Alibaba Cloud launches its first personal cloud product, challenging Baidu and Tencent

The service, which opened for public testing on Monday, offers users up to two terabytes of free storage and ‘unlimited’ uploading and downloading speeds. China’s personal cloud service market, which had 404 million users last year, continues to grow amid a rapid uptake of online services by consumers. — SCMP

Alibaba Cloud, the data backbone of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, has launched its first personal cloud product Alibaba Cloud Drive, challenging established players like Baidu and Tencent Holdings in China.

The service, which opened for public testing on Monday for both Android and iOS systems, offers users up to two terabytes of free storage and “unlimited” uploading and downloading speeds, according to a company statement. However, these speeds depend on the Internet provider.