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    Database Autonomy Service:Billing details

    Last Updated:Jul 03, 2026

    Billing, expiration, overdue payment handling, and renewal rules differ across paid editions of Database Autonomy Service (DAS). The free Basic Edition is not covered.

    Important

    Please refer to the product page for final pricing.

    Billing

    Important

    You can no longer purchase Enterprise Edition V0, V1, or V2. You also can no longer increase the quota for Enterprise Edition V1.

    DAS Agent

    Chinese mainland regions

    Edition

    Max managed instances

    Max agents

    Character usage

    Concurrency limit

    List price

    Basic Edition

    10

    1

    Billed monthly with overage charges.

    1

    USD 15/month. Includes a 100,000-character usage quota. Usage that exceeds the quota is billed at USD 0.00021 per character.

    Enterprise Edition-SAAS

    20

    Unlimited

    Unlimited usage

    3

    USD 1,500/month

    40

    3

    USD 3,000/month

    60

    3

    USD 4,500/month

    80

    3

    USD 6,000/month

    100

    3

    USD 7,500/month

    200

    3

    USD 15,000/month

    300

    3

    USD 22,500/month

    400

    3

    USD 30,000/month

    500

    5

    USD 37,500/month

    600

    5

    USD 45,000/month

    700

    5

    USD 52,500/month

    800

    5

    USD 60,000/month

    900

    5

    USD 67,500/month

    1000

    5

    USD 75,000/month

    Other regions

    Edition

    Max managed instances

    Max agents

    Character usage

    Concurrency limit

    List price

    Basic Edition

    10

    1

    Billed monthly with overage charges.

    1

    USD 30/month. Includes a 100,000-character usage quota. Usage that exceeds the quota is billed at USD 0.00021 per character.

    Enterprise Edition-SAAS

    20

    Unlimited

    Unlimited usage

    3

    USD 2,250/month

    40

    3

    USD 4,500/month

    60

    3

    USD 6,750/month

    80

    3

    USD 9,000/month

    100

    3

    USD 11,250/month

    200

    3

    USD 22,500/month

    300

    3

    USD 33,750/month

    400

    3

    USD 45,000/month

    500

    5

    USD 56,250/month

    600

    5

    USD 67,500/month

    700

    5

    USD 78,750/month

    800

    5

    USD 90,000/month

    900

    5

    USD 101,250/month

    1000

    5

    USD 112,500/month

    • Monthly fee for the Basic Edition

      • The monthly fee includes a usage quota of 100,000 characters. Unused characters are cleared at the end of the month and cannot be rolled over to the next month or refunded.

      • If you unsubscribe early, the monthly fee is refunded on a pro-rata basis, deducting the cost for the days the service was used. For example, in regions other than China (Shanghai), if the monthly fee is USD 30, the month has 30 days, and you have used the service for 10 days, you will receive a refund of USD 20 upon unsubscription.

      • The character count in DAS Agent includes all characters in questions, answers, and O&M reports, such as letters, numbers, punctuation, spaces, and line feeds.

      • To provide a "What You See Is What You Get" (WYSIWYG) experience, DAS Agent uses character-based billing instead of token-based metering. For example, when you ask if an instance is abnormal, DAS Agent may check multiple metrics, such as CPU utilization, I/O, queries per second (QPS), transactions per second (TPS), and memory. It may also review slow SQL lists, lock analysis results, and even security risk detection results. The agent's inference determines the specific checks performed, which typically cover these common issue types. This process can consume a large number of tokens. If an issue is found, the response can be thousands of characters long. If no issues are found, the response might be as short as "This instance has no exceptions in its current state." To provide a more intuitive understanding of usage, we bill by the number of characters in the Q&A. A typical Q&A session for SQL optimization or CPU utilization anomaly diagnosis consumes about 1,000 to 5,000 characters. An O&M report consumes about 5,000 characters. The Basic Edition monthly fee covers approximately 15 to 50 diagnoses or reports, depending on Q&A complexity. You can view the character usage of each historical conversation or O&M report on the DAS Agent details page.

    O&M service (formerly Economy Edition)

    Pricing: USD 45/month/instance

    Note

    Promotional price: USD 15/month/instance

    Security services

    Billable item

    Billing object

    Specification

    Pricing

    Description

    Security management (SecurityManagement_Amount)

    Number of instances

    Unlimited

    USD 20/instance/month

    The security management feature provides a comprehensive database security solution. It unifies management of SSL certificates and allow lists and uses automated security baseline checks to continuously detect configuration risks, such as weak passwords and insecure backup or audit settings. This improves the security posture of your databases. Each instance consumes one security management quota.

    Sensitive data detection

    (DCG_Amount)

    Number of database tables (X)

    0 to 50,000

    USD 80 per 10,000 tables/month

    • Each table scanned by a detection task consumes one quota. The quota is consumed upon use and does not roll over to the next month.

    • The unit price decreases as your usage increases.

    Note

    You receive a complimentary quota for 100 table scans to help you get started.

    60,000 to 100,000

    USD 60 per 10,000 tables/month

    110,000 to 500,000

    USD 40 per 10,000 tables/month

    510,000 or more

    USD 20 per 10,000 tables/month

    Column encryption

    (CLE_Amount)

    Number of database columns (Y)

    5

    USD 498/month

    • You can encrypt columns identified as containing sensitive data. Encrypting a column consumes one quota. Decrypting a column restores the quota.

    • The unit price decreases as your usage increases.

    10

    USD 598/month

    15

    USD 699/month

    20

    USD 798/month

    25

    USD 898/month

    30

    USD 996/month

    35

    USD 1,092/month

    40

    USD 1,198/month

    45

    USD 1,287/month

    50

    USD 1,398/month

    51 to 100

    USD 25/column/month

    101 to 200

    USD 20/column/month

    201 to 300

    USD 15/column/month

    301 to 400

    USD 12/column/month

    401 to 500

    USD 11/column/month

    501 to 600

    USD 10/column/month

    601 to 700

    USD 9/column/month

    701 to 800

    USD 8/column/month

    801 to 900

    USD 7/column/month

    901 to 1,000

    USD 6/column/month

    More than 1,000

    USD 5/column/month

    Audit log (NoSQL compatible)

    Billable item

    Billing method

    Daily unit price

    Description

    log traffic

    pay-as-you-go

    USD 0.04/GB

    Default fee.

    This pay-as-you-go fee applies when logs are ingested into storage and covers basic processes like collection, transmission, and writing.

    cold storage

    USD 0.001042/GB/hour

    Default fee.

    Cold storage fees are based on log volume and storage duration.

    • If hot storage is disabled, all logs incur cold storage fees.

    • If you enable hot storage:

      • New logs are first stored in hot storage, incurring the hot storage fee for that period.

      • After the hot storage period expires, the system automatically moves the data to cold storage at no extra cost.

    log indexing

    USD 0.04/GB

    • This fee applies when you enable the log indexing feature.

    • The system stores indexed log data in hot storage. The system automatically adapts and creates optimized indexes to improve data read speed.

    hot storage

    USD 0.00133/GB/hour

    • Hot storage fees are based on log volume and storage duration.

    • After the hot storage period expires, the system automatically moves the data to cold storage at no extra cost.

    • Hot storage retains logs for a maximum of 7 days.

    Billing example

    Audit Log (NoSQL Compatible) provides features such as log queries, online analysis, and data exports. It helps security auditors quickly detect unusual data operations and identify who made changes and when. It also helps business systems meet security and compliance requirements and assists developers and O&M engineers in troubleshooting performance issues.

    Suppose your instance ingests 10 GB of log data daily. You set the Select the storage duration of SQL logs. to 180 days, enable log indexing, and configure a hot storage period of 7 days for performance troubleshooting.

    Note

    • The SQL Log Storage Duration is the total retention period for your SQL logs, which are stored in cold storage by default.

    • To meet compliance regulations in the Chinese mainland, the cold storage period must be at least 180 days.

    Feature

    Billable item

    Daily unit price

    Daily usage

    Daily fee

    SQL logs

    log traffic

    USD 0.04/GB

    10 GB

    USD 0.4

    cold storage

    USD 0.001042/GB/hour

    Day 1: 10 GB

    Day 2: 20 GB

    ...

    Day 173: 1,730 GB

    10 * (180 - 7) * 0.001042 * 24 = USD 43.25

    log indexing

    log indexing

    USD 0.04/GB

    10 GB

    USD 0.4

    hot storage

    USD 0.00133/GB/hour

    After enabling the feature:

    Day 1: 10 GB

    Day 2: 20 GB

    ...

    Day 7: 70 GB

    (After 7 days, data in hot storage expires and is moved to cold storage.)

    Daily fee from Day 7 onward:

    10 * 7 * 0.00133 * 24 = USD 2.23
    Note

    The type of audit log records affects the volume of stored logs and their associated fees. You can customize the configuration after you enable this feature.

    Enterprise Edition V3

    Important

    To meet the backup and recovery requirements for database audit logs required by regulations such as GDPR and China's Multi-Level Protection Scheme (MLPS), Enterprise Edition V3 enhances long-term storage (180 days or more) with multi-AZ backup, accidental deletion recovery, and long-term retention features.

    Billing

    image

    Billable item

    Billing method

    Pricing in the Chinese mainland

    Pricing in Hong Kong (China) and other regions

    Description

    Log traffic

    (DataIngestion)

    pay-as-you-go

    USD 0.04/GB

    USD 0.06/GB

    Default fee.

    This fee is for the volume of data ingested, covering collection, transmission, and writing to storage.

    Log indexing

    (RealTimeSearchAnalytics)

    USD 0.04/GB

    USD 0.06/GB

    • This fee applies when you enable log indexing.

    • Data for log indexing is stored in hot storage, where the system automatically creates optimized indexes to accelerate data reads.

    • After logs are ingested into hot storage, no storage fee is charged for the first day.

    SQL Explorer

    (InsightAnalysis)

    USD 0.0134/GB

    USD 0.02/GB

    This fee is charged based on the amount of log data processed by SQL Explorer for automatic aggregation and analysis.

    Hot storage

    (SqlInsightHotDataSize)

    USD 0.00167/GB/day

    USD 0.0025/GB/day

    • The fee for hot storage is charged based on log volume and storage duration.

    • Logs can be stored in hot storage for a maximum of 7 days.

    • After logs are ingested into hot storage, no storage fee is charged for the first day.

    • If you enable cold storage, logs are automatically moved from hot storage to cold storage for free when the hot storage period expires.

    Cold storage

    (SqlInsightColdDataSize)

    USD 0.0005/GB/day

    USD 0.00075/GB/day

    Default fee.

    The fee for cold storage is charged based on log volume and storage duration.

    • If hot storage is not enabled, logs are stored only in cold storage. No storage fee is charged for the first 30 days.

    • If you enable hot storage:

      • Newly ingested logs are first stored in hot storage (free for the first day). You are charged for hot storage for the duration of (Hot storage duration - 1 day).

      • After the hot storage period expires, logs are automatically moved to cold storage free of charge. No fee is charged during the subsequent cold storage period of (30 days - Hot storage duration).

    Cold query

    (SqlScanDataSize)

    USD 0.0025/GB

    USD 0.00375/GB

    This fee is based on the volume of data scanned during offline queries on logs in cold storage.

    Download

    USD 0.067/GB

    USD 0.1/GB

    The fee for exporting or dumping data is waived while this feature is in public preview.

    Security audit

    (SecurityAudit)

    USD 0.08/GB

    USD 0.12/GB

    When you use the new version of security audit, you are billed based on either a minimum charge (USD 0.1042/hour/instance) or the volume of logs processed, whichever is higher.

    Note

    If the fee calculated based on your actual log volume exceeds the minimum charge, you are billed for the log volume. Otherwise, the minimum charge applies.

    To view security audit bills, select AI-Native Database Service for Product Name and select Database Security Agent for Commodity Name.

    Redacted log delivery

    (PSQLDelivery)

    USD 0.1333/GB

    USD 0.2/GB

    When you use redacted log delivery, you are billed based on either a minimum charge (USD 2.5/day) or the volume of logs processed, whichever is higher.

    Note

    If the fee calculated based on your actual log volume exceeds the minimum charge, you are billed for the log volume. Otherwise, the minimum charge applies.

    Insights delivery

    (InsightDelivery)

    USD 0.06/hour

    USD 0.09/hour

    This fee is charged per hour when you use insights delivery.

    Enterprise Edition V2

    Billable item

    Billing method

    Chinese mainland, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), and Indonesia (Jakarta) pricing

    Hong Kong (China) and Singapore pricing

    Description

    Hot storage (SqlInsightHotDataSize)

    Pay-as-you-go

    USD 0.00145/GB/hour

    USD 0.002175/GB/hour

    Data is stored on high-performance devices for query acceleration and SQL aggregation. SQL Explorer and audit data from the last 7 days use the hot storage tier.

    Cold storage (SqlInsightColdDataSize)

    USD 0.00018/GB/hour

    USD 0.00027/GB/hour

    Data is stored on low-cost devices to reduce usage costs. The system automatically moves SQL Explorer and audit data older than 7 days from hot storage to cold storage. Queries on cold storage data are slower than queries on hot storage data.

    Data query fee (SqlScanDataSize)

    USD 0.029/GB

    USD 0.0435/GB

    A pay-as-you-go data query fee is charged for querying data in cold storage.

    Security audit (SecurityAudit)

    USD 0.08/GB

    USD 0.12/GB

    • Optional. You can enable or disable this feature at any time.

    • For the new version of security audit, you are billed for the greater of the log volume cost or a minimum consumption fee of USD 0.1042/hour/instance.

      Note

      The minimum consumption fee applies unless the usage-based fee for your log volume is higher.

      To view security audit bills, select AI-Native Database Service for Product Name and select Database Security Agent for Commodity Name.

    Enterprise Edition V1 and V0

    Important

    Only Enterprise Edition V1 is billed on a subscription basis.

    Billable item

    Billing method

    Pricing

    Description

    Subscription fee

    subscription

    USD 6.2/instance/month

    The number of billable instances is your Enterprise Edition V1 quota, which is the total number of database instances eligible for DAS Professional Edition V1.

    For example, if your Enterprise Edition V1 quota is 3 and you have enabled DAS Professional Edition for 1 database instance, your subscription fee for DAS Professional Edition is USD 6.2/month × 3 = USD 18.6/month.

    Important

    Only Enterprise Edition V1 is billed on a subscription basis.

    Storage fee for SQL Explorer (sql_storage_used)

    pay-as-you-go

    • Free quota: 5 GB of storage.

      Important

      The free storage quota is available only for Enterprise Edition V1.

    • Overage fee: USD 0.0013/GB/hour.

    Pricing for the Chinese mainland, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), and Indonesia (Jakarta).

    • Free quota: 3 GB of storage.

      Important

      The free storage quota is available only for Enterprise Edition V1.

    • Overage fee: USD 0.0019/GB/hour.

    Pricing for Hong Kong (China) and Singapore.

    Security audit (SecurityAudit)

    • Chinese mainland: USD 0.08/GB.

    • Hong Kong (China) and other regions: USD 0.12/GB.

    • Optional. You can enable or disable this feature separately.

    • When you use the new security audit feature, you are billed based on either a minimum charge (USD 0.1042/hour/instance) or the volume of logs processed, whichever is higher.

      Note

      If the fee calculated based on your actual log volume exceeds the minimum charge, you are billed for the log volume. Otherwise, the minimum charge applies.

      To view security audit bills, select AI-Native Database Service for Product Name and select Database Security Agent for Commodity Name.

    Expiration policy

    When your subscription for DAS O&M Service (formerly Economy Edition), Audit Log, or DAS Agent expires, you lose access to the features of that edition.

    Edition

    Expiration condition

    Impact of expiration

    Audit Log

    The subscription is not renewed before it expires.

    • The system automatically disables Audit Log, DAS O&M Service (formerly Economy Edition), and DAS Agent.

    • The system purges data related to Audit Log, DAS O&M Service (formerly Economy Edition), and DAS Agent.

    • Data in Audit Log V3 storage disks is not purged when the disks expire. For regulatory compliance, if an instance has the Audit Log V3 feature enabled with a storage period longer than 180 days, the system continues to write logs based on a 180-day retention policy. However, you no longer benefit from the pricing discount for fixed-capacity storage disks. Storage fees for new logs are charged daily on a pay-as-you-go basis.

    Note

    • To prevent data loss, renew your subscription before it expires. For more information, see Manage renewals.

    • For more information about the features of Audit Log and DAS O&M Service (formerly Economy Edition), see DAS editions.

    DAS O&M Service (formerly Economy Edition)

    DAS Agent
    Note

    When your subscription to DAS O&M Service (formerly Economy Edition) or Audit Log expires, you can still use DAS Basic Edition features. For more information, see DAS editions.

    Overdue payments

    If your Alibaba Cloud account has an overdue payment, DAS Professional Edition on your account becomes overdue. An overdue payment does not affect the subscription-based O&M Service (formerly Economy Edition).

    Enterprise Edition V3

    Overdue period

    DAS Enterprise Edition status

    Recovery method

    The payment is overdue for 15 days or less.

    The service is not terminated.

    Add funds to your account promptly to avoid service termination.

    The payment is overdue for more than 15 days.

    • The service is stopped and released.

    • Historical data is purged.

    Add funds to your account to resume normal operations and data collection.

    Important

    Historical data has been purged and cannot be recovered.

    Enterprise Edition V2

    Overdue period

    DAS Enterprise Edition status

    Recovery method

    The payment is overdue for 15 days or less.

    The service is not terminated.

    Add funds to your account promptly to avoid service termination.

    The payment is overdue for more than 15 days.

    • The service is stopped and released.

    • Historical data is purged.

    Add funds to your account to resume normal operations and data collection.

    Important

    Historical data has been purged and cannot be recovered.

    Enterprise Edition V1 and Enterprise Edition V0

    Overdue period

    DAS Enterprise Edition status

    Recovery method

    The payment is overdue for 15 days or less.

    The service is not terminated.

    Add funds to your account promptly to avoid service termination.

    The payment is overdue for more than 15 days.

    • The service is stopped and released.

    • Historical data is purged.

    Add funds to your account to resume normal operations and data collection.

    Important

    Historical data has been purged and cannot be recovered.

    DAS Agent

    Edition

    Situation

    Service status

    Recovery method

    Individual / Small Business Edition

    Auto-renewal fails

    Unavailable for the rest of the month

    Add funds to resume the service.

    A pay-as-you-go charge fails, for example, if usage exceeds 100,000 characters and the account has an overdue payment.

    Unavailable for the rest of the month

    Add funds to resume the service.

    Service stopped and released

    Service terminated

    Repurchase and reconfigure the service.

    The monthly fee payment fails again in the following month.

    —

    —

    Enterprise Edition

    Auto-renewal fails

    Unavailable for the rest of the month

    Add funds to resume the service.

    Auto-renewal has failed for a full month.

    —

    Repurchase and reconfigure the service.
    Note

    The usage history for DAS Agent is retained for one month. If the monthly fee for the Individual / Small Business Edition is not paid for the following month, or if auto-renewal for the Enterprise Edition fails for one full month, the usage history for the DAS Agent is purged. Save your data promptly to prevent its loss.

    Renewals

    • DAS Enterprise Edition V1 fees include a subscription fee and a storage fee for SQL Explorer. Renewals cover only the subscription period. The SQL Explorer storage fee is pay-as-you-go and does not require renewal. Keep a sufficient balance in your Alibaba Cloud account.

    • DAS O&M Service (formerly Economy Edition) is a subscription service that requires renewal.

    • DAS Agent is a subscription service that requires renewal.

    DAS supports manual renewal and auto-renewal to extend the service period. For more information, see Manage renewals.

    Unsubscription

    Important

    • Unsubscribing from DAS Enterprise Edition disables all paid and enhanced features for the database instance, such as SQL Explorer and Audit, and purges all related service data. If you only want to reduce storage costs, you can reduce the storage duration for SQL Explorer and Audit data.

    • Canceling your DAS O&M Service (formerly Economy Edition) subscription disables all its value-added and new features and purges all its historical data.

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