Anycast Elastic IP Address:Billing

Instance fee

An instance fee is charged for the public IP address of an Anycast EIP.

Instance fee = Unit price × Billing duration

• Unit price: The unit price of an Anycast EIP instance is 0.012 USD/hour.

• Billing duration: Billing is calculated in hours. Billing starts when an Anycast EIP is created and ends when it is released. If the billing duration in a billing cycle is less than one hour, it is rounded up to one hour.

Internet traffic fee

An Internet traffic fee is charged for the bandwidth that is used when traffic accesses an Alibaba Cloud access point over the Internet.

Internet traffic fee = Unit price of Internet traffic × Traffic usage 

• Unit price of Internet traffic: The unit price is measured in USD/GB. The unit price varies based on the region of the access point. For more information, see Pricing.

• Traffic usage: Traffic usage is measured in GB. In each billing cycle, Internet traffic fees are charged based on the primary traffic, which is the larger of the inbound or outbound traffic of an Anycast EIP instance. The total traffic usage is the cumulative value of the primary traffic within the billing duration.

Data transfer fee

A data transfer fee is charged for the bandwidth that is used when traffic is sent to the source server over the Alibaba Cloud global network.

Data transfer fee = Unit price of data transfer × Traffic usage

• Unit price of data transfer: The unit price is measured in USD/GB.

• Traffic usage: Traffic usage is measured in GB.

  In each billing cycle, data transfer fees are charged based on the primary traffic, which is the larger of the inbound or outbound traffic of an Anycast EIP instance. The unit price of data transfer varies. The total traffic usage is the cumulative value of the primary traffic within the billing duration.

Internet traffic fee

Starting from 00:00:00 (UTC+8) on June 1, 2025, the free quota for CDT Internet traffic will be increased from 200 GB/month to 220 GB/month. Of this quota, 20 GB/month can be used in the Chinese mainland regions and 200 GB/month can be used in regions outside the Chinese mainland.

• The first 220 GB of Internet traffic per month is free. Of this quota, 20 GB can be used in the Chinese mainland regions and 200 GB can be used in regions outside the Chinese mainland. After the free quota is used up, Internet traffic is billed on a tiered basis.

• For more information about the regions included in the Anycast EIP access point areas, see Access point locations.

• The final price is subject to your bill.

Data transfer fee

The unit price of data transfer varies based on the region of the access point and the region of the source server.

Overdue payments

When a payment for an Anycast EIP instance becomes overdue, the account owner receives text message and email notifications.

• If you have service suspension protection, the Anycast EIP instance can continue to provide services after a payment becomes overdue.

  Alibaba Cloud provides service suspension protection. This feature lets you continue using pay-as-you-go resources for a specific period of time or within a specific quota after a payment becomes overdue. You are charged for the resources that you use during the suspension protection period. For more information, see Service suspension protection.

• If the overdue payment is not settled and you have used up your service suspension protection, the service for the Anycast EIP instance is suspended. The bandwidth is limited to 1 Kbps.

• If the service is suspended for 15 days due to an overdue payment, the Anycast EIP instance is automatically released. You receive text message and email notifications one day before the instance is released. After the instance is released, its configurations and data are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered.

Renewal and top-up

If an Anycast EIP instance has an overdue payment, add funds to your account to pay the bill.

• If you add funds to your account while the Anycast EIP instance is under service suspension protection, your service is not interrupted.

• If you add funds to your account within 15 days after the service for the Anycast EIP instance is suspended and before the instance is released, the system automatically pays the unpaid bills. After the payment is successful, the service for the Anycast EIP instance immediately resumes.

1. Log on to the Anycast EIP console.

2. On the Anycast Elastic IP Addresses page, in the Actions column for the target instance, click > Bills.

3. New console

   On the Billing Details page, set Product Name to Elastic IP Address and Commodity Name to Anycast EIP to view the billing information for the Anycast EIP. You can also click View Usage Details to view the raw usage data for the resource.

   Legacy console

   1. On the Expenses and Costs page, in the navigation pane on the left, choose Billing Management > Billing Details.

   2. On the Billing Details page, click the Consumption by Bill, Bill Details, or View Usage Details tab. Set Product to Elastic IP Address and Product Details to Anycast EIP to view the consumption and billing information.