The following content describes the billing rules for different Alibaba Cloud products that provide inter-region access:
Global Accelerator (GA) and Anycast Elastic IP Address (EIP): Pay-by-dominant-data-transfer is used. You are charged for the inbound or outbound data transfers whose volume is greater.
Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN) and virtual private cloud (VPC) peering connection: Pay-by-outbound-data-transfer is used. Data transfers in each region are billed.
The inter-region data transfers of CEN support two service levels: Platinum and Gold. The other inter-region data transfers of other Alibaba Cloud products only support the service level Gold.
Product | Service level | Service availability | Scenario |
| Platinum | 99.995% | Applicable to business with extremely high real-time requirements, such as securities transactions and financial payments. The business features high data transmission quality and low latency. |
| Gold | 99.95% | Applicable to business with high real-time requirements, such as online conferencing, audio and videos, and gaming. |
Inter-region data transfers are classified into the following categories:
Local data transfers: Data is transmitted between regions in the Chinese mainland or between regions outside the Chinese mainland.
Cross-border data transfers: Data is transmitted between regions in the Chinese mainland and regions outside the Chinese mainland.
The service level is Gold, and the prices are as follows:
District (to) | |||||
District (from) | Chinese mainland | Asia Pacific | Europe | North America | Middle East and South America |
Chinese mainland (USD/GB) | 0.09 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 |
Asia Pacific (USD/GB) | 0.80 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.38 |
Europe (USD/GB) | 0.80 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.38 |
North America (USD/GB) | 0.80 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.38 |
Middle East and South America (USD/GB) | 0.80 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.38 |
The service level is Platinum, and the prices are as follows:
District (to) | |||||
District (from) | Chinese mainland | Asia Pacific | Europe | North America | Middle East and South America |
Chinese mainland (USD/GB) | 0.135 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.20 |
Asia Pacific (USD/GB) | 1.20 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.57 |
Europe (USD/GB) | 1.20 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.075 | 0.57 |
North America (USD/GB) | 1.20 | 0.12 | 0.075 | 0.03 | 0.57 |
Middle East and South America (USD/GB) | 1.20 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.57 |
For more information about supported regions and access points, see Regions in which CDT supports billing for inter-region data transfers.
The actual prices on your bills shall prevail.
Example
You created a CEN instance in May 2023 and activated CDT. The service level is Gold, and data is transmitted between regions in the Chinese mainland. The amount of outbound data transfers incurred in a region (Region A) in the Chinese mainland is 200 GB, and the amount of outbound data transfers incurred in another region (Region B) in the Chinese mainland is 100 GB. The fee is calculated based on the following equation:
0.09 USD/GB × 200 GB + 0.09 USD/GB × 100 GB = USD 27