Huawei Cloud Free Packages (12 Months for New Users)
Source: https://activity.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/free_packages
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+ 1 Huawei Cloud's international site offers a mix of always-free services (Auto Scaling, DNS, IAM, Cloud Trace, AOM 1.0, SWR container repository, RFS, SMS, Cloud Eye, 500 Mbit/s Anti-DDoS) plus time-limited free packages (typically 1 month, 1,500 hours, or 12 months) on selected compute, storage, and database products for new users who register after January 1, 2025. ModelArts (Huawei's AI development platform with Pangu LLMs) is available, but most AI quotas come from the time-limited compute and storage packages rather than dedicated AI free tiers — there is no public, separate "free ModelArts package" line item.
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+ 3 If you're a Huawei ecosystem user, want a Hong Kong / Singapore / Riyadh / São Paulo region presence, or are evaluating Pangu/Ascend, this is worth claiming. If you just want general AI compute, AWS/GCP/Azure free tiers are friendlier and don't require a Visa/Mastercard up front for the 1-month VM trials.
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+ 9 1. Go to activity.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/free_packages and click "Sign up for free" (or land on auth.huaweicloud.com/intl directly).
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+ 10 2. Create a HUAWEI ID — email + password. If you already have a HUAWEI ID (from a Huawei phone or AppGallery), you can reuse it.
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+ 11 3. Verify your email via the code sent to your inbox.
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+ 12 4. Verify your phone — pick country, get SMS code, enter it. VoIP/virtual numbers are commonly rejected.
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+ 13 5. Enable Huawei Cloud services on the HUAWEI ID by accepting the cloud agreement.
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+ 14 6. Complete account information — choose Individual or Enterprise account type, fill in name/country.
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+ 15 7. Add a credit card — go to Billing Center → Payment Methods → Add Card. Only Visa or Mastercard credit cards are accepted. No debit, prepaid, virtual, gift, AmEx, JCB, or UnionPay.
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+ 16 8. Huawei pre-authorizes ~$1 USD to verify the card; the hold is refunded after verification (timing depends on your bank).
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+ 17 9. Free packages are automatically credited within ~2 minutes. View them at Billing & Costs → Free Packages.
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+ 19 Important:
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+ 20 • The "Add Card" button is grayed out for many regions. Online card payment is only enabled for customers contracting with specific Huawei signing entities (Hong Kong, Singapore, Chile, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Philippines, etc.). If you're in an unsupported region, you cannot fully activate the account.
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+ 21 • Each new user can claim only one newcomer package. Huawei flags duplicate accounts based on identical IDs, matching domain holders, shared phone numbers, devices, or IP addresses — so signing up over a VPN you've used before, or from an office IP that already registered, will be rejected.
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+ 22 • Accounts with unpaid orders are blocked from claiming trials.
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+ 23 • After the free package window expires, services silently switch to pay-as-you-go rates billed against your card. There is no auto-shutoff. Set up budget alerts in Cloud Eye / Billing Center before deploying anything.
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+ 32 Flexus L Instance2 vCPUs, 4 GiB RAM, 80 GiB disk, 30 Mbit/s1 month (CN-Hong Kong, AP-Singapore, TR-Istanbul)
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+ 33 General computing S6 ECS1 vCPU, 2 GiB RAM, 40 GiB disk, 1 Mbit/s, Linux8,760 hours (12 months)
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+ 34 General computing S7n ECS1 vCPU, 2 GiB RAM, 40 GiB disk, 1 Mbit/s1,500 hours (TR-Istanbul, ME-Riyadh)
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+ 38 ServiceSpecDuration
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+ 39 RDS for MySQL2 vCPUs, 4 GB RAM, 40 GiB1,500 hours, primary/standby
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+ 40 RDS for PostgreSQL2 vCPUs, 4 GB RAM, 40 GiB1,500 hours, primary/standby
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+ 41 Document Database Service (Mongo-compatible)2 vCPUs, 4 GB RAM, 40 GiB1,500 hours, replica set
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+ 42 DCS for Redis256 MB, master/standby2 months (CN-Hong Kong)
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+ 47 Object Storage Service (Single-AZ)100 GB12 months (CN-Hong Kong, AP-Bangkok, AP-Singapore, AF-Johannesburg)
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+ 48 Elastic IPDynamic BGP, 20 GB/mo, 1 Mbit/s8,760 hours
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+ 49 Elastic Volume Service40 GiB High I/O8,760 hours
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+ 50 Cloud Backup and Recovery40 GB1,500 hours
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+ 52 Enterprise accounts get expanded quotas across the same product families and access to more regions (additional Latin America locations).
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+ 58 ServiceFree Allowance
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+ 59 Auto ScalingFree of charge
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+ 60 Domain Name ServiceEnabled by default, free
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+ 61 Anti-DDoS500 Mbit/s mitigation, free
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+ 62 Identity and Access Management (IAM)Enabled by default
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+ 63 Cloud Trace Service (CTS)Basic functions free
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+ 64 Application Operations Management (AOM 1.0)Free
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+ 65 SoftWare Repository for Container (SWR)Free of charge
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+ 66 Resource Formation Service (RFS)Service free (resources billed separately)
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+ 67 Server Migration Service (SMS)Service free (temporary storage billed)
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+ 68 Cloud EyeFree of charge
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+ 74 Huawei Cloud's main AI platform is ModelArts — a one-stop AI development service covering Notebook, training jobs, AutoML, model deployment, and ModelArts Studio, which exposes inference endpoints for Pangu large models (1B / 10B / 100B+ parameter variants) and selected third-party open-source models.
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+ 76 There is no published always-free or 12-month free package dedicated specifically to ModelArts on the international free packages page. ModelArts itself is billed pay-as-you-go or yearly/monthly. The free trial path for AI workloads is therefore:
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+ 78 • Use the 12-month / 1,500-hour ECS + EVS + OBS packages above to run your own inference on small CPU/GPU instances.
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+ 79 • Newcomer voucher / promo credits are sometimes attached to ModelArts and Pangu in regional promos — check the Free Packages page in your Billing Center after signup to see what's currently bundled in your region.
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+ 80 • Pangu API access through ModelArts Studio is gated and typically requires a separate enterprise application, not just a free-tier account.
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+ 82 If you specifically want free LLM API calls, look at Z.AI (GLM Flash models), Cerebras, Groq, or SambaNova free tiers instead — they're a much shorter path than going through Huawei's ModelArts onboarding.
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+ 84 Source for current ModelArts product info: ModelArts product page, ModelArts billing description, Pangu Models.
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+ 90 Free packages are scoped to international regions (some packages are region-locked):
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+ 92 • CN-Hong Kong
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+ 93 • AP-Bangkok, AP-Singapore
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+ 94 • AF-Johannesburg
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+ 95 • ME-Riyadh, TR-Istanbul
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+ 96 • LA-Santiago, LA-Mexico City, LA-Sao Paulo
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Mainland China regions are a separate Huawei Cloud account system (huaweicloud.com without /intl/) with its own free trials, registration flow, and KYC requirements (PRC ID/business license). Don't confuse the two — international accounts cannot deploy into Mainland China regions.
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+ 100 Check signing entity coverage for online payment in the credit card FAQ before investing time in signup — if your country isn't listed, you'll get blocked at the payment step.
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+ 106 • EU users: there is no Huawei Cloud region inside the EU. Closest option is TR-Istanbul. Data residency / GDPR may be a blocker.
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+ 107 • Newcomer packages can disappear or change — Huawei rotates the exact spec list periodically. Always cross-check the live Free Packages page for what your account actually receives.
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+ 108 • Avoid IP/device collisions: if anyone in your office or VPN exit pool has registered before, your account is likely to be flagged as a duplicate of theirs.
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+ 109 • Pangu / Ascend NPU access is the genuinely interesting differentiator vs other clouds — but it's behind enterprise sales contact, not the self-serve free tier.
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+ 110 • For the China-only Mainland site, free package terms differ significantly; this entry covers the international (intl) site only.
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+ 114 Sources:
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+ 115 • Huawei Cloud Free Packages (international)
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+ 116 • Free Packages — ME / Asia detailed list
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+ 117 • Check Free Packages help page
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+ 118 • Signing Up for HUAWEI ID and Enabling Huawei Cloud
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+ 119 • How to Add a Credit Card
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+ 120 • Accepted Credit Cards (Visa/Mastercard only)
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+ 121 • Credit Card Verification ($1 hold)
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+ 122 • ModelArts product page
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+ 123 • ModelArts billing description
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+ 124 • Pangu Large Models
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