This topic describes the billable items of ApsaraDB RDS and the billing methods and pricing of each billable item.
Instance type
- Definition: Fees for the instance types that you select for the primary and secondary RDS instances in your database system. For more information about the instance types that are supported by different database engines, see Primary ApsaraDB RDS instance types.
- Billing: Subscription and pay-as-you-go. For more information about the billing methods, see Billing methods.
- Pricing: The price of an RDS instance varies based on its configurations, such as the region, instance type, and storage capacity. For more information, visit the ApsaraDB RDS buy page.
If you upgrade the instance type of an RDS instance, you are charged the difference between the prices of the current and new instance types. Refer to the actual price on the Change Specifications page. For more information, see Change the specifications of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.
When you purchase a subscription RDS instance, the subscription billing method is used only for its instance type and storage capacity. If you use features that use the pay-as-you-go billing method, bills for relevant billable items are generated on a pay-as-you-go basis. For example, you may create pay-as-you-go read-only RDS instances, use the SQL Explorer feature or the performance monitoring feature, or use more backup storage than the free quota. The billing methods of all billable items are listed in this topic.
RCU
- Definition: RDS Capacity Units (RCUs) are used to meter the usage of serverless ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instances. The performance of an RCU is equivalent to that of a Basic Edition RDS for MySQL instance that has 1 CPU core and 2 GB of memory. For more information about serverless RDS instances, see Overview.
- Billing: Bills are generated on an hourly basis. You are charged based on the number of RCUs that are consumed. The minimum billing unit is 0.5 RCU.
- Pricing:RCU unit price
Region Unit price Singapore USD 0.07455 per RCU-hour
Storage capacity
- Definition: Fees for the storage capacity that you purchase for your RDS instance. The RDS instance can be a primary RDS instance, secondary RDS instance, read-only RDS instance, or disaster recovery RDS instance.
- Billing: Subscription and pay-as-you-go.
- Pricing: The price of storage capacity varies based on the storage type that you select. For more information, visit the ApsaraDB RDS buy page.
If you upgrade the storage capacity of your RDS instance, you are charged the difference between the prices of the current storage capacity and new storage capacity. Refer to the actual price on Change Specifications page. For more information, see Change the specifications of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.
Read-only RDS instance (optional)
- Definition: Fees for the instance type that you select for the read-only RDS instance. For more information about read-only RDS instances, see Overview of read-only ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instances.
- Billing: Subscription and pay-as-you-go.
- Pricing: The price of a read-only RDS instance varies based on its configurations, such as the region, instance type, and storage capacity. Refer to the actual price on the Read-only Instances page.
Data restoration to new RDS instances (optional)
- Definition: If you restore the data of an RDS instance to a new RDS instance, you are charged for the new RDS instance. The new RDS instance is formerly known as a cloned RDS instance. For more information about cloned RDS instances, see Restore full data of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.
- Billing: Subscription and pay-as-you-go.
- Pricing: The price of a restored RDS instance is the same as the price of a new RDS instance. For more information, visit the ApsaraDB RDS buy page.
Backup (optional)
Backup storage
- Definition: Fees for the storage of backup files that are generated by automatic backup or manual backup. For more information, see Enable the automatic backup feature for an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.
- Billing: Pay-as-you-go. Alibaba Cloud provides a certain amount of free backup storage capacity. If the size of the backup files exceeds the free quota, you are charged for the excess storage on an hourly basis. The following list describes the free quotas for RDS instances of different storage types:
- Standard SSD or enhanced SSD (ESSD): The free quota equals 200% of the storage capacity of the RDS instance.
- Local SSD: The free quota equals 50% of the storage capacity of the RDS instance.
Note You can view the storage usage of backup files in the Usage Statistics section of the Basic Information page of your RDS instance.The following tables describe the unit prices of excess storage for different database engines:
ApsaraDB RDS for MySQLStorage type Unit price for backup files that are stored for up to 730 days (USD per GB per hour) Unit price for archived backup files that are stored for more than 730 days (USD per GB per hour) Standard SSD or ESSD 0.00004 The unit price varies in different regions: - Japan (Tokyo), India (Mumbai), Singapore (Singapore), Australia (Sydney), Indonesia (Jakarta), and Philippines (Manila): 0.000034
- China (Hong Kong): 0.000031
- UAE (Dubai): 0.000028
- Germany (Frankfurt), UK (London), US (Silicon Valley), and US (Virginia): 0.000022
- Other regions: 0.000025
Local SSD 0.00020 ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQLBackup method Unit price (USD per GB) Snapshot backup 0.00004 Physical backup 0.00020 ApsaraDB RDS for SQL ServerBackup method Unit price (USD per GB) Snapshot backup 0.00004 Physical backup - RDS instances that use standard SSDs or ESSDs: 0.00004
- RDS instances that use local SSDs: 0.00020
Note For more information about how to reduce the size and storage cost of your backup files, see the "Methods to reduce the backup storage fee" section of Methods to reduce the backup storage fee.
Cross-region backup
- Definition: Fees for the storage of backup files that are generated by the cross-region backup feature. For more information,see Use the cross-region backup feature of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.
- Billing: Pay-as-you-go. You are charged based on the size and storage duration of backup files.
- Pricing:ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL
- Standard SSD or ESSD
Item Region Unit price Cross-region storage fee China (Beijing), China (Hohhot), China (Ulanqab), China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Heyuan), China (Chengdu), and China (Qingdao) USD 0.0009375 per GB per day
China (Hong Kong), US (Silicon Valley), US (Virginia), Germany (Frankfurt), UK (London), Japan (Tokyo), Australia (Sydney), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), and India (Mumbai) USD 0.001125 per GB per day
Network traffic fee For more information about the billing rules for each region, see Network traffic fees. - Local SSD
Item Unit price Cross-region storage fee USD 0.0002 per GB per hour
Network traffic fee For more information about the billing rules for each region, see Network traffic fees.
ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQLThe following fees are generated if you perform cross-region backups on an RDS instance or download the generated backup files in the ApsaraDB RDS console.- Cross-region storage fee: USD 0.0002 per GB per hour
- Network traffic fee. For more information about the billing rules, see Network traffic fees.
ApsaraDB RDS for SQL ServerThe following fees are generated if you perform cross-region backups on an RDS instance or download the generated backup files in the ApsaraDB RDS console.- Cross-region storage fee: USD 0.0002 per GB per hour
- Network traffic fee. For more information about the billing rules, see Network traffic fees.
- Standard SSD or ESSD
Backup sets of deleted RDS instances
- Definition: If the backup sets of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance are retained more than seven days after the RDS instance is deleted, you are charged for the storage of the backup sets. For more information, see Retain backup files after instance release.
- Billing: Pay-as-you-go. You are charged based on the size and storage duration of backup sets.
- Pricing:
Type Region Unit price (USD per GB per day) Public cloud China (Hangzhou), China (Beijing), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Qingdao), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Hohhot), China (Chengdu), China (Heyuan), China (Ulanqab), and China (Guangzhou) 0.00058 China (Hong Kong), Singapore (Singapore), US (Silicon Valley), Germany (Frankfurt), Indonesia (Jakarta), Philippines (Manila), and Thailand (Bangkok) 0.00067 Japan (Tokyo), South Korea (Seoul), and Australia (Sydney) 0.0007 US (Virginia) 0.00062 India (Mumbai) 0.00063 Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) 0.00064 UK (London) 0.00065 UAE (Dubai) 0.00072
Backup download
- Definition: If you download the backup files of an RDS instance that uses standard SSDs or ESSDs, you are charged for the traffic generated during the download.
- Billing: Pay-as-you-go. You are charged based on the download traffic. If you use the advanced download feature to download backup files, you are also charged for conversion of the backup files. Note
- The advanced download feature is supported for RDS instances that run MySQL and PostgreSQL with standard SSDs or ESSDs. For more information, see Download the backup files of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance and Download the data backup files and log backup files of an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance.
- The advanced download feature converts snapshot backup files into CSV, SQL, or Parquet files. No free quota is provided for the conversion.
- Pricing:Download traffic fee
- Downloads over an internal network: You are not charged for the traffic that you consume.
- Downloads over the Internet: After the free quota is exhausted, you are charged for the excess traffic that you consume based on the pay-as-you-go billing method. Fees are deducted from your account on a daily basis. For more information, see Billing overview.
- Free quota for backup downloads over the Internet: The free quota for each RDS instance is 500 GB per month.
Backup file conversion feeRegion Unit price (USD/GB) Public Cloud 0.03125
Fast restoration for individual databases and tables (optional)
- Definition: Fees for using the fast restoration feature for individual databases and tables of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance. For more information, see Restore individual databases and tables of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.
- Billing:
- Standard SSD or ESSD: This feature is in public review and is provided free of charge.
- Local SSD: You are charged for this feature based on the pay-as-you-go billing method.
- Pricing: USD 0.24 per GB-month.
Performance monitoring (optional)
- Definition: Fees for using the performance monitoring feature. For more information, see Set the monitoring frequency of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.
- Billing:
- The performance monitoring feature is provided free of charge for RDS instances that run PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or MariaDB.
- For RDS instances that run MySQL, if you select the 5-second monitoring frequency, you are charged an hourly fee for the feature. However, if you select the 60-second or 300-second monitoring frequency, you are not charged fees for the feature.
- Pricing: USD 0.012 per hour
SQL Explorer and Audit (optional)
- Definition: Fees for using the SQL Explorer and Audit feature. For more information, see Use the SQL Explorer feature on an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.
- Billing: Pay-as-you-go. This feature is disabled by default. If you enable it, you are charged an hourly fee for it.
- Pricing:ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL
- SQL Explorer Trial Edition: Since August 20, 2020, new billing rules are applied to SQL Explorer Trial Edition in Alibaba Cloud regions in phases.
SQL Explorer Trial Edition provides a 15-day free trial. After the 15-day free trial expires, the SQL Explorer feature becomes unavailable. If you want to continue using the SQL Explorer feature, we recommend that you purchase SQL Explorer Paid Edition before the free trial expires.
Note You can enable SQL Explorer Trial Edition only once for each RDS instance. - SQL Explorer Paid Edition: You are charged on an hourly basis. The price varies based on the region of your RDS instance.
- USD 0.0015 per GB per hour: China (Hong Kong), US (Silicon Valley), and US (Virginia)
- USD 0.0018 per GB per hour: Singapore (Singapore), Japan (Tokyo), Germany (Frankfurt), UAE (Dubai), Australia (Sydney), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), India (Mumbai), Indonesia (Jakarta), and UK (London)
- USD 0.0012 per GB per hour: all regions except the preceding regions
ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL- USD 0.15 per GB per hour: China (Hong Kong), US (Silicon Valley), and US (Virginia).
- USD 0.18 per GB per hour: Singapore (Singapore), Japan (Tokyo), Germany (Frankfurt), UAE (Dubai), Australia (Sydney), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), India (Mumbai), Indonesia (Jakarta), and UK (London).
- USD 0.12 per GB per hour: all regions except the preceding regions.
ApsaraDB RDS for SQL Server- USD 0.15 per GB per hour: China (Hong Kong), US (Silicon Valley), and US (Virginia).
- USD 0.18 per GB per hour: Singapore (Singapore), Japan (Tokyo), Germany (Frankfurt), UAE (Dubai), Australia (Sydney), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), India (Mumbai), Indonesia (Jakarta), and UK (London).
- USD 0.12 per GB per hour: all regions except the preceding regions.
Note For ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instances that run RDS Enterprise Edition, this feature is enabled by default and is provided free of charge. However, if you disable and then re-enable this feature, you will be charged fees for this feature. - SQL Explorer Trial Edition: Since August 20, 2020, new billing rules are applied to SQL Explorer Trial Edition in Alibaba Cloud regions in phases.
Database proxy (optional)
- Definition: Fees for using database proxies. Database proxies are used to implement read/write splitting. For more information, see What are database proxies? Note Database proxies are supported for RDS instances that run MySQL and PostgreSQL.
- Billing: Pay-as-you-go. This feature is disabled by default. If you enable it, you are charged an hourly fee for it.
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Region Price Name Code USD/hour/proxy China (Hangzhou) cn-hangzhou 0.173 China (Shanghai) cn-shanghai 0.173 China (Qingdao) cn-qingdao 0.173 China (Beijing) cn-beijing 0.173 China (Zhangjiakou) cn-zhangjiakou 0.120 China (Hohhot) cn-huhehaote 0.173 China (Shenzhen) cn-shenzhen 0.173 China (Heyuan) cn-heyuan 0.173 China (Chengdu) cn-chengdu 0.173 China (Hong Kong) cn-hongkong 0.297 Japan (Tokyo) ap-northeast-1 0.288 India (Mumbai) ap-south-1 0.231 Singapore (Singapore) ap-southeast-1 0.271 Australia (Sydney) ap-southeast-2 0.273 Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) ap-southeast-3 0.253 Indonesia (Jakarta) ap-southeast-5 0.271 Germany (Frankfurt) eu-central-1 0.243 UK (London) eu-west-1 0.280 UAE (Dubai) me-east-1 0.377 US (Virginia) us-east-1 0.237 US (Silicon Valley) us-west-1 0.284 ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL<x id="2" type="exclude" text="table conref="t2191080.dita#concept_2191080/table_fjy_ref_xng" id="table_fe6_f52_xor" props="china"><tgroup cols="3"><colspec colnum="1" colname="col1" colwidth="1*" /> <colspec colnum="2" colname="col2" colwidth="1*" /> <colspec colnum="3" colname="col3" colwidth="1*" /> <thead> <row> <entry /> <entry /> <entry /> </row> </thead> <tbody> <row> <entry /> <entry /> <entry /> </row> <row> <entry /> <entry /> <entry /> </row> <row> <entry /> <entry /> <entry /> </row> </tbody> </tgroup></table"/>Region Price (USD per proxy-hour) UAE (Dubai) 0.377 Australia (Sydney) 0.273 Germany (Frankfurt) 0.243 China (Zhangjiakou) and China (Ulanqab) 0.120 Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) 0.253 US (Virginia) 0.237 US (Silicon Valley) 0.284 Japan (Tokyo) 0.288 Singapore (Singapore) and Indonesia (Jakarta) 0.271 India (Mumbai) 0.231 UK (London) 0.280 China (Hong Kong) 0.297 Other regions 0.173
Automatic expansion (optional)
- Definition: Fees for using the automatic scale-up or automatic storage expansion feature. Note
- Automatic scale-up is supported only for RDS instances that run MySQL. For more information, see Enable the automatic scale-up feature for an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.
- Automatic storage expansion is supported for RDS instances that run MySQL and PostgreSQL. For more information, see Configure automatic storage expansion for an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance and Configure automatic storage expansion for an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance.
- Billing:
- Automatic scale-up: Pay-as-you-go. You are charged based on the added resources. This feature is disabled by default. If you enable the feature, you are charged for the feature based on the resources that are added.
- Automatic storage expansion: The billing method is the same as that of manual storage expansion. This feature is disabled by default.
- Pricing:Automatic scale-up
The automatic scale-up feature is automatically disabled and does not generate fees. If you enable the automatic scale-up feature, you are charged based on the new instance type that is selected during the automatic scale-up. The price for a scale-up varies based on the instance configuration, such as the region and the new instance type. For more information, visit the ApsaraDB RDS buy page.
Automatic storage expansionThe pricing is the same as that for manual storage expansion. For more information, see Change the specifications of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance.
Internet-based connection
- Definition: Fees for connecting to RDS instances by using public endpoints. For more information, see Apply for or release a public endpoint.
- Billing: You are currently not charged for the inbound or outbound Internet traffic that you use to connect to your RDS instance. However, it may become a paid feature in the future.