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ApsaraVideo Live:Billing overview

Last Updated:Dec 26, 2023

This topic describes the billable items, billing methods, billing cycles, and billing-related operations of ApsaraVideo Live.

Billable items

You are charged acceleration fees, media processing fees, and other service fees when you use ApsaraVideo Live.

  • Acceleration fees:

    • Fees that are generated when you use the standard streaming or Real-Time Streaming (RTS) feature to live stream. You can pay the fees by traffic or by peak bandwidth.

    • Fees that are generated if you use ApsaraVideo Live to relay a processed stream from a live center to a third party. By default, this feature is disabled.

  • Media processing fees: Fees that are generated if you use media processing features provided by ApsaraVideo Live, such as transcoding, recording, time shifting, snapshot capture, content moderation, stream delay, encryption, and face retouching effects. By default, these features are disabled.

  • Other service fees: Fees that are generated if you use other features provided by ApsaraVideo Live, such as production studios, live monitoring, and interactive messaging. By default, these features are disabled.

Billing methods

ApsaraVideo Live supports the following billing methods: pay-as-you-go and subscription.

  • Pay-as-you-go: This billing method allows you to use ApsaraVideo Live features and pay for them afterwards. You are charged based on your actual usage of the billable items.

  • Subscription: You can purchase resource plans for specific billable items at preferential prices to offset the fees for the billable items.

Note
  • Compared with the pay-as-you-go billing method, the subscription billing method is more cost-effective.

  • If your usage exceeds the capacity of the resource plans, the overages are billed based on the pay-as-you-go billing method and are included in pay-as-you-go bills. We recommend that you purchase resource plans based on the features that you need and the estimated amount of usage. For more information, see Overview.

Billing cycles

The following table describes the billing cycles of ApsaraVideo Live features.

Billing cycle

Fee deduction time and bill generation time

Billable item

Daily

You are charged on a daily basis. The bills of a day are generated and the amount due is deducted after 00:00 on the following day. The time when bills are generated is determined by the system.

Monthly

After a calendar month ends, bills are generated after 00:00 on the first day of the following month. The time when bills are generated is determined by the system.

Live stream recording (monthly recording service fees)

Yearly

You are charged on a yearly basis. You must first purchase the feature before you can use it. Your usage of the feature is not limited during the validity period.

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Pricing details

For more information about the pricing of each billable item of ApsaraVideo Live, visit the ApsaraVideo Live pricing page.

For more information about the pricing of resource plans, visit the Resource plan pricing page.

References

Billable item

Resource plan

More

Acceleration fees

Overview

Refund policy

Media processing fees

Query the details about resource plans

Overdue payments

Other service fees

FAQ about billing