This topic describes the billing rules of the computing power provided by Container Compute Service (ACS) and the billing rules of cloud services required by ACS.
ACS fees
No cluster management fee is charged for ACS clusters. The ACS fees include only the ACS container compute power fee and cloud service fee.
ACS container compute power fee
Precautions
You are charged for pods based on the vCPU and memory specifications that you specify when you create the pods. If the vCPU and memory specifications that you specify are not supported by ACS, ACS automatically adjusts the specifications. You are charged based on the adjusted specifications.
Billing formula
Fee for a single ACS pod = (Number of vCPUs × Unit price of vCPUs + Memory size × Unit price of memory) × Billing duration
Fee for a single ACS GPU-accelerated pod = (Number of vCPUs × Unit price of vCPUs + Memory size × Unit price of memory + Number of GPUs × Unit price of GPUs) × Billing duration
For more information, see Billing rules.
Metering method
Pay-as-you-go fees are charged on a per-second basis by pod. Bills are generated on an hourly basis.
General-purpose pod billing
Region | Pod type | QoS class | Billable item (billed on a per-second basis) | |
vCPU | Memory (GiB) | |||
Chinese mainland | General-purpose | default | 0.0000026 USD/second (USD 0.00936/hour) | 0.00000128 USD/second (USD 0.0046/hour) |
best-effort | 0.00000052 USD/second (USD 0.001872/hour) | 0.00000025 USD/second (USD 0.0009/hour) | ||
Performance-enhanced | default | 0.0000034 USD/second (USD 0.01224/hour) | 0.00000167 USD/second (USD 0.006/hour) | |
China (Hong Kong) and regions outside China | General-purpose | default | 0.00000381 USD/second (USD 0.013716/hour) | 0.00000192 USD/second (USD 0.0069/hour) |
best-effort | 0.00000076 USD/second (USD 0.002736/hour) | 0.00000038 USD/second (USD 0.001368/hour) | ||
Performance-enhanced | default | 0.00000496 USD/second (USD 0.017856/hour) | 0.00000248 USD/second (USD 0.008928/hour) | |
Take a general-purpose pod in the Chinese mainland as an example. The pod specifications are 2 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory. Billing for the pod starts at 10:05 and a bill is generated at 11:00. The total fee is USD 0.05. The fee is calculated as follows: (2 vCPUs x USD 0.0000026/second + 8 GiB x USD 0.00000128/second) x 3300 seconds.
Computing-accelerated pod billing
Region | Compute class | QoS class | Billable items (billed on a per-second basis) | |||
vCPU | Memory (GiB) | GPU | ||||
Chinese mainland | gpu | default | USD 0.0000026/second (USD 0.00936/hour) | USD 0.00000128/second (USD 0.004608/hour) | T4 (16 GB of GPU memory) | USD 0.00025889/second (USD 0.932/hour) |
A10 (24 GB of GPU memory) | USD 0.00028833/second (USD 1.038/hour) | |||||
best-effort | USD 0.00000104/second (USD 0.003744/hour) | USD 0.00000051/second (USD 0.0018432/hour) | T4 (16 GB of GPU memory) | USD 0.00010356/second (USD 0.3728/hour) | ||
A10 (24 GB of GPU memory) | USD 0.00011533/second (USD 0.4152/hour) | |||||
China (Hong Kong) and regions outside China | gpu | default | USD 0.00000381/second (USD 0.0137/hour) | USD 0.00000192/second (USD 0.0069/hour) | T4 (16 GB of GPU memory) | USD 0.00012222/second (USD 0.44/hour) |
A10 (24 GB of GPU memory) | USD 0.00039722/second (USD 1.43/hour) | |||||
best-effort | USD 0.00000152/second (USD 0.0055/hour) | USD 0.00000077/second (USD 0.0028/hour) | T4 (16 GB of GPU memory) | USD 0.00004889/second (USD 0.176/hour) | ||
A10 (24 GB of GPU memory) | USD 0.00015889/second (USD 0.572/hour) | |||||
Take a GPU-accelerated pod whose QoS class is default in the Chinese mainland as an example. The pod uses 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB of memory, and 1 T4 GPU. Billing for the pod starts at 10:05 and a bill is generated at 11:00. The total fee is USD 1.06 The fee is calculated as follows: (8 vCPUs x USD 0.0000026/second + 32 GiB x USD 0.00000128/second + 1 GPU x USD 0.00025889/second) x 3300 seconds.
Billing duration
The billing duration of an ACS pod begins when the image used by the pod starts being pulled and ends when the pod stops running. When the image is being pulled, the pod remains in the Pending state. When the pod stops running, the pod enters the Succeeded or Failed state. You do not need to pay for ACS pods that fail to be created or launched.
Billing of cloud services
If other Alibaba Cloud services are used when you use ACS clusters, you are charged based on the billing rules of the services.
Alibaba Cloud service | Type | Description | Subscription | Resource plan | Remarks |
VPC | Required | This service can be used to build networks and create routing rules for ACS clusters. For more information, see What is a VPC? | Not supported | Not supported | |
SLB | Recommended | This service allows you to enable load balancing for ACS clusters. For more information, see What is CLB? and What is ALB? |
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Container Registry | Recommended | This service ensures the security of cloud-native applications that are fully managed on the cloud and allows you to manage the lifecycle of these applications. For more information, see What is Container Registry? | Supported | Not supported | |
Simple Log Service | Recommended | This service allows you to collect and query the log data of ACS cluster components and applications. For more information, see What is Simple Log Service? | Not supported | Supported | |
EIP | Optional | This service enables Internet access for cloud resources. For more information, see What is an EIP? | Not supported | Not supported | |
NAT Gateway | Optional | This service enables Internet access for ACS clusters and allows ACS clusters to pull images over the Internet. For more information, see What is NAT Gateway? | Not supported | Supported | |
NAS | Optional | This service allows you to store application data in NAS file systems. For more information, see What is Apsara File Storage NAS? | Not supported | Supported | |
Object Storage Service (OSS) | Optional | This service allows you to store application data in OSS buckets. For more information, see What is OSS? | Not supported | Supported | |
Key Management Service (KMS) | Optional | This service allows you to manage and encrypt Secrets in ACS clusters. For more information, see What is Key Management Service? | Not supported | Not supported | |
Alibaba Cloud DNS PrivateZone | Optional | Alibaba Cloud DNS PrivateZone is a DNS resolution service for private domain names within VPCs. For more information, see What is Alibaba Cloud DNS PrivateZone? | Not supported | Not supported |
Container Registry Enterprise Edition supports only the subscription billing method. For more information, see Billing of Container Registry Enterprise Edition instances.