Changes:

1. A new pay-as-you-go 2.0 billing method of Cloud Firewall will be released.
2. The configuration unit price for public IP addresses for original Cloud Firewall pay-as-you-go 1.0 instances will be increased from USD 0.008 per IP address-hour to USD 0.014 per IP address-hour. Partial features of the original pay-as-you-go 1.0 billing method will be adjusted, with seamless upgrade to the new pay-as-you-go 2.0 billing method supported.

Impact:

• The configuration unit price for public IP addresses for original Cloud Firewall pay-as-you-go 1.0 instances will be changed, and the threat intelligence feature for intrusion prevention system (IPS) configurations will no longer be supported. (If you want to use the feature, upgrade the pay-as-you-go 1.0 billing method to the new version 2.0 and enable the threat intelligence feature.)
• The following changes take effect in the new pay-as-you-go 2.0 billing method:
  • The unit price for Cloud Firewall instances is USD 0.36 per instance-hour, the unit price for traffic processing is USD 0.06/GB, and the unit price for log analysis is USD 0.3 per TB-hour. Public IP configurations and additional access control policies are no longer billable items. By default, the changes take effect for instances purchased in the new pay-as-you-go 2.0 billing method.
  • If a Cloud Firewall instance in the new pay-as-you-go 2.0 billing method has not connected to any assets and has not incurred any fees for 30 consecutive days, the instance will be automatically released, and historical alert data and configurations will also be cleared.

The original pay-as-you-go 1.0 billing method will be automatically switched to the new pay-as-you-go 2.0 billing method on October 15, 2026.