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AnalyticDB:Billable items of Data Lakehouse Edition

Last Updated:Mar 28, 2026

AnalyticDB for MySQL Data Lakehouse Edition bills are made up of six categories: reserved resources, elastic resources, data storage, cache storage, backup storage, and API requests. This page explains what each billable item covers, how fees are calculated, and provides worked examples.

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Billable items and billing rules

Reserved resource fee

Reserved resources are billed when you create a cluster or scale it up. Both pay-as-you-go and subscription billing methods are supported.

Note ACU-hour plans can be used to offset the reserved resources of pay-as-you-go clusters.
AttributeDetails
Billable itemsReserved computing resources, reserved storage resources
Billing methodPay-as-you-go or subscription
Billing unitACU (AnalyticDB Compute Unit). Each ACU equals approximately 1 core and 4 GB memory.
FormulaReserved resource fee = Unit price per ACU × (ACUs for reserved computing resources + ACUs for reserved storage resources) × Usage duration

Elastic resource fee

Elastic resource charges apply when your workload consumes resources beyond your reserved allocation. Three sub-types are billed separately.

ACU elastic resources

Note Only ACU-hour plans can be used to offset ACU elastic resources.

ACU elastic charges are triggered in two ways:

  • Scheduled scaling: When a scaling plan executes, you are billed for the elastic resources consumed during that period.

  • Auto scaling:

    • When an interactive resource group with the multi-cluster feature enabled runs jobs, you are billed for cluster resources consumed beyond the reserved allocation.

    • When a job resource group runs jobs, you are billed for elastic resources consumed beyond the reserved allocation.

AttributeDetails
Billing methodPay-as-you-go
Billing unitACU. Each ACU equals approximately 1 core and 4 GB memory.
FormulaElastic resource fee = Unit price of ACU elastic resources × Number of ACUs × Usage duration
View usageAnalyticDB for MySQL console > Resource Management > view elastic resource usage

Spot instance resources

After you enable the spot instance feature, idle Spark executor resources in the AnalyticDB for MySQL resource pool are made available at a price lower than standard ACU elastic resources.

Important

Spot instance resources apply to on-demand scaling only. They cannot be used for scheduled scaling.

AttributeDetails
Billing methodPay-as-you-go
Billing unitACU. Each ACU equals approximately 1 core and 4 GB memory.
FormulaSpot instance resource fee = Unit price of spot instance resources × Number of ACUs × Usage duration

Remote build data

After you enable the compaction service, you are billed for data remotely built by the XUANWU_V2 engine in the independent resource pool of the compaction service.

AttributeDetails
Billing methodPay-as-you-go
Billing unitGB
FormulaRemote build data fee = Unit price of remote build data × Amount of remote build data

Data storage fee

Data storage covers the space occupied by data in your cluster. Hot and cold data are metered separately at different rates.

Note

Data Lakehouse Edition uses a multi-replica storage architecture. The hot data storage fee is calculated by doubling the pay-as-you-go unit price. Cold data storage is not subject to this multiplier.

Note Storage plans can be used to offset data storage costs.

Hot and cold data storage

AttributeDetails
Billable itemsHot data storage, cold data storage
Billing methodPay-as-you-go
Billing unitGB
FormulaStorage fee = Hot data storage fee + Cold data storage fee
Hot data storage fee = Unit price of hot data storage × Data amount × Usage duration × 2
Cold data storage fee = Unit price of cold data storage × Data amount × Usage duration
View usageAnalyticDB for MySQL console > Monitoring Information > view hot and cold data storage amounts

ADB lake storage - Standard

After you enable the lake storage feature, you are billed for the lake storage space occupied by cluster data.

AttributeDetails
Billing methodPay-as-you-go
Billing unitGB
FormulaADB lake storage fee = Unit price of ADB managed lake storage × Data storage amount × Usage duration
View usageAnalyticDB for MySQL console > Lake Storage > view lake storage data amount

Cache storage fee

Disk cache size

Disk cache billing is triggered in two scenarios:

  • After you enable the disk cache feature, XUANWU_V2 engine tables stored in Object Storage Service (OSS) are cached on Enterprise SSDs (ESSDs). You are billed hourly for the cache size you specify when enabling disk cache.

  • After you enable the wide table engine feature, disk cache becomes available automatically. You can modify the disk cache size based on your business requirements. You are billed hourly for the disk cache size you set.

AttributeDetails
Billing methodPay-as-you-go
Billing unitGB
FormulaDisk cache storage fee = Unit price of disk cache storage × Disk cache size × Usage duration

Data lake storage query acceleration

After you enable the lake cache feature and specify a cache size, frequently accessed OSS objects are cached in that space. You are billed based on the cache size you configure.

AttributeDetails
Billing methodPay-as-you-go
Billing unitGB
FormulaLake cache storage fee = Unit price of lake cache storage × Lake cache size × Usage duration

Backup storage fee

Data backup is automatically enabled when you create a cluster. The most recent backup set is retained free of charge. If a cluster has multiple backup sets, you are billed for all backup sets except the most recent one.

AttributeDetails
Billing methodPay-as-you-go
Billing unitGB
FormulaData backup storage fee = Unit price of data backup storage × (Total backup set size − Free backup set size) × Usage duration
View usageAnalyticDB for MySQL console > Backup and Restoration > view total and free backup set sizes

Request fee

Request fees apply when you enable the lake storage feature. PUT and GET requests to the OSS API are billed separately per hour.

Billable itemFormula
ADB lake storage - PUT requests (Standard)Unit price of PUT requests × Number of requests (per 10,000)
ADB lake storage - GET requests (Standard)Unit price of GET requests × Number of requests (per 10,000)

Billing examples

Note The following examples are for reference only. For actual prices, see the service console or the buy page.

Example 1: Subscription cluster in China (Hangzhou)

Configuration: 32 ACUs of reserved computing resources + 24 ACUs of reserved storage resources, 3-month subscription.

Billable itemFee
Reserved computing resourcesUSD 21.54/ACU-month × 32 ACUs × 3 months = USD 2,067.84
Reserved storage resourcesUSD 21.54/ACU-month × 24 ACUs × 3 months = USD 1,550.88
Total (3 months)USD 3,618.72

Example 2: Pay-as-you-go cluster in China (Hangzhou)

Configuration:

  • Reserved resources: 32 ACUs computing + 24 ACUs storage

  • Elastic resources: a job resource group with 0 reserved ACUs runs a Spark job of 2 cores and 4 GB memory (= 2 × 0.8 ACUs) for 1 hour

  • Data storage: 100 GB hot data + 260 GB cold data

CategoryBillable itemFee
Reserved resourcesReserved computing resourcesUSD 0.04615/ACU-hour × 32 ACUs × 1 hour = USD 1.4768
Reserved resourcesReserved storage resourcesUSD 0.04615/ACU-hour × 24 ACUs × 1 hour = USD 1.1076
Elastic resourcesACU elastic resourcesUSD 0.04615/ACU-hour × 2 × 0.8 ACUs × 1 hour = USD 0.07384
Data storageHot data storageUSD 0.00022/GB-hour × 100 GB × 1 hour × 2 = USD 0.044
Data storageCold data storageUSD 0.000028/GB-hour × 260 GB × 1 hour = USD 0.00728
Total per hourUSD 2.70952

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