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ApsaraVideo Live:Billing of production studios

Last Updated:Feb 21, 2024

Production studios support the pay-as-you-go and subscription billing methods. If you use the pay-as-you-go billing method, you can create production studios in general mode and playlist mode and virtual studios. If you use the subscription billing method, you can create production studios in general mode and playlist mode. You are charged for each production studio based on the output resolutions and durations of streaming and transcoding. This topic describes the billing rules of production studios.

Pricing

Streaming fees and transcoding fees are calculated based on the corresponding output resolutions and durations. The following prices are for reference only. To view the actual prices, visit the Alibaba Cloud official website.

Streaming

Pay-as-you-go

Mode

Output resolution

Chinese mainland (USD/minute)

Singapore (USD/minute)

Indonesia (USD/minute)

Saudi Arabia (USD/minute)

General mode

≤ 480p (SD)

0.025

0.025

0.025

0.03

≤ 720p (HD)

0.050

0.050

0.050

0.06

≤ 1080p (Ultra HD)

0.10

0.10

0.10

0.12

Playlist mode

≤ 480p (SD)

0.020

0.020

0.020

0.02

≤ 720p (HD)

0.030

0.030

0.030

0.04

≤ 1080p (Ultra HD)

0.050

0.050

0.050

0.06

Virtual studio

≤ 480p (SD)

1.1154

1.1154

1.1154

1.34

≤ 720p (HD)

1.1154

1.1154

1.1154

1.34

≤ 1080p (Ultra HD)

1.1154

1.1154

1.1154

1.34

Transcoding

Region

Unit price (USD/minute)

Output resolution ≤ 480p

Output resolution ≤ 720p

Output resolution ≤ 1080p

Chinese mainland

0.0097

0.0191

0.0382

Singapore

0.0099

0.0198

0.0396

Saudi Arabia

0.0119

0.0238

0.0475

If you need more output resolutions, contact us.

Billing rules

Streaming

Pay-as-you-go

Item

Description

Billing policy

You are charged for each production studio based on the streaming duration and output resolution. The duration is counted in minutes.

Billing cycle

You are charged on a daily basis. The bills of each day are issued within 1 hour after 00:00 on the following day. The actual time of bill issue is determined by the system. Once the bills are issued, the fees are automatically deducted from your Alibaba Cloud account.

Billing method

You are charged based on the pay-as-you-go billing method.

Transcoding

Item

Description

Billing policy

You are charged based on the transcoding duration and output resolutions.

Billing cycle

You are charged on a daily basis. The bills of each day are issued within 1 hour after 00:00 on the following day. The actual time of bill issue is determined by the system. Once the bills are issued, the fees are automatically deducted from your Alibaba Cloud account.

Billing method

You are charged based on the pay-as-you-go billing method.

Billing example

Scenario: In a live center in the Chinese mainland region, you create a production studio in general mode, and set the streaming output resolution and the transcoding resolution to 720p and 480p, respectively. On June 17, you use the production studio for 100 minutes.

Pricing: As shown in the "Pricing" section of this topic, the unit price of streaming with an output resolution of 720p is 0.050 USD/minute, and the unit price of transcoding with an output resolution of 480p is 0.0097 USD/minute.

Fees for the production studio on June 17: USD 0.050 × 100 + USD 0.0097 × 100 = USD 5.97. The bills are issued after 00:00 on June 18 and the fees are automatically deducted.