Effective time
00:00:00 on June 30, 2025 (UTC+8)
Alibaba Cloud DNS console update
Product
Alibaba Cloud DNS
Effective time
The Alibaba Cloud DNS console will be updated on June 30, 2025 (UTC+8). This update will introduce the DNS firewall feature and the pay-as-you-go billing method for all products.
The recursive resolution (Public Zone) product will switch to the pay-as-you-go billing on October 30, 2025 (UTC+8), providing more flexibility. The system will automatically perform the switch, without any action from you. Service stability will not be affected.
What is changing
To deliver better product experience and service capabilities, Alibaba Cloud DNS plans to update the console on June 30, 2025 (UTC+8). This update will not affect your use of the service or DNS resolution effect. This update includes the following:
1. New console
All log-related services in Alibaba Cloud DNS will be aggregated into one log service. The DNS traffic analysis feature of all modules in Alibaba Cloud DNS will be updated to a data analysis dashboard. The new DNS firewall feature will detect threat domain names for the recursive resolution traffic of Public Zone and Private Zone to enhance access security.
2. Pay-as-you-go billing
The pay-as-you-go billing method will be introduced. Services such as Public Zone, Global Traffic Management, and public recursive resolution will support the pay-as-you-go billing method, which is more cost-effective. The pay-as-you-go service will be automatically activated after you configure it. No fees will be incurred if you do not configure it. You can experience our services without concerns and decide whether to continue using them at any time. The billing details in your bill will be renamed to Alibaba Cloud DNS (Pay-as-you-go). The billing item name for the traffic analysis service in this product code will change from Authoritative DNS Requests to Public Zone - Traffic analysis resolution logs.
Starting from October 30, 2025 (UTC+8), users who have activated the Public Zone (billing item code: dns_pubdns_public_intl) will be migrated to the new billing item. The system will automatically perform the switch. You do not need to perform any operations.
In the upgraded recursive resolution service, resolution types are distinguished based on protocols. The unit price for resolution (UDP/TCP) traffic is USD 0.004/10,000 queries (The original unit price was USD 0.0031/10,000 queries). The unit price for domain name resolution (HTTP) traffic is USD 0.0062/10,000 queries (consistent with the original price).
This update does not affect your DNS resolution. If you have any question, contact the customer service or submit a ticket in the Alibaba Cloud DNS console. Thank you for your continued support for Alibaba Cloud DNS.