Billing overview
AgentBay uses a hybrid billing model that combines a Basic benefit package, a subscription benefit package, and a pay-as-you-go model offering flexible and comprehensive resource plans.
Basic benefit package: This free package provides access to the basic features of AgentBay.
Subscription benefit package: Available as a monthly subscription, this includes the Pro benefit package and the Ultra benefit package, which grant access to most or all of AgentBay's features. Your usage first consumes the free resource quota included in your subscription benefit package. Usage exceeding the quota is automatically billed on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Pay-as-you-go: You are billed in real time based on your actual resource usage.
Benefit packages
Benefit package overview
Basic benefit package: Provides access to the basic features of AgentBay.
Pro benefit package: Includes all features of the Basic benefit package, offers more concurrent sessions, and supports custom images and some advanced features.
Ultra benefit package: Includes all features of the Pro benefit package, offers an even higher concurrent session limit, supports scale-out, and provides access to custom images and all advanced features.
The Pro and Ultra benefit packages are available as a monthly subscription. You can purchase them from the AgentBay Benefit Packages page.
Package tier | Basic | Pro | Ultra | |
Price | Free + pay-as-you-go resources | USD 149/month + pay-as-you-go resources | USD 225/month + pay-as-you-go resources | |
Limit | 10 | 200 | 200 | |
Scale-out | — | — | Supported. USD 1.5/session/month | |
Network | 10 Mbps | 10 Mbps | 10 Mbps | |
— | Supported | Supported | ||
Free quota | 100 GiB | 1 TiB | 1 TiB | |
Image | System image | Supported | Supported | Supported |
Custom image | — | 50 | 50 | |
Number of concurrently enabled custom images | — | 5 | 5 | |
Advanced features | Device fingerprint | — | — | Supported |
Other features | — | — | Priority access | |
Notes:
Concurrent session license: The maximum number of sessions that can run concurrently. A session represents an independent interactive process, such as an application launch or an automation task, not a long-running compute instance.
Pay-as-you-go: Pay for computing resources after you use them.
Basic bandwidth: Each instance includes 10 Mbps of free basic bandwidth. It is metered based on inbound traffic and is not covered by a Service-Level Agreement (SLA).
Premium bandwidth: Provides dedicated bandwidth resources, supports custom peak bandwidth, and allocates a dedicated IP address based on your UID. This option is suitable for scenarios that require high network stability. Additional fees apply.
Storage: Used to persist context data and session replay records. Usage beyond the included quota is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis, with a minimum billing unit of MiB. This storage is separate from the system disk and data disk of the compute resources.
The free quota included in a benefit package is non-transferable and non-refundable. Benefit packages may be updated due to feature upgrades and iterations. AgentBay reserves the right to modify the preceding content. For the latest information, see Announcements.
Benefit package rules
Package changes
You can upgrade from a Pro benefit package to an Ultra benefit package.
You cannot downgrade from an Ultra benefit package to a Pro benefit package.
After you upgrade, you are billed for the time your old package was active.
Your new package inherits the expiration date of the previous one. You must pay the price difference for the remaining subscription period.
The price difference is calculated using the following formula:
Price difference = (Ultra benefit package price - Pro benefit package price) × Remaining subscription days / 30 days
For example, if you purchase a Pro benefit package on October 1 and upgrade to an Ultra benefit package on October 10, the price difference you need to pay is:
USD 50.67 ≈ (USD 225 - USD 149) × (30 - 10) / 30
Package renewal
To ensure uninterrupted service for your business, we recommend enabling auto-renewal.
Go to the Expenses and Costs console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
On the Manual Renewal tab, find the AgentBay product and click Enable Auto-renewal in the Actions column.
You can follow the same steps to enable or disable auto-renewal at any time.
Package downgrade
If your Pro or Ultra benefit package expires due to an overdue payment or other reasons, it will be downgraded to the Basic benefit package. A downgrade has the following effects:
Running custom images are immediately disabled.
Custom image files are retained for three months. If you do not renew your package by the end of this period, the system deletes the custom image files.
The free storage quota changes from 1 TiB to 100 GiB. Storage usage that exceeds 100 GiB is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Pay-as-you-go storage amount = Actual storage amount - Free storage quota of the current benefit package
Pay-as-you-go
Pay-as-you-go billing applies to compute, token, network, and storage resources. The specific billing rules are as follows:
Compute resources
Resource type | Unit price | Billing precision | Description |
CPU | USD 0.045/core/hour | Per second | Billed based on actual usage time |
Memory | USD 0.0113/GB/hour | Per second | Billed based on actual usage time |
Token resources
The built-in AI Agent in AgentBay is powered by Model Studio models, allowing it to automate sub-tasks and handle complex jobs efficiently and reliably. Using this feature consumes tokens.
Token type | Unit price | Description |
Input tokens | USD 0.0024/1,000 tokens | Tokens consumed by user input |
Output tokens | USD 0.012/1,000 tokens | Tokens consumed by AI output |
Network resources
Bandwidth type | Unit price | Billing direction | Description |
Premium bandwidth | USD 0.123/GB | Inbound | SLA guaranteed |
Storage resources
Storage type | Free quota | Overage price | Description |
Storage | 100 GiB or 1 TiB included in the package | USD 0.000045/GiB/hour | Billed based on actual usage |
Overdue payment rules
If your Alibaba Cloud account has an overdue payment, you cannot use the pay-as-you-go billing method. The following AgentBay features become unavailable:
You cannot create new API keys.
All API keys change to an Overdue status and become unusable.
You cannot create new custom images. You can still delete and disable existing custom images.
All custom images change to an Overdue status and cannot be enabled.
You cannot create new sessions.
Enabled delivery groups are released after one day.
You cannot use storage that exceeds the free quota of your package.
You cannot configure concurrency.
Billing example
A customer subscribes to the Ultra benefit package and sets the peak concurrency to 300. Over one month (30 days), the customer creates 60,000 sessions, with the peak concurrency never exceeding 300. Each session uses a 4-core, 8 GB configuration and runs for an average of 10 minutes. Premium bandwidth is enabled, with a total inbound traffic of 1,000 GB. Some sessions call the Agent API, consuming 30 million input tokens and 50 million output tokens. The total storage used for context and other data is 10 TiB. The estimated monthly cost is approximately USD 4,202.5984.
Item | Subitem | Formula | Fee |
Package fee | Ultra benefit package | USD 225 | USD 225 |
Concurrency scale-out | (300 sessions - 200 sessions) × USD 1.5/session | USD 150 | |
Pay-as-you-go resources | CPU | 4 cores × USD 0.045/core/hour × (10/60) hours/session × 60,000 sessions | USD 1,800 |
Memory | 8 GB × USD 0.0113/GB/hour × (10/60) hours/session × 60,000 sessions | USD 904 | |
Input tokens | 30,000 thousand tokens × USD 0.0024/thousand tokens | USD 72 | |
Output tokens | 50,000 thousand tokens × USD 0.012/thousand tokens | USD 600 | |
Network | 1,000 GB premium bandwidth × USD 0.123/GB | USD 123 | |
Storage | (10 TiB - 1 TiB free quota) × USD 0.000045/GiB/hour × 30 days × 24 hours | USD 298.5984 | |
Total | USD 4,202.5984 | ||
FAQ
Is the Basic benefit package completely free?
The Basic benefit package itself is free. It provides access to the basic features of AgentBay and a 100 GiB storage quota. However, you are still charged on a pay-as-you-go basis for compute resources (CPU and memory), storage usage that exceeds the quota, and other pay-as-you-go resources.
Am I billed for idle sessions?
Yes. As long as a session is in a running state (not deleted), you are continuously billed for the compute resources (CPU and memory) it occupies, even if the session is idle.
Is the package validity period calculated by calendar month or from the purchase date?
A package is valid for one month from the date of purchase. For example, if you purchase a package on October 10, it is valid until 00:00 on November 11.