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Simple Log Service:Billable items of pay-by-feature

Last Updated:Oct 17, 2023

You are separately charged for the billable items of Simple Log Service. For example, if you collect and store logs, you are charged a write traffic fee and a log storage fee. This topic describes the billable items of pay-by-feature and the fee calculation for each item.

Note
  • You can use the pay-by-feature billing mode when you collect log data and metric data. The pricing of stored data and indexes for metric data is different from the pricing of stored data and indexes for log data. However, the pricing of other billable items for metric data is the same as the pricing of other billable items for log data. The billable items include data transformation, data shipping, read and write traffic, and the number of requests.

  • You can view the following statistics of the previous day in the Simple Log Service console: write traffic, read traffic, number of read and write operations, transformation traffic, shipping traffic, and storage usage.

    The data is updated on a daily basis.

  • When you use Simple Log Service to collect data, the data is automatically compressed. The compression ratio ranges from 10:1 to 5:1.

The following table describes the billable items of pay-by-feature. For more information about pricing, visit Pricing of Simple Log Service.

Billable item

Description

Fee calculation

Free quota

Storage usage of the hot storage tier

The storage usage is the total size of compressed log data and indexes that are created on raw log data.

For example, the size of raw log data that is uploaded to Simple Log Service is 1 GB, and indexes are created for two fields. The compression ratio is 5:1 when the raw log data is uploaded, and the size of the indexes is 0.5 GB. In this example, the storage usage of the hot storage tier is calculated by using the following formula: 0.2 GB + 0.5 GB = 0.7 GB.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Daily fee of the storage usage of the hot storage tier = Storage usage per day × Price per GB of log data.

  • Resource plan: Prepaid resource plans are used to offset the fees of billable items based on the charge units (CUs) of the billable items.

500 MB per month

Important

Free quotas are provided only if you do not use resource plans to offset the fees of consumed resources.

Storage usage of the IA storage tier

After you enable the intelligent tiered storage feature for a Logstore, you can configure the Hot Data Retention Period parameter. If the retention period of hot data exceeds the specified threshold, the data is transferred to the Infrequent Access (IA) storage tier (original cold storage tier). Then, you are charged based on the storage usage of the IA storage tier. The storage usage of the IA storage tier is the total size of compressed log data and indexes that are created on raw log data.

For example, the size of raw log data that is uploaded to Simple Log Service is 1 GB, and indexes are created for two fields. The compression ratio is 5:1 when the raw log data is uploaded, and the size of the indexes is 0.5 GB. In this example, the storage usage of the IA storage tier is calculated by using the following formula: 0.2 GB + 0.5 GB = 0.7 GB.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Daily fee of the storage usage of the IA storage tier = Storage usage per day × Price per GB of log data.

  • Resource plan: Prepaid resource plans are used to offset the fees of billable items based on the CUs of the billable items.

None

Storage usage of metric data

The storage usage is the total size of compressed metric data and indexes that are created on raw metric data.

For example, the size of raw metric data that is uploaded to Simple Log Service is 1 GB, and indexes are automatically created. The size of indexes is 1 GB. The compression ratio is 5:1. In this example, the storage usage of metric data is calculated by using the following formula: 0.2 GB + 1 GB = 1.2 GB.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Daily fee of the storage usage of metric data = Storage usage per day × Price per GB of metric data.

  • Resource plan: Prepaid resource plans are used to offset the fees of billable items based on the CUs of the billable items.

None

Read and write traffic

Read and write traffic includes write traffic and read traffic.

  • Write traffic: Write traffic is calculated based on the volume of compressed data that is uploaded to Simple Log Service.

    For example, 10 GB of raw data is uploaded to Simple Log Service, and the compression ratio is 5:1. In this example, the write traffic is 2 GB.

  • Read traffic: Read traffic is calculated based on the volume of compressed data that is shipped to AnalyticDB for MySQL or that is consumed.

    For example, 10 GB of raw data is uploaded to Simple Log Service and then shipped to AnalyticDB for MySQL, and the compression ratio is 5:1. In this example, the write traffic is 2 GB when the raw data is uploaded to Simple Log Service, and the read traffic is 2 GB when the uploaded data is shipped to AnalyticDB for MySQL.

Note

When you use the consumption preview feature in the Simple Log Service console, a small amount of read traffic is generated.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Daily fee of read and write traffic = (Write traffic per day + Read traffic per day) × Price per GB of traffic.

  • Resource plan: Prepaid resource plans are used to offset the fees of billable items based on the CUs of the billable items.

500 MB per month

Important

Free quotas are provided only if you do not use resource plans to offset the fees of consumed resources.

Index traffic of log data

The index traffic is calculated based on the indexes that are created or recreated on raw log data. Indexes are created for fields. The index traffic is based on the lengths of indexed fields and field values.

  • For example, 1 GB of raw log data is written to Simple Log Service, and the full-text indexing feature is enabled. In this example, the index traffic is 1 GB.

  • For example, 1 GB of raw log data is written to Simple Log Service, and indexes are created for two fields whose data length is 0.5 GB. In this example, the index traffic is 0.5 GB.

Note
  • This billable item is applicable to Standard Logstores.

  • By default, the indexing feature is disabled. If you enable this feature, index traffic is generated, and storage space is occupied by indexes.

  • You are charged for the index traffic only once when you write data.

  • If you create both full-text indexes and field indexes, you are charged only once for the index traffic.

  • Simple Log Service automatically creates indexes for reserved fields such as __time__ and __source__. This generates a small amount of index traffic. For more information, see Reserved fields.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Daily fee of the index traffic of log data = Index traffic per day × Price per GB of index traffic.

  • Resource plan: Prepaid resource plans are used to offset the fees of billable items based on the CUs of the billable items.

500 MB per month

Important

Free quotas are provided only if you do not use resource plans to offset the fees of consumed resources.

Log index traffic of Query Logstores

The index traffic is calculated based on the indexes that are created or recreated on raw log data. Indexes are created for fields. The index traffic is based on the lengths of indexed fields and field values.

  • For example, 1 GB of raw log data is written to Simple Log Service, and the full-text indexing feature is enabled. In this example, the index traffic is 1 GB.

  • For example, 1 GB of raw log data is written to Simple Log Service, and indexes are created for two fields whose data length is 0.5 GB. In this example, the index traffic is 0.5 GB.

Note
  • This billable item is applicable to Query Logstores.

  • By default, the indexing feature is disabled. If you enable this feature, index traffic is generated, and storage space is occupied by indexes.

  • You are charged for the index traffic only once when you write data.

  • If you create both full-text indexes and field indexes, you are charged only once for the index traffic.

  • Simple Log Service automatically creates indexes for reserved fields such as __time__ and __source__. This generates a small amount of index traffic. For more information, see Reserved fields.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Daily fee of the index traffic of log data = Index traffic per day × Price per GB of index traffic.

  • Resource plan: Prepaid resource plans are used to offset the fees of billable items based on the CUs of the billable items.

None

Index traffic of metric data

The index traffic is calculated based on the indexes that are created on raw metric data. Indexes are created for fields. The index traffic is based on the lengths of indexed fields and field values.

When you upload metric data, Simple Log Service automatically creates indexes on the metric data.

For example, 1 GB of raw metric data is written to Simple Log Service. In this example, the index traffic is 1 GB.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Daily fee of the index traffic of metric data = Index traffic per day × Price per GB of index traffic.

  • Resource plan: Prepaid resource plans are used to offset the fees of billable items based on the CUs of the billable items.

None

Read traffic over the Internet

If data is pulled over a public Simple Log Service endpoint, read traffic over the Internet is generated. The traffic is calculated based on the size of data after compression.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Daily fee of the read traffic over the Internet = Read traffic over the Internet per day × Price per GB of read traffic over the Internet.

  • Resource plan: Prepaid resource plans are used to offset the fees of billable items based on the CUs of the billable items.

None

Scan traffic

The scan traffic is calculated based on the size before compression.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Daily fee of scan traffic = Scan traffic per day × Price per GB of scan traffic.

  • Resource plan: Prepaid resource plans are used to offset the fees of billable items based on the CUs of the billable items.

None

Data transformation

You are charged for the transformed data based on the size before compression.

If data is transformed across regions, you are charged for read traffic over the Internet. The traffic is calculated based on the size of data after compression.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Daily fee of data transformation = Transformed data per day × Price per GB of transformed data.

  • Resource plan: Prepaid resource plans are used to offset the fees of billable items based on the CUs of the billable items.

None

Data shipping

You are charged for the shipped data based on the size before compression. You can ship data to Object Storage Service (OSS), MaxCompute, and AnalyticDB for MySQL.

Note

When you ship data to AnalyticDB for MySQL, network resources are consumed, and API operations are called to read data. You are charged for the read traffic and the number of read and write operations.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Daily fee of data shipping = Shipped data per day × Price per GB of shipped data.

  • Resource plan: Prepaid resource plans are used to offset the fees of billable items based on the CUs of the billable items.

None

Read and write operations

  • When you upload data to Simple Log Service, you are charged for the number of write operations. The number of write operations is based on the speed at which data is generated. Simple Log Service automatically minimizes the number of write operations in the backend.

  • When data is transformed, shipped to AnalyticDB for MySQL, or consumed, Simple Log Service reads the data in batches. You are charged for the number of read operations.

Note

The number of read and write operations includes both successful and failed operations.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Daily fee of read and write operations = Number of read and write operations per day × Price per operation.

  • Resource plan: Prepaid resource plans are used to offset the fees of billable items based on the CUs of the billable items.

1 million per month

Important

Free quotas are provided only if you do not use resource plans to offset the fees of consumed resources.

Voice calls

When you receive alert notifications by using voice calls, you are charged for the number of times that alert notifications are sent.

Note
  • If a voice call is not answered, Simple Log Service sends a text message.

  • You are charged for a voice call regardless of whether the call is answered. You are not charged for the text message that is sent upon a non-answered voice call.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Daily fee of voice calls = Number of times that alert notifications are sent per day × Price per notification.

  • Resource plan: Prepaid resource plans are used to offset the fees of billable items based on the CUs of the billable items.

None

Text messages

When you receive alert notifications by using text messages, you are charged for the number of times that alert notifications are sent.

Note

If a text message is longer than 70 characters, the text message is split into two messages for sending. In this case, you are charged only for one text message.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Daily fee of text messages = Number of times that alert notifications are sent per day × Price per notification.

  • Resource plan: Prepaid resource plans are used to offset the fees of billable items based on the CUs of the billable items.

None

Active shards

The fee is calculated based on the number of shards in the readwrite state. You are not charged for merged or split shards.

For example, you want to merge three shards that are in the readwrite state. After you merge the shards, only one shard is in the readwrite state. On the day when you merge the shards, you are charged for three shards. On the next day, you are charged for one shard.

Note
  • By default, two shards are created when you create a Logstore. For more information, see Why am I charged for active shards?

  • Due to historical reasons, the number of active shards for Logstores and Metricstores are included in the Active shards and Shard Size fields in your bill. You can obtain the total number of shards that are used based on the values of the two fields. The issue is being fixed.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Daily fee of active shards = Number of shards in the readwrite state × Price per shard.

  • Resource plan: Prepaid resource plans are used to offset the fees of billable items based on the CUs of the billable items.

31 shard days per month

Important

Free quotas are provided only if you do not use resource plans to offset the fees of consumed resources.

Dedicated SQL

The fee is calculated based on the CPU time that is consumed when you perform query and analysis operations. Unit: core hour. The unit indicates the fee of one core that is used for 1 hour. For more information, see Billing example of Dedicated SQL.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Daily fee of Dedicated SQL = CPU time that is calculated by hour × Price per hour.

  • Resource plan: Prepaid resource plans are used to offset the fees of billable items based on the CUs of the billable items.

None