Alibaba Cloud mailbox provider
According to Live Direct Marketing's daily Tranco top-1M scan (September 10, 2026), Alibaba Cloud is the mailbox provider for 253 domains — 0.04% of 667,099 domains with MX records. Detection method: primary MX record (lowest preference).
Key facts
- 253 domains in the Tranco top-1M use Alibaba Cloud (0.04% of domains with MX records).
- Snapshot date: 2026-09-10 — recomputed every day.
- Strongest TLD: .com (55.3% of its domains).
- Region skew: Global / US-skewed.
- Most co-used service: Alibaba DirectMail.
- Directory category: hosting mail bundle.
Why Alibaba Cloud appears in this category
Aliyun cloud — generic email-on-cloud workloads.
We classify it as a hosting mail bundle from primary MX record (lowest preference) matching a maintained provider rule. This is infrastructure attribution from public DNS, not evidence of a direct contract or exclusive use.
Alibaba Cloud is the cloud computing and infrastructure division of Alibaba Group. It operates email services and mailbox hosting for a distributed customer base, primarily in regional and emerging markets.
Its MX record footprint concentrates on the .com namespace and skews towards smaller, mid-market sites in regional markets—often alongside Alibaba DirectMail. Senders and recipients encountering Alibaba Cloud typically work with long-tail domains, reflecting the platform's position in emerging-market and small-business segments.
Where Alibaba Cloud sits in the Tranco ranking
| Tranco rank band | Domains | Share of its base |
|---|---|---|
| Top 1,000 | 2 | 0.8% |
| Top 10,000 | 3 | 1.2% |
| Top 100,000 | 31 | 12.3% |
| Top 1,000,000 | 212 | 83.8% |
| Unranked | 5 | 2.0% |
Top-level domain split
| TLD | Domains | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| .com | 140 | 55.3% | |
| .cn | 20 | 7.9% | |
| .net | 15 | 5.9% | |
| .com.cn | 10 | 4.0% | |
| .ai | 8 | 3.2% | |
| .org | 6 | 2.4% | |
| .cc | 5 | 2.0% | |
| .io | 4 | 1.6% | |
| .games | 3 | 1.2% | |
| .co | 3 | 1.2% |
What Alibaba Cloud users also use
Cross-tabulated from the same daily snapshot — the other email services seen on the same 253 domains.
| Type | Service | Domains | Share of Alibaba Cloud users |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESP | Alibaba DirectMail | 132 | 52.2% |
| ESP | Alibaba DirectMail (APAC) | 65 | 25.7% |
| ESP | Zendesk | 3 | 1.2% |
| ESP | SendGrid (Twilio) | 3 | 1.2% |
| ESP | Mailgun | 2 | 0.8% |
| ESP | Amazon SES | 2 | 0.8% |
| ESP | Mailjet (Sinch) | 1 | 0.4% |
| ESP | Postmark | 1 | 0.4% |
| ESP | Zoho ZeptoMail | 1 | 0.4% |
| ESP | SendCloud (China) | 1 | 0.4% |
Regional market positioning and Alibaba DirectMail integration
Alibaba Cloud serves regional, .com-centric small-business customers, frequently deployed in tandem with Alibaba DirectMail for outbound delivery. Its market positioning and technical environment differ from mainstream Western mailbox providers, and senders should test authentication and deliverability practices specifically against Alibaba Cloud rather than assuming parity with global-market mail infrastructure.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Alibaba Cloud in the context of email infrastructure?
Alibaba Cloud is Alibaba Group's infrastructure platform providing email services and mailbox hosting, primarily for regional and small-business customers. It appears as the mail provider for long-tail domains in the .com namespace rather than the largest global brands.
How many domains use Alibaba Cloud?
253 domains in the Tranco top-1M use Alibaba Cloud as their mailbox provider as of September 10, 2026 (0.04% of domains with MX records), according to Live Direct Marketing's daily DNS scan.
Is Alibaba Cloud common enough to affect email deliverability testing?
Alibaba Cloud accounts for 0.04% of domains with MX records in the top 1M. Whether you should seed a test mailbox there depends on how much of your audience it represents — the co-usage table above shows the services it appears alongside most.
Which countries or TLDs use Alibaba Cloud most?
Alibaba Cloud's largest TLD is .com (55.3% of its domains); it appears across 42 TLDs in total.