This topic describes the billing methods of Alibaba Cloud Content Delivery Network (CDN). You can choose a billing method that suits your requirements.
Billing methods
The following table provides the details of the billing methods that are supported
by Alibaba Cloud CDN.
| Billing method | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Pay-by-bandwidth | You are charged based on the daily peak bandwidth in each region. Unit: Mbit/s. | Pricing of basic services |
| Pay-by-data-transfer | You are charged based on tiered pricing in each region. The billing cycle is one calendar month. Within a billing cycle, the amount of data that exceeds the quota in the current pricing tier is billed based on the next pricing tier. | |
| Billing of value-added services | If HTTPS secure acceleration is enabled, additional charges are incurred. | Pricing of value-added services |
| Subscription outbound data transfer plan | You are charged based on an annual subscription. You can make a one-off payment and use the data transfer plan immediately after the payment. The amount of data that exceeds the quota is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis. | Pricing of subscription resource plans |