Anycast Elastic IP Address (Anycast EIP) supports the pay-by-data-transfer metering method.
If you used Anycast EIP for the first time after 00:00:00 (UTC+8) June 1, 2023, the Internet fees and data transfer fees of Anycast EIP are charged by Cloud Data Transfer (CDT). You must follow the instructions to activate CDT.
If you already used Anycast EIP before 00:00:00 (UTC+8) June 1, 2023, you are charged for using Anycast EIP as described in this topic. To activate CDT, go to the CDT page.
For more information about CDT, see Internet traffic and Inter-region traffic.
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 feeConfiguration 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 durationThe unit price is measured in USD/hour.
The unit price of Anycast EIP is USD 0.012/hour.
NoteThe 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 transferThe Internet data transfer fee is measured in USD/GB.
The unit price of Internet data transfer varies based on the region where an access point is deployed. For more information, see Pricing. For more information about the regions that support Anycast EIP access points, 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.
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 transferThe internal data transfer fee is measured in USD/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 prices for dominant data transfers between different regions are different. For more information, see Billing. 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 lists the unit prices of Internet data transfer for access points in different regions. Unit: USD/GB.
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 Thailand (Bangkok) Philippines (Manila) Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh) South Korea (Seoul) Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) Indonesia (Jakarta) | 0.117 |
China (Hong Kong) | 0.452 | |
Japan (Tokyo) | 0.12 | |
North America | US (Silicon Valley) US (Virginia) Canada (Toronto) Canada (Vancouver) | 0.078 |
South America | Brazil (Sao Paulo) | 0.148 |
Europe | UK (London) Germany (Frankfurt) Spain (Madrid) France (Paris) | 0.07 |
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 is USD 0.866/GB and the unit price of internal data transfer from an access point in Thailand (Bangkok) to an origin server in Singapore is USD 0.333/GB.
For more information about the unit prices of data transfer, see the following table. Unit: USD/GB.
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) | 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 |
US (Virginia) | 0 | 0.333 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | ||
Canada (Toronto) | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | ||
Canada (Vancouver) | 0.333 | 0.333 | 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 | |
Europe | UK (London) | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0 | 0.333 | 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 | ||
Spain (Madrid) | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 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 | ||
Asia Pacific | Singapore | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | |
China (Hong Kong) | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 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 | ||
Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh) | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 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 | ||
South Korea (Seoul) | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 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 | ||
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.333 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | ||
Indonesia (Jakarta) | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.866 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | ||
Billing examples
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 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
Overdue payments
If an Anycast elastic IP address (Anycast EIP) has an overdue payment, the Anycast EIP is not immediately suspended. We recommend that you renew your Anycast EIP at the earliest opportunity or maintain a sufficient account balance to ensure that your service is not interrupted.
Overdue payments
If an Anycast EIP has an overdue payment, the Alibaba Cloud account to which the Anycast EIP belongs will be notified by SMS and email.
An Anycast EIP that has an overdue payment continues to provide services within the grace period.
If the overdue payment is not completed within the grace period, the Anycast EIP is suspended and the maximum bandwidth of the Anycast EIP is limited to 1 Kbit/s.
If the overdue payment is not completed 15 days after the Anycast EIP is suspended, the Anycast EIP is automatically released. You will receive SMS and email notifications one day before the system releases the Anycast EIP. After the Anycast EIP is released, relevant configurations and data are deleted and cannot be restored.
Renewal and top-up
You can top up your account when an Anycast EIP has an overdue payment.
If you top up your account within the grace period, the Anycast EIP is not suspended. Therefore, you can continue to use the Anycast EIP and avoid service interruption.
After an Anycast EIP is suspended, if you top up your account 15 days before the Anycast EIP is released, the system immediately settles the overdue payments in your account. After the payments are completed, the Anycast EIP immediately starts to provide services.
View bills
This topic describes how to view the bills of an Anycast elastic IP address (Anycast EIP).
- Log on to the Anycast EIP console.
On the Anycast Elastic IP Addresses page, find the Anycast EIP and click
> Bills in the Actions column. In the left-side navigation pane in the Expenses and Costs console, choose .
New console
On the Bill Details page, set Product Name to Elastic IP Address and Commodity Name to Anycast EIP to query the consumption details. You can also click View Usage Details to export usage details files.
Legacy console
On the Bill Details page, click the Consumption by Bill, Billing Details, or View Usage Details tab and set Product to EIP and Product Details to Anycast EIP to view the consumption and billing details. For more information, see Bill Details.