# Quark

Alibaba's AI search and assistant app, which uses the company's Qwen models and combines web search, AI tools, and cloud storage.

- Company: Alibaba Group
- Category: Answer Engines
- Business model: Freemium
- Availability: china
- Launched: 2016-11
- Tags: answer-engine, ai-search, ai-assistant, china
- Website: https://www.quark.cn
- Canonical URL: https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/quark/
- Record updated: 2026-09-10

Quark is Alibaba Group's AI app for search, assistant tasks, and cloud services; its official site is operated by Guangzhou Dongyue Information Technology Co., Ltd. Apple's App Store registry lists the app with a release date of November 1, 2016. The app describes itself as an AI flagship product using Alibaba's Qwen models, with an AI search mode that performs retrieval, intent understanding, and AI summaries, plus an assistant for questions, writing, and multimodal input. Quark also includes productivity tools for presentations, scanning, and translation, a browser sidebar for asking about the current page, and a cloud storage service.

## Key features

- AI search with intent understanding and AI summaries
- Qwen-based assistant for questions, writing, and multimodal input
- AI productivity tools including presentations, scanning, and translation
- Browser sidebar for asking questions about the page being viewed
- Cloud storage with document and media tools

## Use cases

- Web searching with AI summaries
- Creating documents and presentations with AI tools
- Storing and transferring files across devices

## Pricing

Quark is free to download, and its App Store listing shows in-app purchases.

## FAQ

**What is Quark?**

Quark is Alibaba's AI search and assistant app, combining AI search, an assistant, productivity tools, and cloud storage.

**Who operates Quark?**

Quark is part of Alibaba Group; its official website is operated by Guangzhou Dongyue Information Technology Co., Ltd., and the app uses Alibaba's Qwen models.

**When did Quark launch?**

Apple's App Store registry lists the app with a release date of November 1, 2016.

**Is Quark free?**

Quark is free to download, and its App Store listing shows in-app purchases.

## Sources

- [Official website](https://www.quark.cn)
- [App Store registry (iTunes Lookup API)](https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=1160172628&country=cn)
- [Alibaba Group: About Alibaba](https://www.alibabagroup.com/en-US/about-alibaba)

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Data from the [Global AI Product Index](https://globalaiproductindex.com/), licensed CC BY 4.0.