After you purchase DataWorks, you can call DataWorks API operations to use DataWorks features. You are charged based on the number of API calls. This topic describes the billing details of DataWorks API operations.

Background information

The capabilities of DataWorks API operations and the limit on the number of API calls that you can make vary based on your DataWorks edition. For information about the precautions for calling DataWorks API operations and capability details of the API operations in each DataWorks edition, see Overview.

You are charged for the API operations based on your DataWorks edition and the number of API calls that you make.
  • You must purchase DataWorks of a specific edition before you can call DataWorks API operations that are supported by this edition. For information about DataWorks API operations and the required DataWorks edition for specific API operations that you want to call, see Overview.
  • DataWorks provides a free quota for you to call API operations in each calendar month in each region. This free quota is shared by your Alibaba Cloud account and the RAM users within your Alibaba Cloud account. The free quota and the maximum number of API calls that you can make every day vary based on your DataWorks edition.
  • After the free quota is used up, you are charged based on the billing standards of each region.

Billing standards

The following table describes the billing standards of DataWorks API operations.
DataWorks editionFree quotaPricing based on the pay-as-you-go billing method
Basic Edition3,100 calls per monthCalls to the API operations are limited. The pay-as-you-go billing method is not supported.
Standard Edition31,000 calls per month
Professional Edition310,000 calls per month
Enterprise Edition1,000,000 calls per monthUSD 0.05 per 10,000 calls

Overdue payments

If your Alibaba Cloud account has overdue payments, the service is immediately suspended. To ensure service continuity, we recommend that you top up your account at the earliest opportunity.