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.cloud Domains: prices, rules and registry

A natural fit for infrastructure, hosting, software services and cloud-focused education.

  • RegistryARUBA PEC S.p.A.
  • Registration from$1.00
  • Reported metrics27
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Signal profile

  • Brevity 81
  • Namespace depth 23
  • RDAP readiness 100
  • DNSSEC 100
  • NS breadth 50
  • Registration scale 69

Choosing an extension

About .cloud domains

.cloud is a generic extension. Its registry manager is ARUBA PEC S.p.A.. Recorded standard registration prices start at $1.00 for the first year; renewal rates are compared below.

Who can register a .cloud domain?

Registration eligibility has not yet been verified in this directory. Check the registry’s current policy before registering; country-code and sponsored extensions can have specific requirements.

Find the registry’s website in the IANA record ↗

Registration and renewal costs

Cheapest places to register .cloud in our comparison

Compare recorded standard retail rates in USD. Registrars are ordered by estimated five-year cost. This is one registration plus four renewals at today’s recorded renewal rate.

.cloud registration, annual renewal and estimated five-year costs in USD
RegistrarRegister (1 year)Renew (1 year)5-year costPrice evidence
Zuffix $22.99 $13.69 $77.75 10 Aug 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate
VEBONIX $16.79 $16.79 $83.95 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window
Spaceship $3.49 $20.90 $87.09 8 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate
OVHcloud $2.33 $21.39 $87.89 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window
Porkbun $3.88 $21.11 $88.32 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window
RayName $2.34 $22.00 $90.34 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window
Dynadot $3.99 $21.62 $90.47 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window
Cloudflare Registrar $20.20 $20.20 $101.00 9 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate
Osir $20.20 $20.20 $101.00 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window
eDomains $2.50 $25.00 $102.50 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window
DreamHost $2.99 $24.99 $102.95 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window
Sav $20.99 $20.99 $104.95 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window
Yay.com $26.39 $19.79 $105.55 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window
Hostinger $2.19 $26.19 $106.95 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window
NameMart $4.39 $25.99 $108.35 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window
Regery $20.99 $21.99 $108.95 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window
NameSilo $5.29 $25.99 $109.25 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window
ExonHost $21.95 $21.95 $109.75 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window
Hello.co $29.99 $19.99 $109.95 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window
WordPress.com Domains $23.00 $23.00 $115.00 9 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window

These are source-reported prices, not a guarantee of availability or checkout cost. Promotions and premium domains are excluded; tax, fees, eligibility and future renewal changes may affect your total. Open a registrar profile for its source details.

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Domains
528.2K domains
Active registrars
155 registrar accounts
DNS queries
15.51B queries/month

Everything on record

27 reported metrics for .cloud

Grouped as the registry reports them. Each figure carries its source, when it was observed and a quality grade, and any metric with a trend can be opened for its full history.

Root zone and registry agreement

The facts that do not change monthly

Delegation, operator and protocol support, taken from the IANA root zone and the ICANN registry agreement data.

Registry manager
ARUBA PEC S.p.A.

IANA Root Zone Database

Registry operator
Aruba PEC S.p.A.

ICANN registry agreement

Delegated to the root
26 June 2015

ICANN gTLD contract data

Registry contract signed
16 April 2015

ICANN gTLD contract data

Authoritative nameservers
4

IANA root zone

DNSSEC signed
Yes

Root delegation DS record

RDAP available
Yes

IANA RDAP bootstrap registry

Internationalised label
No

IANA root zone

Third-level registration
No

ICANN registry agreement

Specification 13 brand TLD
No

ICANN registry agreement

Namespace beneath .cloud

1 ICANN boundary rules Registration boundaries recognised beneath this TLD.

105 Private boundary rules Privately operated suffixes, such as hosting subdomains.

Where this comes from

Every figure is traceable

Nothing on this page is estimated or modelled. Each metric names the source it came from and the month it was observed, and a metric with no observation is shown as unknown rather than filled with a zero.

This compiled profile is available under our website content terms. Third-party source material remains subject to its original terms; free access does not grant unrestricted redistribution.

Enrichment snapshot generated . Registry reporting runs a month or two behind, so the newest observation is rarely this month.

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