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Data Transfer Plan:Purchase a data transfer plan

Last Updated:Jul 30, 2026

Data Transfer Plans are cost-effective resource plans that take effect immediately after purchase, automatically offsetting data transfer fees across multiple pay-by-traffic cloud services until depleted or expired.

Before you begin

Review the following before you purchase:

  • Each Alibaba Cloud main account supports up to 200 active data transfer plans. This quota cannot be increased, so choose a plan that fits your business requirements.

  • Covered regions vary by the selected area.

    Area and region mapping

    Data Transfer Plan Area

    Available In

    Chinese Mainland

    China (Qingdao), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Hohhot), China (Ulanqab), China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Nanjing - Local Region), China (Wuhan - Local Region), China (Shenzhen), China (Heyuan), China (Guangzhou), China (Chengdu)

    Excluded: China (Fuzhou - Local Region)

    China (Hong Kong)

    China (Hong Kong)

    Outside Chinese Mainland

    Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Philippines (Manila), Thailand (Bangkok), Japan (Tokyo), South Korea (Seoul), US (Silicon Valley), US (Virginia), Germany (Frankfurt), UK (London)

  • A data transfer plan offsets data transfer fees for multiple pay-by-traffic products.

    Supported products and traffic types

    Product

    Traffic type

    Description

    ECS

    IPv4

    IPv4 traffic from static public IP addresses on pay-by-data-transfer ECS instances.

    EIP

    IPv4 traffic from pay-by-data-transfer EIPs bound to the following resources (excludes BGP Multi-ISP Pro):

    • ECS instances in a virtual private cloud (VPC)

    • Secondary elastic network interfaces (ENIs)

    • SLB instances, including the following:

      • Private-facing Classic Load Balancer (CLB) instances in a VPC

      • Application Load Balancer (ALB) instances

      • Network Load Balancer (NLB) instances

    • NAT Gateway instances

    • High-availability virtual IP addresses (HaVips)

    CLB

    IPv4 traffic from public IP addresses of pay-by-data-transfer public-facing CLB instances.

    Internet Shared Bandwidth

    IPv4 traffic from Internet Shared Bandwidth instances billed by data transfer. Excludes Data Transfer over BGP Pro Lines.

    IPv6 gateway

    IPv6

    Public IPv6 traffic from pay-by-data-transfer IPv6 Internet bandwidth.

    Cloud Data Transfer (CDT)

    IPv4

    Data Transfer Plans automatically offset CDT public Internet traffic in the first billing tier (0–10 TB) only, with no extra configuration required. CDT public Internet traffic beyond the first billing tier is offset by CDT resource plans or billed as CDT pay-by-traffic. CDT traffic statistics include traffic already offset by Data Transfer Plans, which is expected. CDT outbound traffic from cross-region VPC peering connections cannot be offset by Data Transfer Plans.

  • A data transfer plan cannot be shared across accounts. It can only offset traffic fees for pay-by-traffic products under the current account. To offset traffic fees for another account, purchase a separate data transfer plan for that account.

  • Data transfer plans do not support renewal. When a plan expires or runs out, you must purchase a new data transfer plan.

  • After a plan runs out, you can continue purchasing new plans without quantity restrictions, subject to the maximum of 200 active plans per Alibaba Cloud account. Newly purchased plans take effect immediately and automatically offset your traffic fees.

Purchase a data transfer plan

  1. Go to the data transfer plan purchase page.

  2. Configure the data transfer plan with the following parameters, and click Calculating.

    Parameter

    Description

    Size

    The plan specification.

    Available specifications vary by validity period. Check the purchase page for options.

    Plan

    The plan package.

    • China Mainland: Covers the Chinese mainland area.

    • Hong Kong: Covers the China (Hong Kong) region.

    • Overseas: Covers the overseas area.

    Expiry Date

    The validity period of the plan.

    • 1Month

    • 1Year

    Expired plans are not refundable. Unused data is cleared upon expiration and cannot be transferred.

    Quantity

    The number of plans to purchase.

FAQ

How can I check my data transfer plan purchase history and current status?

You can view the data transfer plan list on the Expenses and Costs Console - Resource Plans page to check the instance ID, remaining traffic, purchase date, and expiration time of each plan. This information confirms your purchase history and the current status of your resources.

Related topics

View plan usage and billing details in Query usage and bills.