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ApsaraVideo Live:Billing of time shifting

Last Updated:Jan 23, 2024

You are charged for time shifting based on the video size and the time shifting period. This topic describes the billing rules of time shifting.

Note

To view the final prices, visit the ApsaraVideo Live pricing page.

Pricing

Time shifting period

Chinese mainland (USD/GB)

Singapore (USD/GB)

Germany (USD/GB)

India (USD/GB)

Indonesia (USD/GB)

Saudi Arabia (USD/GB)

1 day

0.039

0.039

0.039

0.039

0.039

0.0468

3 days

0.047

0.047

0.047

0.047

0.047

0.0564

7 days

0.063

0.063

0.063

0.063

0.063

0.0756

15 days

0.095

0.095

0.095

0.095

0.095

0.114

30 days

0.155

0.155

0.155

0.155

0.155

0.186

Billing rules

Note

The time shifting feature of ApsaraVideo Live begins to charge fees from June 12, 2019.

Item

Description

Billing policy

You are charged based on the total size of videos in GB and the time shifting period. The time shifting period can be 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, 15 days, or 30 days. Different time shifting periods have different prices.

Note
  • When you use time shifting to watch videos, you are also charged outbound bandwidth and traffic fees that are incurred by Alibaba Cloud CDN.

  • You are not charged additional storage fees for the videos.

Billing cycle

You are charged on a daily basis.

Billing method

You are charged based on the pay-as-you-go billing method.

Billing time

Bills are generated within 1 hour after a billing cycle ends.

Settlement time

Fees are automatically deducted from your Alibaba Cloud account after bills are generated.

Billing example

Scenario: A stream for which a 3-day time shifting period is configured is broadcasted for 1 hour beginning from 20:00 on June 17. The video bitrate is 1 Mbit/s.

Pricing: As shown in the Pricing section, the unit price for a 3-day time shifting period is USD 0.047 per GB. Traffic = 1 Mbit/s × 3600s/8 = 450 MB = 0.45 GB.

Fees of time shifting on June 17: 0.45 GB × USD 0.047 per GB = USD 0.0207. The bill is generated after 00:00 on June 18, and the fees are automatically deducted. You can watch the video at any time from 20:00 on June 17 to 21:00 on June 20.