The utility model provides hoisting equipment adopting a clamp. The hoisting equipment comprises a body, a mounting rack fixedly mounted on the body, a motor fixedly mounted at the top of the mounting rack, the clamp mounted on the body and a cylinder which is fixedly mounted on the body and drives the clamp, wherein the clamp comprises a fixing rack, control rods rotationally mounted on the mounting rack as well as two clamping jaws which are rotationally mounted on the fixing rack and fixedly connected with rotating ends of the control rods, and rotating mounting points of the two clamping jaws are the same point. The hoisting equipment has the advantages as follows: the hoisting equipment is simple in structure and safe to use, the motor controls the clamp to ascend and descend, the cylinder controls the clamping jaws to clamp and spread, and various movements of the clamp are effectively controlled, so that objects are carried and transferred, applicability of the hoisting equipment are improved, and application range of the hoisting equipment is enlarged.