support TLS 1.3, HTTP/2, Brotli and EdgeRules across its whole network. It offers scenario solutions for online education, e-commerce, gaming, WeChat mini-programs, image applications, short video, live streaming and audio applications. The company states a mission of "making entrepreneurship simpler" and values of service first, continuous improvement and willingness to take responsibility. Its honors include being named a Hangzhou unicorn or quasi-unicorn enterprise in 2020, 2021 and 2022, national high-tech enterprise status, a national CDN operating license, and various technology and cloud industry awards. Upyun is privately held and is not known to be publicly listed.
- 2022
Named a Hangzhou unicorn or quasi-unicorn enterprise (36Kr).
- 2021
Recognized as a Hangzhou unicorn or quasi-unicorn enterprise by the Hangzhou municipal government and China Investment Development Promotion Association.
- 2020
Named a Hangzhou unicorn or quasi-unicorn enterprise (第四届万物生长大会).
- 2019
Named a Hangzhou quasi-unicorn enterprise (第三届万物生长大会).
- 2019
Obtained a nationwide CDN operating license from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Products and positioning
Mid-to-high-end
CDN
Content delivery network distributing website content to acceleration nodes with intelligent scheduling and edge caching; 1,100+ global nodes and 10Tbps bandwidth reserve.
Cloud storage
High-availability, low-cost object storage; data written in three copies across data centers.
AI video cloud
Cloud-edge-device integrated service covering the full lifecycle of video production, storage, processing and distribution.
GPU cloud host
Elastic GPU computing service (Upyun x 慧星云) for AI, HPC and graphics rendering; up to 19.5 TFLOPS single-precision and 9.7 TFLOPS double-precision per card.
SSL certificates
Certificate application, management and deployment in cooperation with top international CA institutions.
Web Application Firewall
Cloud-hosted WAF for efficient access and precise defense.
Live cloud
Ultra-low-latency, stable and feature-complete live video streaming service.
VOD cloud
Acceleration plus massive storage and efficient processing at lower cost.
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