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CloudMonitor:Pay-as-you-go

Last Updated:Apr 18, 2024

If the pay-as-you-go billing method is used, you are charged based on the actual resource usage. After you activate Network Analysis and Monitoring, you are charged by using the pay-as-you-go billing method based on the number of carrier detection points that you use.

Site monitoring (scheduled detections)

The following table describes the billing of site monitoring (pay-as-you-go).

Item

Description

Scenarios

Site monitoring sends detection requests to the domain names or IP addresses of carrier detection points in different regions around the world. Then, you can obtain information about the network quality and connectivity of accessed sites of carriers.

Billing cycle

Bills are generated on a daily basis.

Billing formula

Fee for using the site monitoring feature = Number of detection requests × Unit price of detection requests.

Pricing

  • PCs

    • If you use detection points provided by carriers in China, the unit price is USD 1.7 per 10,000 detection requests (USD 0.00017 per detection request).

    • If you use detection points provided by carriers outside China, the unit price is USD 8.4 per 10,000 detection points (USD 0.00084 per detection point).

    Note
    • Carriers in China are carriers that are registered in China, such as Alibaba Cloud, China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom.

    • Carriers outside China are carriers that are registered outside China, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google.

  • Mobile devices

    If you use detection points provided by carriers in China, the unit price is USD 60 per 10,000 detection requests (USD 0.006 per detection request).

Billing example

  • PCs

    For example, you activated Network Analysis and Monitoring and created a site monitoring task on November 1, 2023. The task sends requests to the detection points that are located in 20 regions of China Mobile and 10 regions of Amazon Web Services (AWS) at a frequency of 5 minutes. The following items show the fees in November:

    1. Detection fee for China Mobile = 60 minutes / 5 minutes × 24 hours × 30 days × 20 detection points × USD 1.7/10,000 = USD 29.376

    2. Detection fee for AWS = 60 minutes / 5 minutes × 24 hours × 30 days × 10 detection points × USD 8.4/10,000 = USD 72.576

    3. Total detection fee in November = USD 29.376 + USD 72.576 = USD 101.952

  • Mobile devices

    For example, you activated Network Analysis and Monitoring and created a site monitoring task on August 1, 2023. The task sends requests to the mobile detection points that are located in five regions of China Mobile at a frequency of 5 minutes. The following items show the fee in August:

    Total detection fee in August = 60 minutes / 5 minutes × 24 hours × 31 days × 5 detection points × USD 60/10,000 = USD 267.84

Important

The prices in this topic are provided for reference only. The actual prices on the buy page prevail.

Browser detection

The following table describes the billing of browser detection (pay-as-you-go).

Item

Description

Scenarios

You can create a browser detection task to monitor the stability and performance of a URL being accessed from browsers. Simulated access requests are sent to the specified URL in different regions and network environments.

Billing cycle

Bills are generated on a daily basis.

Billing formula

Fee for using the browser detection feature = Number of detection requests × Unit price of detection requests.

Pricing

  • If you use detection points provided by carriers in China, the unit price is USD 0.0015 per detection request.

  • If you use detection points provided by carriers outside China, the unit price is USD 0.0075 per detection request.

Billing example

For example, you activated Network Analysis and Monitoring and created a browser detection task on July 1, 2023. The task sends requests to the detection points that are located in the China (Shanghai) region of Alibaba Cloud and the UK (London) region of Alibaba Cloud at a frequency of 5 minutes. The following items show the fees in July:

  1. Detection fee for the China (Shanghai) region of Alibaba Cloud = 60 minutes / 5 minutes × 24 hours × 31 days × 1 detection point × USD 0.0015 = USD 13.392

  2. Detection fee for the UK (London) region of Alibaba Cloud = 60 minutes / 5 minutes × 24 hours × 31 days × 1 detection point × USD 0.0075 = USD 66.96

  3. Total detection fee in July = USD 13.392 + USD 66.96 = USD 80.352

Important

The prices in this topic are provided for reference only. The actual prices on the buy page prevail.

Related operations

Deactivate a pay-as-you-go service