Quark Drive Membership Price and Free Space: How Much SVIP Costs and How to Get Free Space

Quark official SVIP lists at 300 RMB per year, but almost nobody pays full price. The usual everyday sale price is about 158 RMB per year. During promotion seasons such as the November 11 and December 12 sales it often drops to around 7-9 RMB per month, or roughly 88-110 RMB per year, for example a two-year plan with a bonus month works out to about 9 RMB per month. These event prices only show as the actual amount on the payment page. Overseas Chinese users who want these deal prices usually need to link Alipay, Taobao, or WeChat Pay, and buying a single month alone is not worthwhile, so look at the event annual plans instead.

Quark lists the annual plan at a nominal 300 RMB per year, but the real selling price is usually far below that. Everyday sales run about 158 RMB per year, and promotion seasons often push it to roughly 88-110 RMB per year (consistent across multiple media and hands-on reports, such as around 104-118 RMB for one year and about 228 RMB for two years). These are all event prices, so check the actual amount on the payment page. The exact price at this moment in 2026 fluctuates with promotions, so treat the live price on the app payment page as authoritative (needs to be confirmed by testing). Overseas payment usually requires linking Alipay, Taobao, or WeChat Pay.

Quark source material mainly covers SVIP super membership pricing: 300 RMB per year list price, about 158 RMB in everyday sales, and roughly 88-110 RMB per year in promotion seasons. Free users get the basic 10GB of space and download slowly through a shared, restricted channel. The material does not give itemized pricing for a separate regular membership tier, so the exact price gap between the two cannot be stated precisely (needs to be confirmed by testing). In practice, the difference overseas Chinese users care about most is that SVIP gives a dedicated standalone channel and large space, while the free tier is slow with little space.

Quark source material does not give an itemized comparison between monthly auto-renew and a single month, so judging by unit price alone is not precise (needs to be confirmed by testing). One important reminder, though: before signing up for any auto-renewing monthly or annual plan, be sure to check whether auto-renew is pre-selected, because some users report being charged automatically every month after subscribing. The better-value direction is usually to grab an annual plan during a promotion season (roughly 88-110 RMB per year) rather than buying month by month. If you do choose an auto-renew tier, remember to turn off auto-renew in settings afterward.

What Quark source material gives is the overall annual price range: 300 RMB per year list price, about 158 RMB in everyday sales, and roughly 88-110 RMB per year in promotion seasons (such as around 104-118 RMB for one year). The material does not separately label a dedicated first-year deal price for the auto-renewing annual tier (needs to be confirmed by testing), and the actual price follows the app payment page. Reminder: an auto-renewing annual plan involves automatic renewal, so confirm whether it is pre-selected before subscribing, and remember to turn it off in settings afterward to avoid being charged automatically the next year.

Yes. Open the Quark app and tap the welfare code (Fuli Code) section to redeem one, commonly a 1-day membership trial card. In addition, new users who register with a phone number and complete the verification steps can claim 1TB of free space and a 15-day SVIP trial (only triggerable in the phone app). Note that the 15-day trial codes and permanent 20TB expansion codes circulating online mostly come from third-party deal sites, are highly time-sensitive, and may not work, so do not take them too seriously. Overseas Chinese users who want to trigger the new-user perks need a phone number that can receive verification codes.

Yes. Brand-new Quark users who have never registered before, after registering with a phone number, downloading the app, and completing the save-and-verify steps, can claim 1TB of free space and a 15-day SVIP trial. Note that this new-user perk can only be triggered inside the phone app, not on PC or iPad, and you must log in with a phone-number verification code. Do not log in with WeChat or QQ, or the system may fail to recognize you as a new user and the claim may fail. For overseas Chinese users, getting this perk almost always requires a (virtual) mainland phone number that can receive verification codes.

Yes, but watch out for the downgrade. Subscribing to Taobao 88VIP (requires a Taoqi score of 1000 or higher, 88 RMB per year) lets you claim a one-year Quark Drive co-branded membership, which is a relatively good-value official route. However, since September 14, 2023, this benefit has been downgraded from full SVIP to the 88VIP x Quark co-branded edition, and some benefits such as turbo or full-speed downloads are now SVIP-exclusive and not included in the co-branded edition. Some users also report still being charged monthly by Quark after claiming it, so you need to manually turn off auto-renew in the 88VIP settings of the Taobao app. Overseas Chinese users without a Taobao or Alipay account find it hard to benefit directly.

Several Quark SVIP routes, from best value down: first, the best-value official route is Taobao 88VIP (Taoqi score of 1000 or higher, 88 RMB per year) for a one-year co-branded membership, though it is downgraded to the co-branded edition and excludes some benefits such as turbo downloads; second, grab an annual plan during a promotion season, where the price often drops to roughly 88-110 RMB per year, far cheaper than buying monthly; third, new users can first claim 1TB of space plus a 15-day SVIP trial as a stopgap. For overseas Chinese users, the hurdle is payment: official deals mostly require linking Alipay, Taobao, or WeChat Pay, and without those you can only turn to third-party top-up services (which carry risk, require a linked mainland number, and are non-refundable once delivered).

Whether Quark membership is worth it depends on whether you care about download speed and space. The free tier uses a shared, restricted channel, with downloads often at tens of KB to 1-2 MB per second and only 10GB of space to start. SVIP gives 6TB of large space, a dedicated standalone channel with measured downloads of about 11 MB per second (advertised cap 50 MB per second), plus offline downloads, 4K playback, TV casting, cloud extraction, and more. If you often download large files or watch high-definition video, SVIP is worth it; if you use it only occasionally, you can get by on the new-user 1TB plus 15-day trial and the free speed-up toggle first. Overseas Chinese users also have to factor in the payment hurdle.

After getting SVIP, Quark routes you through a dedicated standalone channel with a big speed boost, measured at about 11 MB per second, much faster than the free tier (often tens of KB to 1-2 MB per second), but the officially advertised 50 MB per second is not actually reached, so think of it as full speed but with a cap. Overseas Chinese users are also affected by cross-border routing, so real-world speeds may be reduced further, and stacking a return-to-China accelerator connected to a mainland node is recommended. Overall: SVIP basically solves the free-tier throttling, but do not expect to truly hit 50M.

The free Quark version is generally slow: tests commonly see tens of KB to 1-2 MB per second, with some measuring around 650-700 KB per second, taking 30-40 minutes to download a test video, and even gigabit broadband may be squeezed to just over 1 MB per second. The reason is that free users go through a shared, restricted channel (the company calls it peak hours and admits members have a separate channel). Overseas Chinese users also stack slow cross-border routing on top. To ease it, you can turn on the free download speed-up toggle or use the save-and-quick-transfer trick (about 3-5 MB per second); for stable full speed, get SVIP.

Core Quark SVIP benefits: 6TB of huge space, download speed-up through a dedicated standalone channel (measured about 11 MB per second, advertised cap 50 MB per second), offline downloads, 4K original-quality online playback, TV casting, cloud extraction, and more. On price, the list is 300 RMB per year, but promotion seasons often run around 88-110 RMB per year, and Taobao 88VIP also lets you claim the co-branded edition (downgraded, excludes turbo downloads). It is worth it for people who often download large files or watch high definition; light users can first use the new-user 1TB plus 15-day trial as a stopgap. Overseas Chinese users need to separately weigh the payment hurdle of Alipay, Taobao, or WeChat Pay.

Quark official deals (88VIP, Taobao sale prices) are almost all tied to Taobao, Alipay, or WeChat Pay. Hong Kong Chinese users who have an Alipay, WeChat Pay, or Taobao account can pay the event price directly in the app; without one, it is hard to enjoy the deals through official channels directly. The alternative is third-party overseas top-up platforms (such as KAVIP, supporting PayPal and others), but these platforms explicitly only top up accounts linked to a mainland phone number, and are non-refundable once delivered, so they are a top-up service with risk and you must weigh it yourself.

Quark official deals (Taobao 88VIP, sale prices) are basically all tied to Alipay, Taobao, or WeChat Pay. Taiwan users who already have one of these mainland payment accounts can pay the event price in the app; without one, it is hard to enjoy the deals through official channels directly. The alternative is third-party overseas top-up platforms (supporting PayPal and global currencies), but they usually require the account to be linked to a mainland phone number and are non-refundable once delivered, so they are a top-up service with risk. It is best to confirm your own Quark account and payment method before deciding.

Official routes are almost all tied to Alipay, Taobao, or WeChat Pay. Singapore Chinese users who have one of these mainland payment accounts can activate at the event price in the app (roughly 88-110 RMB per year in promotion seasons); without one, it is hard to enjoy the deals through official channels directly. The alternative is third-party overseas top-up platforms (supporting PayPal and global currencies), but these platforms mostly require the account to be linked to a mainland phone number and are strictly non-refundable once delivered, so they are a top-up service with risk. So even with a top-up service, you still need a Quark account that can be linked to a mainland number.

Not having Alipay really is the main obstacle for overseas Chinese users, because official deals mostly require Alipay, Taobao, or WeChat Pay. Two paths: first, find a way to open one of these mainland payment accounts and then pay in the app; second, use a third-party overseas top-up platform (supporting PayPal and global currencies) to subscribe for you, but these platforms usually require your Quark account to be linked to a mainland phone number and are non-refundable once delivered, so they are a top-up service with risk. Either way, you almost always cannot avoid having a Quark account that can be linked to a mainland number.

Quark official deals are almost all tied to Alipay, Taobao, or WeChat Pay, and the source material does not confirm that you can pay directly with an overseas credit card inside the app (needs to be confirmed by testing). The more realistic option is third-party overseas top-up platforms, some of which support PayPal and global currencies (and some may support overseas cards), but these platforms mostly require the account to be linked to a mainland phone number and are strictly non-refundable once delivered, so they are a top-up service with risk. So relying on an overseas credit card alone through official channels is not reliable, and you usually need to lean on a top-up service or a mainland payment account.

Overseas payment trouble usually has two common causes: official deals are tied to Alipay, Taobao, or WeChat Pay, and an overseas account or payment environment that does not match easily triggers risk controls; and the Quark servers are inside mainland China, so an unstable overseas direct connection can also affect placing the order. Things to try: use a return-to-China accelerator to switch your network to a mainland node before proceeding; switch to a real-name-verified mainland payment account; or turn to a third-party top-up platform that supports PayPal or global currencies (but it requires the account to be linked to a mainland number, is non-refundable once delivered, and carries risk). The source material does not detail the exact cause of the specific risk warning, so it needs to be confirmed by testing.

Registration can bypass a mainland phone number: register WeChat with a Thai phone number first, then use WeChat Login to enter the Quark web version or app, and if a bind-phone prompt pops up after logging in you can ignore it for now, with free space for new users. But note that WeChat Login is not 100 percent reliable, and some users have still been required to fill in a mainland phone number for verification. Activating membership is harder: official deals are tied to Alipay, Taobao, or WeChat Pay, and Thailand Chinese users without these accounts find it hard to pay directly, usually needing a third-party top-up service (which requires a linked mainland number, is non-refundable, and carries risk). Whether a Thai physical number can directly receive Quark verification codes is unconfirmed.