About ZStack

A leading provider of private cloud and AI infrastructure

Empower every enterprise with its own cloud. Private-cloud, virtualization, HCI, distributed storage, cloud-native, and AI infrastructure — built for enterprises of the AI era.

30+
countries and regions
5,000+
enterprise customers
300+
channel partners
10,000+
community users
Overview

A leading provider of
private cloud and AI infrastructure.

2015
Founded
600+
Employees
70%+
R&D staff
128+
granted patents
Overview

Founded in 2015, ZStack is a leading cloud and AI infrastructure provider and a strategic subsidiary of Alibaba Cloud. Recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2025 Gartner® Market Guide for Server Virtualization and a Representative Provider in Gartner® Innovation Insight: AI Infrastructure in China, ZStack ranks among China's top five cloud providers and first among independent cloud vendors.

Why ZStack · The 4S Standard

We were the first to propose the “4S standard”.

Simple.

  • Easy to install and deploy
  • operations and maintenance (O&M)
  • Easy to use
  • UI friendly

Strong.

  • Robust system architecture
  • HA between VMs and MNs
  • Supports high concurrent APIs
  • Self-recovery after power failure

Scalable.

  • Supports 1 —10,000 hosts per node
  • Flexible expansion
  • Integrable, open APIs
  • Compatible with multiple systems

Smart.

  • Automated O&M
  • Intelligent online upgrade
  • Smart UI interaction
  • Real-time monitoring & auditing
Milestones · 2026 → 2015

A decade of cloud infrastructure innovation.

2026
  • Acquired.Alibaba Cloud took a controlling stake in ZStack, strengthening the full-stack cloud-to-edge ecosystem.
2025
  • Awarded.Gartner® Representative Vendor — Server Virtualization Platforms.
  • Awarded.Gartner® Representative Provider — AI Infrastructure in China.
  • Launched.ZStack AIOS on Feb 2 — DeepSeek support, broad CPU / GPU compatibility.
  • Released.ZStack AIOS All-in-One DeepSeek Edition.
  • Funded.Tens of millions from Beijing Information Industry Fund.
  • Scaled.Crossed 5,000+ enterprise customers globally.
2024
  • Released.ZStack Cloud 5.0.0.
  • Launched.ZStack AIOS — a private AI infrastructure platform.
  • Localized.ZStack Cloud now supports 9 languages.
2023
  • Released.ZStack ZSphere Virtualization Platform.
  • Funded.Series C led by GUOXIN INVESTMENT and LEGEND Capital.
  • Certified.First batch of Trusted Cloud multi-core certification from CAICT.
  • Ranked.#1 independent cloud vendor — IDC China Cloud System Software 2023 H1.
2022
  • Released.ZStack Edge Cloud-Native HCI.
2021
  • Released.ZStack Cube HCI.
  • Launched.ZStack Zaku — cloud-native application capabilities.
  • Partnered.Strategic investment from China Telecom.
2020
  • Partnered.Jointly released a bare metal product with Alibaba Cloud.
2019
  • Released.ZStack CMP Multi-Cloud Management Platform.Full lifecycle management across AWS, Azure, Alibaba Cloud, Huawei Cloud, Tencent Cloud, and VMware.
2018
  • Released.ZStack 3.1.0 — enhanced V2V migration, IPv6 / dual-stack support.
  • Funded.Series B led by Shenzhen Capital Group.
2017
  • Partnered.Jointly released Seamless Hybrid Cloud with Alibaba Cloud.
  • Funded.Series A led by Alibaba Cloud.
2016
  • Released.ZStack Cloud v1.0 — ultra-lightweight cloud management platform.
2015
  • Founded.ZStack was founded.
  • Released.ZStack 0.6 — a technology path independent of VMware and OpenStack.
  • Engineered.Prototype of an independently developed virtualization architecture.

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