Quark Drive Membership Pricing and Free Storage Explained

Quark Drive denies throttling, but tests by authoritative media show: a new free account downloads at only about 650-700KB/s (a 1GB file takes 30-40 minutes), and some community sources measured about 260KB/s, which is the same order of magnitude. Free speeds are far below your broadband cap. The company explains this as network congestion during peak hours rather than throttling, but in testing it's simply slow. After upgrading to SVIP, speeds reach about 11MB/s, a gap of roughly 10x. The free version is fine for everyday use, but large files will be fairly slow.

After activating SVIP Super Membership on Quark Drive, your space can reach 6TB (6144GB), while VIP regular membership is 3TB (3072GB), a huge jump from the free version's 10GB. In addition, free users can trigger a temporary '1TB' reward by opening someone else's share link and saving the resource to their drive, but most guides note it's valid for about 90 days before being reclaimed, so it's not permanent. For stable, large-scale space, SVIP's 6TB is still the recommended option.

By unit price, auto-renewing monthly is cheaper: it's about 4.8 yuan per month, far below the cost of buying a single month outright. But auto-renewing renews automatically, which suits people who use it steadily over the long term; if you only need it briefly or want to try it out, buying a single month is more flexible since you can stop once you're done and avoid being charged because you forgot to cancel. If you use it long-term and don't mind auto-renewal, choosing auto-renewing monthly or auto-renewing annually (about 138 yuan per year) saves more; for short-term use, buy a single month.

The key to activating membership isn't the phone number, it's the payment method. An overseas phone number itself can be used to log into a Quark account via WeChat QR-code scan (no mainland-China phone number needed), but upgrading to SVIP usually requires Alipay or WeChat Pay, both of which typically need to be linked to a mainland-China bank card with verified identity. So as long as you can sort out a mainland payment method (your own mainland card, or having friends or family pay on your behalf, or a reliable top-up reseller), an account registered with an overseas phone number can still activate membership.

Usually not. Upgrading Quark Drive membership mainly goes through Alipay or WeChat Pay, both of which typically need to be linked to a mainland-China bank card with verified identity, and the source material doesn't mention support for paying directly with a Taiwan credit card or an international card. The common solution for Taiwan users is to ask friends or family in the mainland to pay on their behalf, or to find a reliable top-up reseller on a platform like Taobao (go by the actual amount on the payment page). Whether a Taiwan credit card can be linked to Alipay for payment is something you'd best confirm by testing yourself.

Quark SVIP payment defaults to Alipay or WeChat Pay, so if you don't have either of these payment methods overseas, buying directly in the app will stall. Common alternatives are: ask friends or family who have a mainland Alipay/WeChat Pay and bank card to pay on your behalf, or find a reliable top-up reseller on a platform like Taobao (be careful to vet them, and go by the actual amount on the payment page). Membership prices fluctuate a lot with promotions, and during major sales an annual plan can drop to 88-110 yuan. Registering and logging in are unaffected; just scan a QR code with WeChat.

Quark Drive's SVIP Super Membership has an official list price of about 300 yuan per year, with a regular promotional price of around 158 yuan per year most of the time. During major sales like Double 11 and Double 12, deep discounts can bring the annual fee down to about 88-110 yuan, working out to roughly 7-9 yuan per month; auto-renewing monthly is about 4.8 yuan per month. That said, prices fluctuate dramatically with promotions and there are no fixed figures, so it's best to go by the actual price shown in the app or on the Taobao payment page. Buying during major sales is usually the better deal.

Quark mostly runs promotions in the form of annual-plan discounts, and doesn't clearly advertise a uniform 'new-user first-month exclusive price.' For reference, the low-price figures are: auto-renewing monthly at about 4.8 yuan per month, and during major sales an annual plan works out to roughly 7-9 yuan per month (for example, as low as about 7.98 yuan per month during Double 11 and about 9.2 yuan per month during Double 12). Prices fluctuate a fair amount with promotions, so the specific first-order discount is whatever the app's payment page actually shows, and you'd need to confirm by testing.

Upgrading Quark membership usually requires Alipay or WeChat Pay, which generally need to be linked to a Chinese bank card with completed identity verification, and overseas Chinese users often fail at this step because they lack a mainland bank card or have a limited payment method. First confirm that you have a usable mainland bank card in Alipay/WeChat; if you don't, consider asking friends or family back home to pay on your behalf, or use a supported mainland payment channel. Note: upgrading isn't required to register, and a free 10GB account works fine on its own. The specific payment limitations are whatever the payment page indicates, and you'd need to confirm by testing.

Registration step: a Thai phone number can't receive Quark's registration verification code, because official phone-number verification only supports mainland-China numbers. You can bypass this with WeChat QR-code login instead: first register a WeChat account with an overseas phone number, then choose 'WeChat login' in the Quark web version or app to authorize. After registering, you still get 10GB of free space. Membership step: upgrading usually requires Alipay/WeChat Pay linked to a Chinese bank card with verified identity, and a local Thai card generally won't work, so this step may be blocked; you'd need to confirm by testing.

Whether Quark Drive is worth it depends on how heavily you use it. The free version has only 10GB of space, and free downloads measure only a few hundred KB/s in testing (about 260-700KB/s), making large files very slow. SVIP gives you 6TB of space, a dedicated download channel measured at about 11MB/s (roughly a 10x boost), 100 offline downloads per month, original-quality video with playback speed control, cloud extraction, and recovery of deleted files within 180 days. If you frequently download large files or store a lot of material, it's worth it; if you only occasionally store small files, the free version is enough. Note that even with membership, slow cross-border networks may still affect speeds overseas.

The main limit on Quark's free version is capacity: 10GB of permanent free space, and once you fill 10GB you can't upload more. The official materials don't publish a cap based on 'number of files.' So how many files you can store depends on file size: you can store many small documents, but a few large videos could fill it up. For more space, you can activate SVIP (6TB) or VIP (3TB). Whether there's a separate limit on file count is something you'd need to confirm by testing.

This is most likely a cross-border network issue: Quark's servers are mainly in mainland China, and a direct connection from Vietnam tends to time out and load incompletely, so when the scripts the payment page relies on don't load, you get a blank page. First try: (1) switch to a more stable network (5GHz Wi-Fi or wired) and refresh; (2) use a back-to-China accelerator/VPN to connect to a nearby mainland node before opening it. Also, Quark payment usually requires Alipay/WeChat Pay linked to a mainland bank card, so this step itself may be limited overseas. Go by what the payment page indicates, and confirm by testing.

If you're just storing small files like documents and photos day to day, the free version's 10GB is usually enough and you don't need to pay. But keep two things in mind: first, downloads, since a free account measures only a few hundred KB/s in testing and large files will be very slow; second, reliability, since the platform reviews and clears out content, so important files shouldn't be kept only on Quark, and it's best to keep a separate local copy. If you frequently store large amounts of material or download large files, then consider activating SVIP (6TB, with a speed boost).

The most cost-effective approach is to 'wait for a major sale and buy an annual plan.' Quark SVIP lists for about 300 yuan per year and runs around 158 yuan per year most of the time, but during Double 11 and Double 12 it can drop to about 88-110 yuan per year (roughly 7-9 yuan per month), so buying an annual plan during a major sale saves the most. The sticking point for overseas Chinese users is payment: upgrading usually requires Alipay/WeChat Pay linked to a mainland bank card, and if you don't have one, you can ask friends or family back home to pay on your behalf or buy the annual plan for you. The specific discount is whatever the actual amount on the payment page shows.

The source material doesn't give a clear price for Quark's quarterly membership, so we can't directly calculate the difference between the quarterly and annual plans (this needs to be confirmed by testing). For reference, the annual prices: SVIP's official list price is about 300 RMB/year, regular promotions are around 158 RMB/year, and big sales can go as low as about 88-110 RMB/year (roughly 7-9 RMB/month). There's also auto-renewing monthly at about 4.8 RMB/month and auto-renewing annual at about 138 RMB/year. Generally, the per-month cost of an annual plan is cheaper, but for the exact difference we recommend checking the actual amount on the payment page.

Where you cancel auto-renewal depends on the payment channel you originally used: if you subscribed through the Quark app or via Alipay/WeChat, you need to turn it off in that channel's "auto-renewal / password-free payment" management; if you subscribed on iOS via an App Store in-app purchase, you cancel it under "Subscriptions" in your Apple ID. The source material doesn't provide the exact path inside the Quark app (this needs to be confirmed by testing). We recommend doing it before the term expires and taking a screenshot to confirm, to avoid being charged automatically. Since the auto-renewing annual plan is about 138 RMB/year after discount, be sure to handle it in advance.

The source material doesn't provide Quark's official membership refund rules, so we can't confirm whether the remaining days are refundable (this needs to be confirmed by testing). Generally, "unsubscribing" from this kind of membership usually means turning off auto-renewal so you're not charged for the next cycle, while the current cycle you've already paid for is mostly treated as non-refundable. Refer to the refund policy of the official customer service or your payment channel. We recommend choosing the right tier for your needs before buying (normally around 158 RMB/year, dropping to about 88-110 RMB/year during big sales) to avoid impulse renewals.

The core privileges of Quark Drive SVIP include: 6TB (6144GB) of huge storage; high-speed downloads up to about 50MB/s (measured at about 11MB/s, far faster than free); 100 offline downloads per month; original-quality video playback, 0.5x-5x speed, and screen casting; cloud unzip (archives up to about 8GB); PDF-to-Office conversion; and recovery of deleted files within 180 days. By comparison, regular VIP offers 3TB and lacks features like cloud unzip and PDF conversion. For Chinese users abroad, the high-speed downloads and large storage are the most useful, but cross-border slowness still means you'll need a separate accelerator.

The source material doesn't state an upper limit on the number of devices a Quark Drive member can be logged in on simultaneously (this needs to be confirmed by testing). What we can confirm is that the same account can be used across the web version, the app, the desktop client, and so on, and Chinese users abroad commonly use WeChat QR code login to sign in to the same account on different devices. For the exact number of concurrent devices and whether there's a kick-off limit, refer to the in-app explanation or official customer service, and test it yourself to confirm.

Quark Drive's regular VIP membership provides 3TB (3072GB); SVIP Super Membership provides 6TB (6144GB). The free version's base storage is 10GB (granted upon registration; overseas users who register via WeChat login also get 10GB). These three figures are consistent across multiple sources. A reminder: the widely circulated "1TB free" is temporary promotional space triggered by saving someone else's shared link for the first time, mostly listed as expiring in about 30-90 days, not permanent. The only permanently free amount is 10GB.

The source material doesn't list a separate "save-to-drive space" limit for Quark Drive, so we can't give a specific number (this needs to be confirmed by testing). What we can reference is the total account capacity ceiling: 10GB for free, 3TB for VIP, and 6TB for SVIP. Files you save to your drive count against your total space, so saving too much is constrained by your total capacity. Also, when a new user saves someone else's shared link for the first time, it can trigger an extra roughly 1TB of temporary space (mostly listed as expiring in about 90 days). For the exact save-to-drive quantity or capacity limit, refer to the in-app prompts.

The source material doesn't give a specific daily limit on the number of files the free version of Quark Drive can save to the drive (this needs to be confirmed by testing). What we can confirm is that the free version's base storage is 10GB, and files you save count against this capacity, so once it's full you naturally can't save any more. Also, when a new user saves someone else's shared link for the first time, they can get an extra roughly 1TB of temporary space (most tutorials list it as expiring in about 90 days). For any daily save count or quantity limit, refer to the actual in-app prompts and test it yourself to confirm.

Quark Drive members have a fairly high single-file upload limit: multiple community reviews give SVIP Super Members a maximum single file size of about 100GB. Regular free or lower-tier users have a lower single-file limit (the source material doesn't give an exact figure for the free version; this needs to be confirmed by testing). For Chinese users abroad, uploads are likewise affected by the cross-border connection and may be slow, so for large files we recommend a stable network combined with an accelerator. Refer to what's shown in the app for the exact limit.