Anycast Elastic IP Address (Anycast EIP) supports the pay-by-data-transfer metering method.

Note
  • If this is the first time that you activate Anycast EIP, the billing of Internet data transfer and internal data transfer of Anycast EIPs is managed by Cloud Data Transfer (CDT). You must follow the instructions to activate CDT.
  • If this is not the first time that you use Anycast EIP, the billing rules described in this topic apply by default. To use CDT to manage the billing of Anycast EIP, go to the Cloud Data Transfer page and select a region outside the Chinese mainland. Click Activate Now next to Anycast EIP.
For more information, see What is CDT?.

Billable items

Anycast EIP supports the pay-by-data-transfer metering method. The pay-by-data-transfer metering method allows you to use resources before you pay fees. The fees for pay-by-data-transfer Anycast EIPs are calculated and bills are generated on an hourly basis. You can release a pay-by-data-transfer Anycast EIP as needed. After an Anycast EIP is released, the bill for the current hour is generated within the next hour. Then, the fees are deducted from your account balance. The time when bills are issued is determined by the system.

You are charged configuration fees, Internet data transfer fees, and internal data transfer fees for pay-by-data-transfer Anycast EIPs. 
Total fees of a pay-by-data-transfer Anycast EIP = Configuration fee + Internet data transfer fee + Internal data transfer fee

Configuration fee

You are charged a configuration fee for the public IP address that is allocated to your Anycast EIP. 
Configuration fee = Instance unit price × Billing duration
  • The instance unit price is measured in USD per hour.
    The instance unit price of Anycast EIP is USD 0.012/hour.
    Note The unit price provided is for reference only. For more information, consult your business manager.
  • The billing duration is measured in hours.

    The billing duration refers to the period of time from when an Anycast EIP is created to when the Anycast EIP is released. If the billing duration in a billing cycle is less than 1 hour, it is rounded up to 1 hour.

Internet data transfer fee

You are charged an Internet data transfer fee for the bandwidth that is used to connect to an Alibaba Cloud access point over the Internet. 
Internet data transfer fee = Unit price of Internet data transfer × Amount of data transfer
  • The unit price of Internet data transfer is measured in USD per GB.

    The unit price of Internet data transfer varies based on the region where an access point is deployed. For more information, see Internet data transfer fee. For more information about the regions where access points are deployed, see Access point locations.

  • The amount of data transfer is measured in GB.

    In a billing cycle, the direction in which a greater amount of data is transferred is the dominant direction. You are charged for data transfer in the dominant direction. The amount of data transfer refers to the cumulative amount of data transfer in the dominant direction in the billing duration.

Internal data transfer fee

You are charged an internal data transfer fee for the bandwidth that is used to route traffic from an Alibaba Cloud access point to an origin server. 
Internal data transfer fee = Unit price of internal data transfer × Amount of data transfer
  • The unit price of internal data transfer is measured in USD per GB.
  • The amount of data transfer is measured in GB.

    In a billing cycle, the direction in which a greater amount of data is transferred is the dominant direction. You are charged for data transfer in the dominant direction. The unit price of internal data transfer varies based on the region where an access point is deployed and the region where an origin server is deployed. For more information, see Pricing. The amount of data transfer refers to the cumulative amount of data transfer in the dominant direction in the billing duration.

Pricing

Internet data transfer fee

The following table describes the unit prices of Internet data transfer in different regions. Unit:USD/GB.
Note The prices in the following table are for reference only. For more information, contact your business manager.
Area Region Unit price (USD/GB)
Asia Pacific Singapore (Singapore), India (Mumbai), Thailand (Bangkok), Philippines (Manila), Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh), South Korea (Seoul), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), and Indonesia (Jakarta) 0.117
China (Hong Kong) 0.452
Japan (Tokyo) 0.12
North America US (Silicon Valley), US (Virginia), and US (Chicago) 0.078
South America Brazil (Sao Paulo) 0.148
Europe UK (London), Germany (Frankfurt), Spain (Madrid), and France (Paris) 0.07
Australia Australia (Sydney) 0.096

Internal data transfer fee

The unit price of internal data transfer varies based on the region where an access point is deployed and the region where an origin server is deployed. For example, the unit price of internal data transfer from an access point in US (Silicon Valley) to an origin server in Singapore (Singapore) is USD 0.866/GB. The unit price of internal data transfer from an access point in Thailand (Bangkok) to an origin server in Singapore (Singapore) is USD 0.333/GB.

For more information about unit prices of internal data transfer, see the following table. Unit:USD/GB.
Note The prices in the following table are for reference only. For more information, contact your business manager.
Region Origin server region
North America Europe Asia Pacific
US (Virginia) US (Silicon Valley) UK (London) Germany (Frankfurt) Singapore (Singapore) Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) China (Hong Kong) India (Mumbai) Japan (Tokyo)
Access point region North America US (Silicon Valley) 0.333 0 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866
US (Virginia) 0 0.333 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866
US (Chicago) 0.333 0.333 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866
South America Brazil (Sao Paulo) 0.333 0.333 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866
Europe UK (London) 0.866 0.866 0 0.333 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866
Germany (Frankfurt) 0.866 0.866 0.333 0 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866
Spain (Madrid) 0.866 0.866 0.333 0.333 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866
France (Paris) 0.866 0.866 0.333 0.333 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866
Asia Pacific and Australia Singapore (Singapore) 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333
China (Hong Kong) 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.333 0.333 0 0.333 0.333
India (Mumbai) 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.333 0.333 0.333 0 0.333
Philippines (Manila) 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333
Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh) 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333
Thailand (Bangkok) 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333
South Korea (Seoul) 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333
Japan (Tokyo) 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333 0
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.333 0 0.333 0.333 0.333
Indonesia (Jakarta) 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.866 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333
Australia (Sydney) 1.474 1.474 1.474 1.474 1.474 1.474 1.474 1.474 1.474

Billing example

Note The following billing example is for reference only. The fees on your bill shall prevail.

You purchased an Anycast EIP at 09:20:00 (UTC+8) to accelerate access from the US (Silicon Valley) region to the Singapore (Singapore) region. By 10:00:00 (UTC+8) on the same day, the amount of inbound data transfer is 10 GB and the amount of outbound data transfer is 6 GB. The billing duration is 1 hour. In this example, the amount of data transfer in the dominant direction is 10 GB.

The fees are calculated by using the following formulas:
  • Configuration fee = USD 0.012/hour × 1 hour = USD 0.012
  • Internet data transfer fee = USD 0.078/GB × 10 GB = USD 0.78
  • Internal data transfer fee = USD 0.866/GB × 10 GB = USD 8.66
  • Total fees = USD 0.012 + USD 0.78 + USD 8.66 = USD 9.452