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Yandex Cloud

Yandex Cloud is the cloud computing platform run by Yandex, tied for #42 among cloud platforms in developer surveys at roughly 0.7% usage share. It's primarily used in Russia and neighboring markets, offering a service lineup similar to AWS or Google Cloud — compute instances, object storage, managed databases, and ML tooling — tailored to that region's data-residency and payment requirements. It's a fully managed, proprietary platform.

Quick facts
Type: Cloud computing platform (IaaS/PaaS)
Made by: Yandex
License: Proprietary / managed-cloud
Platforms/Hosting: Fully managed, data centers primarily serving Russia and CIS countries
Primary use case: General-purpose cloud hosting (compute, storage, managed databases, ML) for the Russian/CIS market

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Example

The yc CLI manages Yandex Cloud resources from your terminal, similar in shape to aws or gcloud.

# list compute instances in the current folder (project)
yc compute instance list

# create a small VM from a public image
yc compute instance create --name my-vm \
  --zone ru-central1-a \
  --network-interface subnet-name=default,nat-ip-version=ipv4 \
  --create-boot-disk image-folder-id=standard-images,image-family=ubuntu-2204-lts

Getting started

Install the CLI, initialize it with your account and default cloud/folder, then start creating resources.

# install the yc CLI (Linux/macOS)
curl -sSL https://storage.yandexcloud.net/yandexcloud-yc/install.sh | bash

# authenticate and set defaults
yc init

Best for: Companies operating in Russia or CIS markets that need in-region data hosting, ruble billing, and local compliance — less relevant for teams outside that region, where AWS/GCP/Azure have far broader reach.