Simple, Transparent .cloud Pricing
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First-year registration price
- ✔ Free WHOIS privacy
- ✔ Free DNS management
- ✔ Instant activation
Renewal
Standard annual renewal rate
- ✔ Auto-renew available
- ✔ Renewal reminder emails
- ✔ No hidden fees
Transfer
Move an existing .cloud domain to us
- ✔ Adds 1 year on transfer
- ✔ Free transfer assistance
- ✔ No downtime
What Is A .cloud Domain, And Who Is It For?
The .cloud extension is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) launched to give cloud computing, SaaS, and infrastructure businesses a domain that matches their industry by name. As cloud services became the default way software and infrastructure get delivered, ".cloud" gave that entire category an extension that states the business model outright, rather than relying on a generic .com or a repurposed .net name that says nothing about what the company actually builds.
.cloud is ideal for SaaS platforms, cloud storage and backup services, DevOps and infrastructure tooling companies, and hosting-adjacent businesses that want visitors to immediately understand what they offer. It also suits startups building a specific cloud-based product line who want a focused domain separate from a broader corporate .com presence, without diluting either brand.
On trust and recognition, .cloud sits in familiar territory for a technical audience — developers, IT buyers, and SaaS customers are used to seeing industry-specific extensions and don't treat them as less credible than .com within tech circles. For a more general consumer audience, .com still carries a slight edge in default familiarity, though search engines rank .cloud identically to any other extension, so visibility isn't affected either way.
The practical takeaway: choose .cloud when your product or company is genuinely cloud- or infrastructure-related and you want the extension to reinforce that positioning to a technical buyer, especially if your ideal name is unavailable on .com. For a broader consumer-facing brand outside the cloud/tech space, .com remains the safer universal default — but within SaaS and infrastructure, .cloud reads as a natural fit.
In practice, .cloud performs best as a secondary or product-line domain rather than a primary corporate identity — a SaaS company might keep its main brand on .com while routing a specific cloud product, status page, or infrastructure dashboard through a .cloud domain to reinforce what that particular property does.
- ✔ Minimum length: 2 characters
- ✔ Category: Tech / Startup
- ✔ WHOIS privacy: Included, free
- ✔ Typical renewal: $24.99/yr
.cloud Domain Requirements & Specs
.cloud is open to anyone worldwide — SaaS companies, infrastructure providers, and individual developers can register one with no eligibility restrictions beyond standard registrant contact details, and every registration includes the same free WHOIS privacy and full DNS management that comes standard on every DomainHost domain.
.cloud Domain Questions, Answered
Yes. Every .cloud domain registered through DomainHost includes free WHOIS privacy protection by default, masking your personal contact details from the public WHOIS database at no extra charge.
Most .cloud domains go live within minutes of completing checkout. Full DNS propagation across every server worldwide can occasionally take a few hours, but your domain is typically usable almost immediately.
Yes. You can transfer a .cloud domain to us at any time, subject to the standard 60-day post-registration transfer lock. Transfers cost $14.99 and add a year to your registration term.
Yes — it's one of the most natural extensions for SaaS and cloud infrastructure products, since it signals your category to developers and IT buyers before they even click through.