DataHub:Notice on a price reduction for the read traffic of DataHub

Dear Alibaba Cloud users,

Since March 31, 2025 (UTC+8), the unit price of read traffic of DataHub is reduced from USD 0.024 per GB to USD 0.0024 per GB, a 90% decrease. The price adjustment is to meet the increasing scale of streaming data that needs to be processed and minimize costs. The price adjustment is applicable to all regions where DataHub is activated.

DataHub provides the data synchronization feature free of charge for batch analysis of streaming data. It allows you to synchronize data from a DataHub topic to a table by using Zero-ETL, write streaming data into data lakes and data warehouses. Data can be synchronized from DataHub to Alibaba Cloud services such as MaxCompute, Hologres, Elasticsearch, and Object Storage Service (OSS).

DataHub provides the following benefits: free data writing, free synchronization, and low-cost data reading. DataHub is also compatible with the Kafka protocol. This way, you can use messages in an easy-to-use and cost-effective manner.

Supported regions

China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Hong Kong), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Germany (Frankfurt), US (Silicon Valley), US (Virginia), and SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)

Unit price for the pay-as-you-go billing method

Description

The price adjustment takes effect from March 31, 2025 (UTC+8).