How to use the free trial

The free trial is a one-time introductory offer for new clients. You can use the free trial if you:

• Have never purchased Yandex.Cloud services.
• Have not activated the free trial before.

Registration

To use the free trial, sign up for Yandex.Cloud and create your first billing account. The trial period is activated automatically after a billing account is created.

Learn more about registering and creating billing accounts.

Getting started

To start working with Yandex.Cloud:

• Create a virtual machine in Compute Cloud:
  • Linux.
  • Windows.
  • Instance groups.
• Use the services for storage:
  • Add files to Object Storage.
  • Upload a Docker image to a registry in Container Registry.
• Configure networks:
  • Create a cloud network in Virtual Private Cloud.
  • Configure a load balancer in Network Load Balancer.
• Manage access:
  • Add users and assign roles in IAM.
  • Create a new folder in the cloud and grant access to it in Resource Manager.
• Create a database cluster:
  • ClickHouse.
  • MongoDB.
  • MySQL.
  • Redis.
  • PostgreSQL.
• Use machine learning:
  • Convert text to speech and vice versa using SpeechKit.
  • Translate text in Translate.
  • Analyze an image using computer vision in Vision.
• Other:
  • Create a Kubernetes cluster.
  • Configure message exchange between applications in Message Queue.
  • Visualize data in DataLens.

You might also find these links useful:

• Trial period restrictions
• Monitoring resource usage during the trial period
• End of trial period
• Upgrading to the paid version
• Yandex.Cloud platform overview
• Yandex.Cloud documentation