What is Arvan Cloud?
Arvan Cloud (ابر آروان) is Iran's leading cloud computing, content delivery, and video infrastructure platform. It provides the infrastructure services that Iranian businesses and organizations would otherwise source from AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or Cloudflare — all of which are inaccessible to Iranian entities due to US sanctions.
This structural exclusion has created a fully captive domestic market for cloud and CDN services, and Arvan Cloud has built to serve it. The company operates data centers within Iran and provides a product suite that mirrors the core infrastructure offerings of Western hyperscalers: compute, storage, networking, CDN, DNS, video delivery, and security services.
Arvan Cloud's customer base spans the full spectrum of Iran's digital economy — from Digikala and Snapp at the enterprise end, to hundreds of startups at the SME end, to media companies relying on Arvan's video platform, to government entities requiring domestic data residency.
Services and Products
| Service | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Computing | IaaS | Virtual machines, Kubernetes clusters, object storage, managed databases |
| Arvan CDN | CDN | Content delivery network with PoPs across Iran; DDoS protection |
| Video Platform | Media | Live streaming, video on demand (VOD), DRM, video encoding |
| DNS Management | Networking | DNS hosting, geo-routing, health checks |
| Security Services | Security | WAF, DDoS mitigation, SSL certificate management |
Why Arvan Cloud Matters
Arvan Cloud's strategic position is a function of Iran's sanctions environment. Every Iranian tech company — from Digikala's 10M monthly users to Nobitex's exchange infrastructure — ultimately runs on domestic compute and CDN. Arvan Cloud is the primary provider of that compute and delivery layer.
This gives Arvan Cloud a different competitive dynamic than Western cloud platforms. Rather than competing in a contested global market, it operates as the essential infrastructure substrate for an entire digital economy that cannot externalize its workloads. The result is deep penetration across every sector IDEI covers.
For a foreign company assessing Iran's digital infrastructure, Arvan Cloud is the single most important technical dependency to understand — it is the cloud provider for Iran's internet.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Arvan Cloud?
Arvan Cloud (ابر آروان) is Iran's leading cloud computing, CDN, and video delivery platform. It provides IaaS, CDN, DNS, video infrastructure, and security services — serving as the domestic alternative to AWS, Cloudflare, and Azure for Iranian businesses that cannot access those platforms due to sanctions.
Why does Iran need a domestic cloud provider?
Iranian businesses and organizations cannot access AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or Cloudflare due to US sanctions. This creates an entirely captive domestic market for cloud and CDN services. Arvan Cloud serves this demand, operating data centers within Iran and providing services that mirror what Western cloud platforms offer internationally.
Who uses Arvan Cloud?
Arvan Cloud's customers include Iran's largest digital companies (Digikala, Snapp, SnappFood), major media organizations relying on its video platform, fintech companies requiring high-availability infrastructure, and hundreds of startups in Iran's tech ecosystem. Government entities requiring domestic data residency are also among its customers.