This topic describes the billable items and billing rules of ApsaraDB for ClickHouse.
Billable items
The following table describes the billable items of ApsaraDB for ClickHouse.
Cluster type | Billable item | Billing method | Billing rule |
ApsaraDB for ClickHouse cluster | Compute node |
| The fee for the compute nodes of a cluster. Fee for compute nodes = Unit price of a compute node × Number of nodes × Usage duration |
Storage capacity |
| The fee for the storage space of a cluster. Fee for storage space = Unit price of storage × Storage space × Number of nodes × Usage duration Important Storage space refers to the storage capacity you selected when you purchased the cluster, rather than the used space. For example, if you selected 100 GB storage capacity when you purchased a cluster, but only 20 GB was used by the time the bill was generated, then you are still charged for 100 GB storage space. | |
Cold storage space | Pay-as-you-go | The fee for the cold storage space of a cluster. Fee for cold storage space = Unit price of cold data storage × Used cold data storage × Usage duration Important Cold data storage can be used after you enable tiered storage of hot data and cold data. For more information about how to enable tiered storage of hot data and cold data, see Enable tiered storage of hot data and cold data. | |
Backup space | Pay-as-you-go | The fee for the backup space of a cluster. ApsaraDB for ClickHouse provides a free quota that you can use to store backup data. The free quota is equal to the size of the storage space in your ApsaraDB for ClickHouse cluster. If the size of your backup data exceeds the free quota, you are charged for the excess backup space based on the unit price of backup space on an hourly basis by using the pay-as-you-go billing method. Fee for backup space = (Used backup space - Free quota of backup space) × Unit price of backup space × Usage duration |