When you use Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN) for network connectivity, you must first create a transit router in the CEN instance and then use the transit router to create network instance connections. Cloud Enterprise Network charges fees for these network instance connections, including:
For intra-region connections, connection fee and traffic processing fee are charged.
For inter-region connections, inter-region bandwidth fee is charged.
Billing item
Billing item | Billing rule | Calculation formula | Minimum billing cycle | Billing method |
Connection fee | You are charged based on the number and usage duration of intra-region connections. Intra-region connections include VPC connections, ECR connections, VBR connections, and VPN connections. Usage duration refers to the period from when a network instance connection is created to when it is detached. | Unit price (USD/unit/hour) × Number of intra-region connections × Usage duration (hours) | 1 hour. If the usage duration is less than 1 hour, it is billed as 1 hour. | Pay-as-you-go |
Traffic processing fee | You are charged based on the traffic of the transit router to which intra-region connections Inbound. Multicast traffic is not subject to this rule. For more information, see Multicast billing notes. | Unit price (USD/GB) × Traffic of the transit router to which intra-region connections Inbound (GB) | 1 hour | |
Inter-region bandwidth fee | Select pay-by-data-transfer billing: You are billed based on the inter-region traffic of each transit router Outbound, and the fees are settled by Cloud Data Transfer (CDT) product. | Unit price (USD/GB) × inter-region traffic of the transit router Outbound (GB) | 1 hour | |
Select pay-by-bandwidth billing: You must first purchase a bandwidth package, and then allocate bandwidth for inter-region connections from the bandwidth package. Each bandwidth package is billed based on the bandwidth value and the subscription duration. | Unit price (USD/Mbps/month) × Bandwidth value (Mbps) × Subscription duration (month) | 1 month | Subscription |
Connection fees and traffic processing fees are settled on an hourly basis at the top of each hour. If you delete a network instance connection at a time that is not on the hour, the fees for the billing cycle are still generated as usual until the end of the current hour. For example, if you delete a transit router connection at 10:35, the connection fee and traffic processing fee from 10:00 to 11:00 are still charged to your bill.
Pricing
The prices on this page are list prices. For actual purchase prices, refer to the product buy page.
Connection fee
Region | Unit price |
China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Heyuan), China (Guangzhou), China (Qingdao), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Hohhot), China (Ulanqab), China (Chengdu), China (Zhongwei), and China (Wuhan-Local Region) | USD 0.05 per instance per hour |
Singapore, China (Hong Kong), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia (Johor), Indonesia (Jakarta), the Philippines (Manila), Japan (Tokyo), South Korea (Seoul), Thailand (Bangkok), Germany (Frankfurt), UK (London), France (Paris), US (Virginia), US (Silicon Valley), Mexico, UAE (Dubai), Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) | 0.06 USD/instance/hour |
Brazil (São Paulo) | 0.072 USD/instance/hour |
Traffic processing fee
All regions worldwide except Brazil (São Paulo): USD 0.02/GB.
Brazil (São Paulo): USD 0.024/GB.
Inter-region bandwidth fee
Pay-by-traffic
When pay-by-traffic billing is selected for inter-region bandwidth, the fees are settled by CDT.
Service level: Gold
Inbound region | ||||||
Outbound region | Chinese mainland | Asia Pacific | Europe | North America | South America | Middle East |
Chinese mainland | USD 0.072/GB | USD 0.80/GB | USD 0.80/GB | USD 0.80/GB | USD 0.80/GB | USD 0.80/GB |
Asia Pacific | USD 0.80/GB | USD 0.08/GB | USD 0.08/GB | USD 0.08/GB | USD 0.38/GB | USD 0.38/GB |
Europe | USD 0.80/GB | USD 0.08/GB | USD 0.02/GB | USD 0.05/GB | USD 0.38/GB | USD 0.38/GB |
North America | USD 0.80/GB | USD 0.08/GB | USD 0.05/GB | USD 0.02/GB | USD 0.38/GB | USD 0.38/GB |
South America | USD 0.80/GB | USD 0.38/GB | USD 0.38/GB | USD 0.38/GB | USD 0.38/GB | USD 0.38/GB |
Middle East | USD 0.80/GB | USD 0.38/GB | USD 0.38/GB | USD 0.38/GB | USD 0.38/GB | USD 0.38/GB |
The price from Region A to Region B is the same as the price from Region B to Region A.
Service level: Platinum
Inbound region | ||||||
Outbound region | Chinese mainland | Asia Pacific | Europe | North America | South America | Middle East |
Chinese mainland | USD 0.108/GB | USD 1.20/GB | USD 1.20/GB | USD 1.20/GB | USD 1.20/GB | USD 1.20/GB |
Asia Pacific | USD 1.20/GB | USD 0.12/GB | USD 0.12/GB | USD 0.12/GB | USD 0.57/GB | USD 0.57/GB |
Europe | USD 1.20/GB | USD 0.12/GB | USD 0.03/GB | USD 0.075/GB | USD 0.57/GB | USD 0.57/GB |
North America | USD 1.20/GB | USD 0.12/GB | USD 0.075/GB | USD 0.03/GB | USD 0.57/GB | USD 0.57/GB |
South America | USD 1.20/GB | USD 0.57/GB | USD 0.57/GB | USD 0.57/GB | USD 0.57/GB | USD 0.57/GB |
Middle East | USD 1.20/GB | USD 0.57/GB | USD 0.57/GB | USD 0.57/GB | USD 0.57/GB | USD 0.57/GB |
The price from region A to region B is the same as the price from region B to region A.
For a list of supported regions, see Supported regions.
The prices on your bill are final.
Pay-by-bandwidth
When you select pay-by-bandwidth:
The inter-region link type supports only "Gold".
Tiered pricing is adopted, and the total fee is the sum of the fees of all tiers. You can go to bandwidth plan purchase page to directly view the price of a target bandwidth value.
For the unit price of each tier, see the following table:
Interconnected regions | Tiered unit price of inter-region bandwidth (USD/Mbps/month) | ||
(0~100Mbps] | (101~1000Mbps] | >1000Mbps | |
Chinese Mainland - Chinese Mainland | 34 | 13 | 8 |
Asia Pacific - Asia Pacific | 28 | 19 | 16 |
Asia Pacific - North America | 72 | 43 | 37 |
Asia Pacific-Europe | 72 | 43 | 37 |
Asia Pacific-Middle East | 159 | 97 | 84 |
North America-North America | 28 | 19 | 16 |
North America-Europe | 72 | 43 | 37 |
North America-Middle East | 159 | 97 | 84 |
Europe-Europe | 28 | 19 | 16 |
Europe-Middle East | 159 | 97 | 84 |
Chinese mainland-Asia Pacific | 132 | 83 | 74 |
Chinese mainland-North America | 170 | 103 | 89 |
Chinese mainland-Europe | 153 | 93 | 81 |
Chinese mainland-Middle East | 159 | 97 | 84 |
South America-Chinese mainland | 159 | 97 | 84 |
South America-Asia Pacific | 159 | 97 | 84 |
South America-North America | 159 | 97 | 84 |
South America-Europe | 159 | 97 | 84 |
South America-Middle East | 159 | 97 | 84 |
Inter-region bandwidth tiered pricing example
Assume that you purchased a bandwidth plan instance whose areas to connect are Chinese mainland and Chinese mainland, with a peak bandwidth of 110 Mbps and a subscription duration of 1 month. The fee of the bandwidth plan is:
USD 34/Mbps/month × 100 Mbps × 1 month + USD 13/Mbps/month × 10 Mbps × 1 month = USD 3530
From March 31, 2021, Alibaba Cloud offers a free trial of Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN) bandwidth plans for first-time buyers who have Alibaba Cloud accounts. The free trial lasts for 1 month, and the free bandwidth is 5 Mbps or less. For more information about the promotion, see Free trial: subscription bandwidth plans for CEN.
Link type
Inter-region links support two types: "Gold" and "Platinum", which provide traffic transmission services at different service levels:
Link type | Service availability | Applicable business scenarios |
Gold | 99.95% | Suitable for services that are not sensitive to link quality, such as data synchronization and file transfer. |
Platinum | 99.995% | Suitable for services that are highly sensitive to link jitter and latency and require high link quality, such as securities trading, online voice services, video conferencing, and real-time gaming. |
Billing examples
Example 1: Intra-region VPC interconnection
As shown in the preceding figure, assume that you have created a transit router in the China (Hangzhou) region and connected two VPCs (VPC1 and VPC2) in the region through the transit router. Within one month, VPC1 sent 100 GB of traffic to VPC2 through the transit router, and VPC2 did not send data to VPC1. In this scenario, the fees are calculated as follows:
Connection fee:
2 VPC connections, which are intra-region connections. The unit price of the connection fee is USD 0.05 per connection per hour (Chinese mainland)
Assume that one month has 30 days, that is, 30 days × 24 hours = 720 hours
USD 0.05 per connection per hour × 2 VPC connections × 720 hours = USD 72
Data processing fee:
Unit price of data processing fee USD 0.02/GB
The traffic that flows from
VPC1toTransit routeris 100 GB, and the traffic that flows fromVPC2toTransit routeris 0 GBUSD 0.02/GB×(100 GB+0 GB)=USD 2
Total for 1 month:
Connection fee USD 72
Data processing fee USD 2
Total amount payable: USD 72 + USD 2 = USD 74
Example 2: Inter-region VPC connectivity
As shown in the preceding figure, assume that you have created two transit routers in one Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN), which are located in the China (Hangzhou) and China (Shanghai) regions, respectively. Each region contains one VPC (VPC1 and VPC2), and each VPC is attached to the transit router in the same region. The transit routers in the two regions are connected through an inter-region connection. Within one month, VPC1 sent 100 GB of traffic to VPC2, and VPC2 did not send data to VPC1. In this scenario, the fees are calculated as follows:
Connection fee:
The two VPC connections are intra-region connections, and the unit price of the connection fee is USD 0.05 per connection per hour (Chinese mainland)
Assume that a month has 30 days, that is, 30 days × 24 hours = 720 hours
USD 0.05 per connection per hour × 2 VPC connections × 720 hours = USD 72
Data processing fee:
Data processing fee unit price USD 0.02 per GB
The traffic that flows from
VPC1intoTransit router 1is 100 GB, and the traffic that flows fromVPC2intoTransit router 2is 0 GBUSD 0.02/GB × (100 GB + 0 GB) = USD 2
Inter-region bandwidth fee:
If you select the pay-by-data-transfer billing method and set the link type to Gold, the unit price of Inter-region data transfer is USD 0.072/GB (for connectivity within the Chinese mainland)
The inter-region traffic that flows from
Transit router 1toTransit router 2is 100 GB, and the inter-region traffic that flows fromTransit router 2toTransit router 1is 0 GBUSD 0.072/GB×(100 GB+0 GB)=USD 7.2
Total for 1 month:
Connection fee USD 72
Data transfer fee USD 2
Inter-region bandwidth fee USD 7.2 (pay-by-traffic)
Total amount to pay: USD 72 + USD 2 + USD 7.2 = USD 81.2
In the same scenario, if inter-region bandwidth is billed based on bandwidth, according to the unit price of bandwidth for communication between regions in the Chinese mainland USD 34/Mbps/month, assume that the bandwidth value of the bandwidth plan is 10 Mbps. In this case, the inter-region bandwidth fee is USD 34/Mbps/month × 10 Mbps = USD 340. Adding the connection fee and data transfer fee, the total for one month is: USD 72 + USD 2 + USD 340 = USD 414.
FAQ
Although a CCN connection is an intra-region connection, it can be created only by using a basic transit router, and no connection fee or data processing fee is charged.
For questions about cross-account, basic transit routers, and other related topics, see FAQ about billing.