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Anycast Elastic IP Address:Billing rules

Last Updated:Aug 16, 2023

Anycast Elastic IP Address (Anycast EIP) supports the pay-by-data-transfer metering method.

Note
  • If this is the first time that you activate Anycast EIP, the billing of Internet data transfer and internal data transfer of Anycast EIPs is managed by Cloud Data Transfer (CDT). You must follow the instructions to activate CDT.

  • If this is not the first time that you use Anycast EIP, the billing rules described in this topic apply by default. To use CDT to manage the billing of Anycast EIP, go to the Cloud Data Transfer page and select a region outside the Chinese mainland. Click Activate Now next to Anycast EIP.

For more information about CDT billing rules and benefits, see Internet data transfers.

Fee

Anycast EIP supports the pay-by-data-transfer metering method. The pay-by-data-transfer metering method allows you to use resources before you pay fees. The fees for pay-by-data-transfer Anycast EIPs are calculated and bills are generated on an hourly basis. You can release a pay-by-data-transfer Anycast EIP as needed. After an Anycast EIP is released, the bill for the current hour is generated within the next hour. Then, the fees are deducted from your account balance. The time when bills are issued is determined by the system.

You are charged configuration fees, Internet data transfer fees, and internal data transfer fees for pay-by-data-transfer Anycast EIPs.

Total fees of a pay-by-data-transfer Anycast EIP = Configuration fee + Internet data transfer fee + Internal data transfer fee

Configuration fee

You are charged a configuration fee for the public IP address that is allocated to your Anycast EIP.

Configuration fee = Instance unit price × Billing duration
  • The unit price is measured in USD/hour.

    The unit price of Anycast EIP is USD 0.012/hour.

    Note

    The unit price provided is for reference only. For more information, consult your business manager.

  • The billing duration is measured in hours.

    The billing duration refers to the period of time from when an Anycast EIP is created to when the Anycast EIP is released. If the billing duration in a billing cycle is less than 1 hour, it is rounded up to 1 hour.

Internet data transfer fee

You are charged an Internet data transfer fee for the bandwidth that is used to connect to an Alibaba Cloud access point over the Internet.

Internet data transfer fee = Unit price of Internet data transfer × Amount of data transfer
  • The Internet data transfer fee is measured in USD/GB.

    The unit price of Internet data transfer varies based on the region where an access point is deployed. For more information, see Internet data transfer fee. For more information about the regions that support Anycast EIP access points, see Access point locations.

  • The amount of data transfer is measured in GB.

    In a billing cycle, the direction in which a greater amount of data is transferred is the dominant direction. You are charged for data transfer in the dominant direction. The amount of data transfer refers to the cumulative amount of data transfer in the dominant direction in the billing duration.

Data transfer fee

You are charged an internal data transfer fee for the bandwidth that is used to route traffic from an Alibaba Cloud access point to an origin server.

Internal data transfer fee = Unit price of internal data transfer × Amount of data transfer
  • The internal data transfer fee is measured in USD/GB.

  • The amount of data transfer is measured in GB.

    In a billing cycle, the direction in which a greater amount of data is transferred is the dominant direction. You are charged for data transfer in the dominant direction. The unit prices for dominant data transfers between different regions are different. For more information, see Billing. The amount of data transfer refers to the cumulative amount of data transfer in the dominant direction in the billing duration.

Pricing

Internet data transfer fee

The following table lists the unit prices of Internet data transfer for access points in different regions. Unit: USD/GB.

Note

The prices in the following table are for reference only. For more information, contact your business manager.

Area

Region

Unit price (USD/GB)

Asia Pacific

Singapore, India (Mumbai), Thailand (Bangkok), Philippines (Manila), Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh), South Korea (Seoul), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), and Indonesia (Jakarta)

0.117

China (Hong Kong)

0.452

Japan (Tokyo)

0.12

North America

US (Silicon Valley), US (Virginia), and US (Chicago)

0.078

South America

Brazil (Sao Paulo)

0.148

Europe

UK (London), Germany (Frankfurt), Spain (Madrid), and France (Paris)

0.07

Australia

Australia (Sydney)

0.096

Data transfer fee

The unit price of internal data transfer varies based on the region where an access point is deployed and the region where an origin server is deployed. For example, the unit price of internal data transfer from an access point in US (Silicon Valley) to an origin server in Singapore is USD 0.866/GB and the unit price of internal data transfer from an access point in Thailand (Bangkok) to an origin server in Singapore is USD 0.333/GB.

For more information about the unit prices of data transfer, see the following table. Unit: USD/GB.

Note

The prices in the following table are for reference only. For more information, contact your business manager.

Region

Origin server region

North America

Europe

Asia Pacific

US (Virginia)

US (Silicon Valley)

UK (London)

Germany (Frankfurt)

Singapore

Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

China (Hong Kong)

India (Mumbai)

Japan (Tokyo)

Access point region

North America

US (Silicon Valley)

0.333

0

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

US (Virginia)

0

0.333

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

US (Chicago)

0.333

0.333

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

South America

Brazil (Sao Paulo)

0.333

0.333

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

Europe

UK (London)

0.866

0.866

0

0.333

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

Germany (Frankfurt)

0.866

0.866

0.333

0

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

Spain (Madrid)

0.866

0.866

0.333

0.333

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

France (Paris)

0.866

0.866

0.333

0.333

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

Asia Pacific and Australia

Singapore

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0

0.333

0.333

0.333

0.333

China (Hong Kong)

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.333

0.333

0

0.333

0.333

India (Mumbai)

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.333

0.333

0.333

0

0.333

Philippines (Manila)

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.333

0.333

0.333

0.333

0.333

Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh)

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.333

0.333

0.333

0.333

0.333

Thailand (Bangkok)

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.333

0.333

0.333

0.333

0.333

South Korea (Seoul)

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.333

0.333

0.333

0.333

0.333

Japan (Tokyo)

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.333

0.333

0.333

0.333

0

Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.333

0

0.333

0.333

0.333

Indonesia (Jakarta)

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.866

0.333

0.333

0.333

0.333

0.333

Australia (Sydney)

1.474

1.474

1.474

1.474

1.474

1.474

1.474

1.474

1.474

Billing example

Note

The following billing example is for reference only. The fees on your bill shall prevail.

You purchased an Anycast EIP at 09:20:00 (UTC+8) to accelerate access from the US (Silicon Valley) region to the Singapore region. By 10:00:00 (UTC+8) on the same day, the amount of inbound data transfer is 10 GB and the amount of outbound data transfer is 6 GB. The billing duration is 1 hour. In this example, the amount of data transfer in the dominant direction is 10 GB.

The fees are calculated by using the following formulas:

  • Configuration fee = USD 0.012/hour × 1 hour = USD 0.012

  • Internet data transfer fee = USD 0.078/GB × 10 GB = USD 0.78

  • Internal data transfer fee = USD 0.866/GB × 10 GB = USD 8.66

  • Total fees = USD 0.012 + USD 0.78 + USD 8.66 = USD 9.452