DataWorks costs comprise three main components: edition fees for feature access, resource group fees for running tasks, and overage fees for services like Data Quality and Intelligent Monitoring. Compute and storage costs for underlying engines, such as MaxCompute, are billed separately.
Overview
1. Software fees
Purchasing an edition only unlocks its features. You are billed separately for resources consumed by running tasks.
Software fees are the fixed costs for using the features of a specific DataWorks edition. These fees are typically paid on a subscription basis and unlock different levels of platform capabilities.
Billable item | Description | Billing method | Reference(s) |
Free Edition | The Basic Edition provides fundamental development and scheduling features and is ideal for individual developers. | Only subscription is supported. | |
Paid editions | The Standard Edition, Professional Edition, and Enterprise Edition offer more advanced features for development, governance, security, and operations. | ||
Value-added modules | Data Modeling supports dimensional modeling. It lets you plan and design your data warehouse, establish corporate data standards, and define data metrics. |
2. Resource group fees
Resource group fees are the core costs for running tasks, such as data synchronization or task scheduling, in DataWorks.
Billable item | Description | Billing method | Reference(s) |
Serverless resource groups | Supports scheduling, data integration, and DataService Studio tasks without categorization. | Supports pay-as-you-go and subscription. | |
Task Scheduling | Task scheduling fees apply when you use a serverless resource group to run scheduling tasks. | A daily free quota is provided. Overage is billed based on the number of successful instances per day. | |
Exclusive resource groups (no longer recommended) | Platform-hosted resource groups, including exclusive resources for scheduling, Data Integration, and DataService Studio. | Only subscription is supported. | Billing for legacy resource groups New users can no longer purchase legacy resource groups. |
Shared resource groups (no longer recommended) | Shared resources from DataWorks, available to any tenant. | Only pay-as-you-go is supported. |
3. Other fees
These features are activated upon first use. A free quota is provided, and overage is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis. Monitor your usage closely to avoid unexpected charges.
Billable item | Description | Billing method | Reference(s) |
Internet traffic | You incur Internet traffic fees when a Data Integration task on an exclusive resource group connects to a data source over a public IP address. | Billed per GB. | |
Intelligent Baseline | Intelligent Baseline monitors task status. Enabled baselines generate baseline instances. | A daily free quota for baseline instances is provided. Overage is billed based on the number of baseline instances per day. | |
Alert SMS and phone calls | Fees for text messages and phone calls sent as monitoring alerts. | A monthly free quota is provided for both text messages and phone calls. Overage is billed per message and per call, respectively. | |
Data Quality | Data Quality monitors the data quality of tables produced by your tasks. | A daily free quota for successful rule validations is provided. Overage is billed based on the number of successful instances per day. | |
OpenAPI | DataWorks provides OpenAPI for custom business development. | A free call quota is provided. Overage is billed per 10,000 calls per month. Important Overage billing is supported only for the Enterprise Edition. |
4. Third-party service fees
DataWorks is a platform for task development and scheduling. It orchestrates and submits tasks, but underlying compute engines (such as MaxCompute, Hologres, and EMR) handle the actual data computation and storage.
Therefore, your total data development costs include the following independently billed components:
Compute fees: Compute engines like MaxCompute and EMR charge these fees based on the complexity and duration of your SQL or MapReduce tasks.
Storage fees: Storage services like MaxCompute and OSS charge these fees based on the amount of data you store.
DataWorks does not charge these fees. The respective service providers bill you directly.