Billing details - Data Lake Formation - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

This topic describes the billable items and cost components of a DLF catalog.

Overview

DLF is billed per catalog. Costs include lakehouse table storage and optimization/management. You are billed based on actual usage.

Note

Internet traffic and object tagging are currently free. You'll be notified before billing begins.

Billable items

Cost component	Billable item	Description	Billing rule	Billing cycle
Table storage	Storage consumption	Billing is based on the amount of table data stored, including data in DLF Paimon managed storage. Choose zone-redundant storage (ZRS) or locally redundant storage (LRS) based on your availability needs.	Storage costs Billed by product region, file storage class, redundancy type, capacity, and duration. Minimum storage duration & early deletion fees Some storage classes have minimum durations: Infrequent Access (IA): 30 days (720 hours) Archive: 60 days (1440 hours) Cold Archive: 180 days (2880 hours) Deleting or changing the storage class before minimum duration incurs fees for the remaining period. Example (IA) Deleting after 20 days incurs charges for the remaining 10 days. Archive and Cold Archive follow the same rule with different minimum durations.	Hourly Note Storage pricing calculation: Unit prices are in USD/GB/month, but billing is hourly. Formula: `Actual resource usage × Hourly unit price`. Conversion: To calculate costs, convert monthly unit price to hourly: `Hourly unit price = Monthly unit price / 30 days / 24 hours`. Example: If the unit price for Standard ZRS is 0.02552 USD/GB/month, the hourly unit price is approximately `0.00003544 USD/GB/hour (0.02552÷30÷24)`.
	Data request	All interactions with table files (APIs, SDKs, console) are charged per API call. Accessing Cold Archive data incurs additional data retrieval costs.	Billed by request type and count.	Hourly
	Data retrieval	Includes IA retrieval, Archive instant retrieval, and Cold Archive.	Billed by retrieval type and the amount of data retrieved.	Hourly
	Temporary storage	During data restoration from Cold Archive, a temporary replica is created in Standard LRS for access. You're charged for this replica until the restore period ends, after which it's automatically deleted.	Billed by temporary storage size.	Hourly
Table optimization and management	Compute Units (CUs)	Billed based on CU consumption for table optimization and management, including compaction, cleanup (snapshots, partitions, orphan files), and bucket rebalancing.	Billed based on your billing method and actual CU usage.	Subscription: Billed monthly. Pay-as-you-go: Billed hourly.

Billing methods

Pay-as-you-go (default)

All billable items are billed on a pay-as-you-go basis by default.

This postpaid model charges you for actual usage after it happens, with no upfront commitment. It's ideal for unpredictable demands or short-term projects.

Hybrid (pay-as-you-go+subscription)

The subscription billing model applies to CU consumption. Your CU usage is covered by your subscription first; any excess is billed pay-as-you-go.

The hybrid model combines cost savings of subscription with the flexibility of pay-as-you-go. Perfect for workloads with both stable needs and variable elastic demands.

Unit prices

Important

Pricing varies by region. Check your final bill for exact charges.

Table storage

Storage usage

Storage			Unit price
Region(s)	Storage class	Storage redundancy type	Storage (USD/GB/month)
China (Beijing) China (Shanghai) China (Hangzhou) China (Shenzhen) China (Ulanqab)	Standard	ZRS	0.02552
	Standard	LRS	0.01903
	IA	ZRS	0.0155
	IA	LRS	0.012
	Archive	ZRS	0.0051
	Archive	LRS	0.0051
	Cold Archive	LRS	0.0022
China (Hong Kong)	Standard	ZRS	0.022
	Standard	LRS	0.0187
	IA	ZRS	0.01173
	IA	LRS	0.00935
	Archive	ZRS	0.0045
	Archive	LRS	0.0045
	Cold Archive	LRS	0.002
Singapore	Standard	ZRS	0.022
	Standard	LRS	0.0187
	IA	ZRS	0.01173
	IA	LRS	0.00935
	Archive	ZRS	0.0045
	Archive	LRS	0.0045
	Cold Archive	LRS	0.002
Indonesia (Jakarta)	Standard	ZRS	0.022
	Standard	LRS	0.0187
	IA	ZRS	0.01173
	IA	LRS	0.00935
	Archive	ZRS	0.0045
	Archive	LRS	0.0045
	Cold Archive	LRS	0.002
Japan (Tokyo)	Standard	ZRS	0.022
	Standard	LRS	0.0187
	IA	ZRS	0.01173
	IA	LRS	0.00935
	Archive	ZRS	0.0045
	Archive	LRS	0.0045
	Cold Archive	LRS	0.002
Germany (Frankfurt)	Standard	ZRS	0.022
	Standard	LRS	0.0187
	IA	ZRS	0.01148
	IA	LRS	0.00918
	Archive	ZRS	0.0041
	Archive	LRS	0.0041
	Cold Archive	LRS	0.0018
US (Silicon Valley)	Standard	ZRS	0.022
	Standard	LRS	0.0176
	IA	ZRS	N/A
	IA	LRS	0.00978
	Archive	ZRS	N/A
	Archive	LRS	0.0045
	Cold Archive	LRS	0.002
US (Virginia)	Standard	ZRS	0.022
	Standard	LRS	0.0176
	IA	ZRS	N/A
	IA	LRS	0.0085
	Archive	ZRS	N/A
	Archive	LRS	0.0036
	Cold Archive	LRS	0.00099

Data request

Storage		Unit price
Region(s)	Storage class	PUT requests (USD/10,000 requests) Includes uploads, copies, and deletes.	GET requests (USD/10,000 requests) Includes reads.	Retrieval requests (USD/10,000 requests) Generated when restoring data from Cold Archive.
China (Beijing) China (Shanghai) China (Hangzhou) China (Shenzhen) China (Ulanqab)	Standard	0.001563	0.001563	N/A
	IA	0.015	0.015	N/A
	Archive	0.016	0.016	N/A
	Cold Archive	0.016	0.016	0.5
China (Hong Kong)	Standard	0.016	0.001	N/A
	IA	0.014	0.001	N/A
	Archive	0.05	0.01	N/A
	Cold Archive	0.05	0.01	N/A
Singapore	Standard	0.05	0.01	0.5
	IA	0.015629	0.001	N/A
	Archive	0.014	0.001	N/A
	Cold Archive	0.05	0.01	N/A
Indonesia (Jakarta)	Standard	0.05	0.01	N/A
	IA	0.05	0.01	0.5
	Archive	0.014	0.001	N/A
	Cold Archive	0.05	0.01	N/A
Japan (Tokyo)	Standard	0.05	0.01	N/A
	IA	0.05	0.01	0.5
	Archive	0.0157	0.0016	N/A
	Cold Archive	0.014	0.0014	N/A
Germany (Frankfurt)	Standard	0.05	0.01	N/A
	IA	0.05	0.01	N/A
	Archive	0.05	0.01	0.5
	Cold Archive	0.0157	0.0016	N/A
US (Silicon Valley)	Standard	0.014	0.0014	N/A
	IA	0.05	0.01	N/A
	Archive	0.05	0.01	N/A
	Cold Archive	0.05	0.01	0.5
US (Virginia)	Standard	0.014	0.001	N/A
	IA	0.05	0.01	N/A
	Archive	0.05	0.01	N/A
	Cold Archive	0.05	0.01	0.5

Data retrieval

Storage			Unit price
Region(s)	Storage class	Retrieval type	Retrieved data size (USD/GB)
China (Beijing) China (Shanghai) China (Hangzhou) China (Shenzhen) China (Ulanqab)	IA	IA retrieval	0.005
	Archive	Archive instant retrieval	0.03
	Cold Archive	Cold Archive restore	0.01
China (Hong Kong)	IA	IA retrieval	0.01
	Archive	Archive instant retrieval	0.03
	Cold Archive	Cold Archive restore	0.01
Singapore	IA	IA retrieval	0.0075
	Archive	Archive instant retrieval	0.03
	Cold Archive	Cold Archive restore	0.01
Indonesia (Jakarta)	IA	IA retrieval	0.0075
	Archive	Archive instant retrieval	0.03
	Cold Archive	Cold Archive restore	0.01
Japan (Tokyo)	IA	IA retrieval	0.0075
	Archive	Archive instant retrieval	0.03
	Cold Archive	Cold Archive restore	0.01
Germany (Frankfurt)	IA	IA retrieval	0.0075
	Archive	Archive instant retrieval	0.03
	Cold Archive	Cold Archive restore	0.01
US (Silicon Valley)	IA	IA retrieval	0.0075
	Archive	Archive instant retrieval	0.03
	Cold Archive	Cold Archive restore	0.01
US (Virginia)	IA	IA retrieval	0.0075
	Archive	Archive instant retrieval	0.03
	Cold Archive	Cold Archive restore	0.01

Temporary storage

Region(s)	Unit price (USD/GB/month)
China (Beijing) China (Shanghai) China (Hangzhou) China (Shenzhen) China (Ulanqab)	0.0173


China (Hong Kong)	0.016
Singapore	0.016
Indonesia (Jakarta)	0.016
Japan (Tokyo)	0.016
Germany (Frankfurt)	0.016
US (Silicon Valley)	0.016
US (Virginia)	0.016

Table management and optimization

Pay-as-you-go CUs

Region	Unit price (USD/CU/hour)
China (Beijing)	0.06
China (Shanghai)	0.06
China (Hangzhou)	0.06
China (Shenzhen)	0.06
China (Ulanqab)	0.044
China (Hong Kong)	0.09
Germany (Frankfurt)	0.1
Indonesia (Jakarta)	0.08
Singapore	0.09
Japan (Tokyo)	0.1
US (Silicon Valley)	0.07
US (Virginia)	0.07

Subscription CUs

Region	Unit price (USD/month)
China (Beijing)	31.26
China (Shanghai)	31.26
China (Hangzhou)	31.26
China (Shenzhen)	31.26
China (Ulanqab)	21
China (Hong Kong)	47.55
Germany (Frankfurt)	48.4
Indonesia (Jakarta)	42.23
Singapore	45.94
Japan (Tokyo)	50.95
US (Silicon Valley)	37.35
US (Virginia)	35.96

Overdue payment impact (after billing starts):

0-72 hours overdue:
- Managed metadata & stored data: unaffected.
- Restrictions: Cannot create new resources (catalogs, DBs, tables), modify tables, or start optimization tasks.
72-360 hours overdue:
- Resource usage suspended.
- Running optimization tasks stopped.
- Metadata API calls prohibited.
360+ hours overdue:
- Resources released and deleted: metadata (DBs, tables, partitions), stored data, and catalog.
- Console inaccessible.

Important

Data is permanently deleted after catalog removal. Back up important data beforehand.