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ApsaraVideo VOD:Billing of value-added services

Last Updated:Dec 06, 2023

You are charged for the following value-added services in ApsaraVideo VOD: video editing and production, digital rights management (DRM) encryption, and the short video SDK. By default, the pay-as-you-go billing method is used and you are charged based on the actual usage. This topic describes the pay-as-you-go prices for value-added services and provides billing examples.

Billable items

Note

The prices that are described in this topic may be different from the prices that are displayed on the pricing page. If discrepancies in prices exist, the prices on the pricing page prevail. For more information, visit the ApsaraVideo VOD pricing page.

Editing and production

Transfer acceleration

Video security

Short video SDK

Editing and production

ApsaraVideo VOD supports basic and advanced editing. You can edit audio, video, image, and text files in the cloud. More features will be added in the future.

You are charged based on the specifications and durations of the output files. Prices may vary based on the region in which ApsaraVideo VOD is activated.

Billable item

Description

Billing method

Editing and production of media files in different specifications and duration

  • Billing rule: You are charged for the total cost of basic and advanced editing on media files. If you use basic and advanced editing on a video and produce videos with the same specification and resolution, you are charged only for advanced editing.

  • Billing cycle: You are charged on an hourly basis. The fees are automatically deducted from the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account. Bills are generated 4 to 6 hours after a billing cycle ends. The time when bills are generated is determined by the system.

  • Pricing: For more information, see the following table.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Editing fee = Output video duration (minutes) × Unit price. You are charged for the total editing cost of media files.

  • Resource plan: not supported.

Pricing and examples

  • Pay-as-you-go: The pricing for video editing and production is described in the following table.

    Basic editing (Billing unit: USD per minute)

    Output specification

    Output resolution

    Chinese mainland

    Japan (Tokyo)

    India (Mumbai)

    Singapore

    Indonesia (Jakarta)

    Germany (Frankfurt)

    H.264

    ≤ 4K (3840 × 2160)

    0.0427

    0.05

    0.05

    0.05

    0.05

    0.045

    H.264

    ≤ 2K (2560 × 1440)

    0.0213

    0.0375

    0.0375

    0.0375

    0.0375

    0.0338

    H.264

    ≤ HD (1920 × 1080)

    0.0099

    0.025

    0.025

    0.025

    0.025

    0.0225

    H.264

    ≤ SD (1280 × 720)

    0.005

    0.0125

    0.0125

    0.0125

    0.0125

    0.0113

    H.264

    ≤ LD (640 × 480)

    0.0033

    0.0094

    0.0094

    0.0094

    0.0094

    0.0084

    Advanced editing (Billing unit: USD per minute)

    Output specification

    Output resolution

    Chinese mainland

    Japan (Tokyo)

    India (Mumbai)

    Singapore

    Indonesia (Jakarta)

    Germany (Frankfurt)

    H.264

    ≤ 4K (3840 × 2160)

    0.1922

    0.225

    0.225

    0.225

    0.225

    0.2025

    H.264

    ≤ 2K (2560 × 1440)

    0.0959

    0.1688

    0.1688

    0.1688

    0.1688

    0.1521

    H.264

    ≤ HD (1920 × 1080)

    0.0446

    0.1125

    0.1125

    0.1125

    0.1125

    0.1013

    H.264

    ≤ SD (1280 × 720)

    0.0225

    0.0563

    0.0563

    0.0563

    0.0563

    0.0509

    H.264

    ≤ LD (640 × 480)

    0.0149

    0.0423

    0.0423

    0.0423

    N/A

    0.0378

  • Billing example: If you use basic editing to edit a 100-minute video from 08:00 to 09:00 in the Chinese mainland and generate a H.264 video in LD resolution, the editing fee is calculated based on the following formula: 100 × 0.0033 = USD 0.33. Then, if you use advanced editing to edit a 100-minute video and generate a H.264 video in 2K resolution, the editing fee is calculated based on the following formula: 100 × 0.0959 = USD 9.59. In this case, your total editing fee for the billing cycle from 08:00 to 09:00 is calculated based on the following formula: 100 × 0.0033 + 100 × 0.0959 = USD 9.92.

Transfer acceleration

ApsaraVideo VOD supports upload and download acceleration across regions. You are charged transfer acceleration fees. Prices vary based on the region in which ApsaraVideo VOD is activated.

Note
  • Transfer acceleration fees are separately calculated but generated together with outbound traffic (oss_flow_out) fees. For example, you enable the transfer acceleration feature for a bucket and use an acceleration endpoint to download 1 GB of data from the bucket. In this case, you are charged transfer acceleration fees and outbound traffic fees for 1 GB of data.

  • If you upload and download resources only to and from the VOD bucket, the transfer acceleration fees are added to your ApsaraVideo VOD bill. If you enable the transfer acceleration feature for an Object Storage Service (OSS) bucket in ApsaraVideo VOD and then upload and download resources to and from the OSS bucket, the transfer acceleration fees are added to your OSS bill.

Billable item

Description

Billing method

  • Upload acceleration traffic

  • Download acceleration traffic

  • Billing rule: You are charged transfer acceleration fees when you upload and download resources to and from ApsaraVideo VOD in different regions over the Internet.

  • Billing cycle: You are charged on an hourly basis. The fees are automatically deducted from the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account. Bills are generated 4 to 6 hours after a billing cycle ends. The time when bills are generated is determined by the system.

  • Enable transfer acceleration: submit a request on Yida or contact Alibaba Cloud customer service.

  • Pricing: For more information, see the following table.

  • Pay-as-you-go: Transfer acceleration fee = Upload and download acceleration traffic × Unit price.

  • Resource plan: not supported.

Pricing and examples

  • Pay-as-you-go: The pricing for transfer acceleration is described in the following table.

    Billable item (Billing unit: USD per GB)

    Chinese mainland - Chinese mainland

    Chinese mainland - Outside Chinese mainland

    Outside Chinese mainland - Outside Chinese mainland

    Outside Chinese mainland - Chinese mainland

    Upload acceleration traffic

    0.12

    0.2

    0.12

    0.2

    Download acceleration traffic

  • Billing example: If you enable the transfer acceleration feature, upload resources from the Chinese mainland to a region outside the Chinese mainland from 08:00 to 09:00, and generate 900 GB acceleration traffic, the transfer acceleration fees are calculated based on the following formula: 900 × 0.2 = USD 180.

Video security

DRM encryption

You can use the DRM encryption feature provided by ApsaraVideo VOD to encrypt videos. DRM encryption is implemented during video transcoding. You are charged only for transcoding when you transcode a video. You are charged for DRM encryption every time a device requests a license to play a DRM-encrypted video.

Billable item

Description

Billing method

Number of requests sent by devices to obtain licenses to play DRM-encrypted videos

  • Billing rule: You are charged for requests sent by devices to obtain licenses to play DRM-encrypted videos.

  • Billing cycle: You are charged on an hourly basis. The fees are automatically deducted from the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account. Bills are generated 4 to 6 hours after a billing cycle ends. The time when bills are generated is determined by the system.

  • Enable DRM encryption: Enable the feature in the ApsaraVideo VOD console. For more information, see DRM encryption.

  • Pricing: For more information, see the following table.

  • Pay-as-you-go: The DRM encryption fee = Number of requests × Unit price.

  • Resource plan: not supported.

Pricing and examples

  • Pay-as-you-go: The pricing for DRM encryption is described in the following table.

    Region

    Unit price

    China (Beijing) and China (Shanghai)

    USD 0.0012 per request

    Singapore, Indonesia (Jakarta), and Japan (Tokyo)

    USD 0.0015 per request

  • Billing example: If 1,000 requests are sent to obtain licenses to play DRM-encrypted videos in the China (Shanghai) region, your DRM encryption fee is calculated based on the following formula: 1,000 × 0.0012 = USD 1.2.

Short video SDK

You are charged for the short video SDK based on the features that you use. You can purchase the features provided by the short video SDK based on your business requirements.

Billable item

Description

Billing method

Feature

  • Billing rule: You are charged for the features that you use.

  • Billing cycle: You are charged on a yearly basis. After you submit an order, fees are deducted from your account in real time and a bill is generated within 2 to 3 hours. The validity period of your subscription is 1 year.

  • Pricing: For more information, see the following table.

  • Pay-as-you-go: not supported.

  • Resource plan: You can purchase resource plans for features that you want to use.

Pricing and examples

  • Pricing: The pricing for the short video SDK is described in the following table.

    Feature

    Recording

    Import

    Frame animation

    MV

    Subtitles

    Price (USD per year)

    4400

    3000

    7400

    7400

    7400

  • Billing example: If you purchase the import and frame animation features for a year, the incurred fees are calculated based on the following formula: 3,000 + 7,400 = USD 10,400.