Billing of Global Traffic Manager 3.0
Global Traffic Manager (GTM) 3.0 supports subscription and pay-as-you-go billing. This topic describes the billable items, pricing, and cost estimation for each billing method.
Billing methods
Global Traffic Manager 3.0 supports both subscription and pay-as-you-go billing.
Subscription
Subscription is ideal for fixed-budget scenarios. The following resources are billable:
Subscription instance: Purchase a Standard or Ultimate Edition of Global Traffic Manager for a specific period, such as a month or a year.
Detection Task Package: The Standard and Ultimate editions include 100 detection tasks per month by default. To add more health check tasks, purchase a Detection Task Package for your instance.
Subscription GTM instances
Edition | Price | Version guide |
Standard | USD 20/month | For edition differences, see Subscription instances. |
Ultimate | USD 140/month |
Detection task package
When you apply a Health Check Template to an address, one detection task is created. Each instance includes 100 detection tasks by default. Additional detection tasks can only be used with an instance and cannot be purchased or used separately.
Edition | Price |
Standard | USD 12/month for a package of 100 detection tasks. |
Ultimate | USD 48/month for a package of 100 detection tasks. |
Detection task calculation example
You apply an ICMP (Ping) Health Check Template and an HTTP Health Check Template to three IP addresses: ip1, ip2, and ip3. Total detection tasks = Number of IP addresses × Number of applied Health Check Template = 3 × 2 = 6.
Expiration
Renewal reminders are sent 7, 3, and 1 day before your instance expires.
If you do not renew before expiration, DNS resolution and health check tasks stop automatically, which may cause service access issues for your domain names.
Seven days after expiration, Global Traffic Manager 3.0 releases the instance and deletes the Access Domain configuration.
NoteThe Health Check Template, Address, and Address Pool of Global Traffic Manager 3.0 are not deleted.
Pay-as-you-go
For flexible and dynamic workloads, GTM also offers pay-as-you-go billing. The following items are billable:
Pay-as-you-go GTM instances
Billable item | Price | Description |
Domain Name Count | USD 0.015/domain name/day | Billed by the number of Access Domain (including enabled and disabled ones). Settled daily. |
DNS Query Count | USD 0.004/10,000 requests | Billed by the number of DNS queries processed by GTM. Settled daily. |
Health Probe Count | USD 1.5/10,000 checks | Billed by the number of health checks performed on your addresses. Settled daily. Important If you disable an Access Domain, health check tasks for its addresses continue to run. To stop billing, delete the health check tasks. |
SMS Alerts | USD 0.225/message | Billed by the number of text message alerts sent. Settled daily. |
DNS traffic analysis
Feature | Price | Billing cycle | Billing trigger | Description |
Alibaba Cloud DNS Storage and Analytics | 0.03 USD/10,000 entries | Billed daily | Traffic Analysis is enabled and configured to Store and analyze in Alibaba Cloud DNS | Fees for storage and analysis are charged based on the number of DNS resolution log entries generated by domain names for which Traffic Analysis is enabled. Bills are settled daily. |
Store in Simple Log Service (SLS) only | 0.0015 USD/10,000 entries | Billed daily | Traffic Analysis is enabled and configured to Store in Simple Log Service (SLS) only | Fees for storing data in SLS are charged based on the number of DNS resolution log entries generated by domain names for which Traffic Analysis is enabled. Bills are settled daily. Other fees: Subsequent storage fees are charged directly by SLS. For more information, see the billing standards for SLS. |
Forward Alibaba Cloud DNS Logs to Simple Log Service (SLS) for Storage and Statistical Analysis | 0.0315 USD/10,000 entries | Billed daily | Traffic Analysis is enabled and configured to Store and analyze in Alibaba Cloud DNS and store in Alibaba Cloud SLS | Fees for both storing and analyzing in Alibaba Cloud DNS and for storing in SLS are charged based on the number of DNS resolution log entries generated by domain names for which Traffic Analysis is enabled. Bills are settled daily. Other fees: Subsequent storage fees are charged directly by SLS. For more information, see the billing standards for SLS. |
Cost estimation example
Assume one Access Domain, 2 IP addresses, and 3 detection nodes. The nodes perform HTTP detection on 2 ports (such as 80 and 3000) for each IP address once per minute, with an average of 100,000 DNS requests and 1 text message alert per day.
Estimated monthly cost:
Access domain name fee: 1 domain name × USD 0.015/domain name/day × 30 days/month = USD 0.45/month
Health check fee: 2 IP addresses × 2 ports × 3 detection nodes × 1 check/minute × 60 minutes/hour × 24 hours/day × 30 days/month × USD 0.00015/check = USD 77.64/month
GTM DNS resolution request fee: 100,000 requests/day × 30 days/month × USD 0.004/10,000 requests = USD 1.2/month
Text message alert fee: 1 message/day × 30 days/month × USD 0.225/message = USD 6.75/month
Total fee: 0.45 + 77.64 + 1.2 + 6.75 = USD 86.04/month
Overdue payments
If your account has an overdue payment, all services for the Access Domain stop immediately, including DNS resolution, health checks, and text message alerts. No charges accrue for the Access Domain while the payment is overdue. If the payment remains unsettled for 15 days, the Access Domain is automatically released. Address pools, addresses, and Health Check Template are not affected.