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    Alibaba Cloud CDN

    • Guide for New Users
      • Brief introduction to Alibaba Cloud CDN
      • Get started with Alibaba Cloud CDN
      • Brief introduction to basic features of Alibaba Cloud CDN
    • Release notes
    • Product Introduction
      • What is Alibaba Cloud CDN?
      • Benefits
      • Performance indicators of Alibaba Cloud CDN
      • Node distribution
      • Benefits
      • Architecture
      • Scenarios
        • Description
        • Image and small file distribution
        • Delivery of large files
        • ApsaraVideo for VOD
        • DCDN
        • SCDN
      • Terms
      • Case studies
      • Limits
    • Pricing
      • Billing method
        • Overview
        • Pricing of basic services
        • Billing of value-added services
        • Pricing of subscription resource plans
      • Change the metering method
      • Overdue payments
      • High bill alerts
      • FAQ about pricing
    • Quick Start
      • Overview
      • Activate Alibaba Cloud CDN
      • Verify the ownership of a domain name
      • Add a domain name to Alibaba Cloud CDN
      • Configure a CNAME record
        • Configure a CNAME record in Alibaba Cloud DNS
        • Configure a CNAME record on DNSPod
        • Configure a CNAME record on Xinnet
      • Delete an accelerated domain name
    • Domain Management
      • Features
      • Copy configurations
      • Set an alert rule
      • Tags
        • Overview
        • Add tags to domain names
        • Remove a tag
        • Use tags to manage domain names
        • Query data of domain names by tag
        • Tag use case
      • Basic settings
        • Overview
        • Modify basic information
        • Configure an origin server
      • Back-to-origin settings
        • Overview
        • Configure an origin host
        • Configure the origin protocol policy
        • Configure private bucket back-to-origin authorization
        • Disable access to Alibaba Cloud OSS private buckets
        • Configure SNI
        • Customize an HTTP header
        • Set the back-to-origin request timeout
        • Configure the URI rewrite feature
        • Configure the parameter rewrite feature
        • Customize an HTTP request header
        • Customize an HTTP response header
      • Cache settings
        • Overview
        • Create a cache expiration rule
        • Create a TTL rule for HTTP status codes
        • Create a custom HTTP response header
        • Customize an error page
        • Create a rewrite rule
      • HTTPS
        • Overview
        • Certificate formats
        • Configure an SSL certificate
        • Enable HTTP/2
        • Configure the forcible redirect feature
        • Configure TLS
        • Configure HSTS
        • Configure OCSP stapling
        • FAQ
      • Access control
        • Overview
        • Configure hotlink protection
        • URL signing
          • URL signing
          • Type A signing
          • Type B signing
          • Type C signing
          • URL signing examples
        • Configure an IP blacklist or whitelist
        • Configure a User-Agent blacklist or whitelist
        • Basic security features
      • Performance optimization
        • Overview
        • HTML optimization
        • Intelligent compression
        • Parameter filtering
        • Configure Brotli compression
        • Image processing
          • Image editing and benefits
          • Convert image formats
          • Adjust image quality
          • Crop images
          • Resize images
          • Rotate images
          • Change the color of an image
          • Manage image watermarks
          • Query image information
      • Video-related settings
        • Overview
        • Configure object chunking
        • Configure video seeking
        • Audio extraction
        • Audio or video preview
        • Configure M3U8 encryption and rewriting
      • Security configuration
        • Configure WAF
        • Configure rate limiting
        • Integrate Alibaba Cloud CDN with Anti-DDoS
        • Block regions
      • Advanced settings
        • Overview
        • QUIC
          • What is the QUIC protocol?
          • Use Google Chrome to capture QUIC packets
        • Set a bandwidth cap
      • Configure IPv6 settings
      • FAQ about domain name management
    • Service Management
      • Overview
      • Monitoring and usage analytics
        • Overview
        • Data monitoring
        • Statistical analysis
        • Query resource usage information
      • Refresh and prefetch
        • Overview
        • Configure the refresh and prefetch features
      • Log Management
        • Overview
        • Download log data
        • Log storage
      • Check IP addresses
      • DCDN
      • Security and protection
        • Configure an SSL certificate for multiple domain names at a time
        • Query SSL certificates of domain names
        • Create a CSR
        • CSR country codes
        • Introduction to sandboxes
      • Other features
        • Create a RAM user
      • FAQ
    • EdgeScript
      • Introduction
        • Overview
        • How EdgeScript works
        • Quick start
        • Configure a script in the Alibaba Cloud CDN console
        • Use the EdgeScript CLI to configure scripts
      • EdgeScript syntax
      • EdgeScript built-in variables
      • EdgeScript built-in functions
        • Overview
        • Logical functions
        • Numeric functions
        • String functions
        • Dictionary functions
        • Request processing functions
        • Throttling functions
        • Cache functions
        • Time functions
        • Cipher algorithm functions
        • JSON functions
        • Miscellaneous functions
        • Array functions
        • Request logic functions
        • Appendix
      • EdgeScript scenarios
    • EdgeRoutine
      • Features of EdgeRoutine
      • EdgeRoutine scenarios and sample code
      • Work with EdgeRoutine CLI
      • Introduction to EdgeRoutine
        • Overview
        • Limits on resources
        • Request lifecycles
        • Event listening
        • Fetch API
        • Stream API
        • Supported API operations
        • HTMLStream
          • Work with HTMLStream
          • HTMLStream API
          • Arguments
        • Common errors
        • Scenarios and use cases
        • FAQ
          • FAQ about the Fetch API
          • FAQ about waitUntil
          • FAQ about encoding
    • Best Practices
      • Use Alibaba Cloud CDN to accelerate the delivery of resources from OSS buckets (Method 1)
      • Use Alibaba Cloud CDN to accelerate the delivery of resources from OSS buckets (Method 2)
      • Use Alibaba Cloud CDN to accelerate the delivery of resources from ECS instances
      • Optimize the CDN cache hit rates
        • Overview
        • Prefetch URLs
        • Configure cache rules for resources
        • Ignore variable parameters in a URL
    • Acceleration in Hong Kong (China), Macao (China), Taiwan (China), and regions outside China
      • Overview
      • CDN nodes in Hong Kong (China), Macao (China), Taiwan (China), and regions outside China
      • Configure CDN acceleration
        • Configure Alibaba Cloud CDN in accelerated regions outside mainland China in the CDN console
        • Make API calls to accelerate content delivery outside mainland China
      • Billing rules
        • Overview
        • Pay by traffic
        • Pay-by-bandwidth
        • Billing of value-added services
        • Overdue payments
        • FAQ
      • Query the bandwidth or data usage
      • FAQ
    • New API Reference
      • Introduction to the API
      • Differences between the earlier and latest CDN API versions
      • Make API requests
      • Common request parameters
      • RAM authentication
      • Signature method
      • Obtain an AccessKey pair
      • List of operations by function
      • Data monitoring operations
        • DescribeDomainBpsDataByLayer
        • DescribeDomainPathData
        • DescribeDomainRealTimeByteHitRateData
        • DescribeDomainsUsageByDay
        • DescribeDomainTopReferVisit
        • DescribeDomainBpsData
        • DescribeDomainHttpCodeData
        • DescribeDomainRealTimeSrcBpsData
        • DescribeTopDomainsByFlow
        • ListFCTrigger
        • DescribeDomainRegionData
        • DescribeDomainRealTimeBpsData
        • DescribeCdnRegionAndIsp
        • DescribeDomainSrcBpsData
        • DescribeRangeDataByLocateAndIspService
        • DescribeDomainAverageResponseTime
        • DescribeDomainRealTimeSrcTrafficData
        • DescribeDomainRealTimeHttpCodeData
        • DescribeDomainHitRateData
        • DescribeDomainRealTimeReqHitRateData
        • DescribeDomainTrafficData
        • DescribeDomainBpsDataByTimeStamp
        • DescribeDomainTopUrlVisit
        • DescribeDomainFileSizeProportionData
        • DescribeDomainRealTimeQpsData
        • DescribeDomainUvData
        • DescribeL2VipsByDomain
        • DescribeDomainRealTimeSrcHttpCodeData
        • DescribeDomainISPData
        • DescribeDomainRealTimeTrafficData
        • DescribeDomainQpsData
        • DescribeDomainPvData
        • DescribeDomainSrcHttpCodeData
        • DescribeDomainSrcTrafficData
        • DescribeDomainReqHitRateData
        • DescribeDomainQpsDataByLayer
        • DescribeDomainSrcQpsData
        • DescribeDomainSrcDetailData
        • DescribeStagingIp
        • DescribeDomainSrcTopUrlVisit
        • DescribeDomainTopClientIpVisit
      • Domain name management
        • VerifyDomainOwner
        • AddCdnDomain
        • BatchAddCdnDomain
        • DeleteCdnDomain
        • StartCdnDomain
        • StopCdnDomain
        • BatchStartCdnDomain
        • BatchStopCdnDomain
        • BatchSetCdnDomainConfig
        • ModifyCdnDomain
        • DescribeUserDomains
        • DescribeCdnDomainDetail
        • DescribeDomainsBySource
        • DescribeCdnDomainConfigs
        • DeleteSpecificConfig
        • DescribeUserVipsByDomain
        • ModifyCdnDomainSchdmByProperty
        • BatchUpdateCdnDomain
        • SetWaitingRoomConfig
        • DescribeCdnDomainStagingConfig
        • SetCdnDomainStagingConfig
        • RollbackStagingConfig
        • DescribeVerifyContent
        • PublishStagingConfigToProduction
        • DescribeConfigOfVersion
        • SetConfigOfVersion
        • DeleteSpecificStagingConfig
        • DescribeCdnUserConfigs
      • Log operations
        • DescribeCdnDomainLogs
        • CreateRealTimeLogDelivery
        • DeleteRealtimeLogDelivery
        • DescribeDomainRealtimeLogDelivery
        • DescribeRealtimeDeliveryAcc
        • DisableRealtimeLogDelivery
        • EnableRealtimeLogDelivery
        • ListRealtimeLogDeliveryDomains
        • ModifyRealtimeLogDelivery
        • ListRealtimeLogDeliveryInfos
        • DescribeDomainCustomLogConfig
        • ListDomainsByLogConfigId
        • ListUserCustomLogConfig
        • DescribeCustomLogConfig
        • CreateIllegalUrlExportTask
      • Refresh and preload operations
        • PushObjectCache
        • DescribeRefreshQuota
        • DescribeRefreshTasks
        • RefreshObjectCaches
        • DescribeRefreshTaskById
        • Run an automated script to prefetch content
      • Service management operations
        • OpenCdnService
        • DescribeCdnService
        • DescribeCdnUserQuota
        • DescribeCdnUserResourcePackage
      • Certificate operations
        • Management of SSL certificates
        • CreateCdnCertificateSigningRequest
        • DescribeDomainCertificateInfo
        • SetDomainServerCertificate
        • SetCdnDomainCSRCertificate
        • DescribeCdnDomainByCertificate
        • DescribeCdnCertificateDetail
        • DescribeCdnCertificateList
        • DescribeCertificateInfoByID
        • BatchSetCdnDomainServerCertificate
        • DescribeCdnHttpsDomainList
        • DescribeUserCertificateExpireCount
      • Usage query operations
        • DescribeCdnUserBillHistory
        • CreateUsageDetailDataExportTask
        • DeleteUserUsageDataExportTask
        • DescribeDomainUsageData
        • DeleteUsageDetailDataExportTask
        • CreateUserUsageDataExportTask
        • DescribeUserUsageDetailDataExportTask
        • DescribeUserUsageDataExportTask
      • Tag management operations
        • TagResources
        • DescribeTagResources
        • DescribeUserTags
        • UntagResources
      • Auxiliary tool operations
        • DescribeIpInfo
      • Configuration operations
        • DescribeVersionOfConfigGroup
    • API Reference
      • Overview
      • Call method
      • Common parameters
      • API authentication rules
      • List of operations by function
      • Resource Monitoring Interface
        • DescribeTopDomainsByFlow
        • DescribeDomainBpsData
        • DescribeDomainFlowData
        • DescribeDomainSrcBpsData
        • DescribeDomainSrcFlowData
        • DescribeDomainHitRateData
        • DescribeDomainReqHitRateData
        • DescribeDomainHttpCodeData
        • DescribeDomainsUsageByDay
        • DescribeDomainPvData
        • DescribeDomainUvData
        • DescribeDomainRegionData
        • DescribeDomainISPData
        • DescribeDomainTopUrlVisit
        • DescribeDomainFileSizeProportionData
        • DescribeCdnRegionAndIsp
        • DescribeDomainBpsDataByTimeStamp
        • DescribeDomainMax95BpsData
        • DescribeDomainPathData
        • DescribeL2VipsByDomain
        • Describerangedatabylocateandispservice
        • DescribeDomainRealTimeBpsData
        • DescribeDomainRealTimeByteHitRateData
        • DescribeDomainRealTimeQpsData
        • DescribeDomainRealTimeReqHitRateData
        • DescribeDomainTopReferVisit
        • DescribeDomainQpsData
      • Service operation interface
        • OpenCdnService
        • DescribeCdnService
        • ModifyCdnService
      • Log Information Interface
        • DescribeCdnDomainLogs
        • DescribeCustomLogConfig
        • ModifyDomainCustomLogConfig
        • ListDomainsByLogConfigId
        • DescribeUserCustomLogConfig
      • Domain Operation Interface
        • AddCdnDomain
        • DescribeUserDomains
        • DescribeCdnDomainDetail
        • ModifyCdnDomain
        • Enable a disabled CDN domain, changing the DomainStatus to online.
        • StopCdnDomain
        • DeleteCdnDomain
        • DescribeDomainsBySource
      • Configuration Interfaces
        • DescribeDomainConfigs
        • SetOptimizeConfig
        • SetPageCompressConfig
        • SetIgnoreQueryStringConfig
        • SetRangeConfig
        • SetVideoSeekConfig
        • SetSourceHostConfig
        • SetForceRedirectConfig
        • SetRefererConfig
        • SetFileCacheExpiredConfig
        • SetPathCacheExpiredConfig
        • DeleteCacheExpiredConfig
        • SetReqAuthConfig
        • SetHttpHeaderConfig
        • DeleteHttpHeaderConfig
        • SetDomainServerCertificate
        • SetIpBlackListConfig
        • SetHttpsOptionConfig
        • BatchDeleteCdnDomainConfig
        • DeleteSpecificConfig
        • SetForwardSchemeConfig
        • SetRemoveQueryStringConfig
        • SetCcConfig
        • SetReqHeaderConfig
        • SetIpAllowListConfig
        • DescribeUserConfigs
      • Tool interface
        • DescribeIpInfo
      • Refresh the preheating Interface
        • RefreshObjectCaches
        • PushObjectCache
        • DescribeRefreshTasks
        • DescribeRefreshQuota
      • Appendix
    • FAQ
 
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    Last Updated: May 19, 2020

    This topic answers the frequently asked questions about the billing of Alibaba Cloud Content Delivery Network (CDN).

    • Why is the actual billed network traffic different from the network traffic reported by the logging feature?
    • Why are fees still incurred after I have stopped the CDN service?
    • What are the billing rules for CDN nodes in Mainland China to accelerate the delivery of content from an origin server outside Mainland China?
    • How is the network traffic billed when a CDN node retrieves an OSS resource in a back-to-origin operation?
    • How is the network traffic billed when I integrate Alibaba Cloud CDN with other Alibaba Cloud services?
    • How can I view the CDN resource plan I have purchased?
    • Why do I pay extra fees for network traffic even after I have purchased a CDN data transfer plan?
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