A savings plan is a discount program where you commit to a specific amount of spending over a period of time in exchange for a lower pay-as-you-go rate. After a savings plan takes effect, the discount is automatically applied to eligible pay-as-you-go bills.
Purchase
You can purchase multiple savings plans.
Billing
Item | Description |
Billing method | All upfront. You pay the full amount at the time of purchase. |
Spending commitment |
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Subscription duration | Currently, only one-year plans are supported. This is the period during which your spending commitment is active. You must spend the committed amount within this period to receive the discount. For example, if you purchase a savings plan at 13:45 on 2024-10-29, the plan becomes effective at 13:00 on 2024-10-29 and expires at 13:00 on 2025-10-29. |
How to unsubscribe | Non-refundable. You cannot get a refund for any unused amount within the effective period. Purchase a spending commitment that matches your expected usage. |
Discount policy
You pay the full spending commitment upfront at the time of purchase. Any usage that exceeds the commitment is billed at the standard pay-as-you-go rate.
Duration | Spending commitment (USD/year) | Discount |
1 year | 1,000 <= value <= 5,000 | 0.98 |
1 year | 5,000 < value <= 10,000 | 0.95 |
1 year | 10,000 < value <= 50,000 | 0.9 |
1 year | 50,000 < value <= 100,000 | 0.88 |
1 year | 500,000 < value <= 1,000,000 | 0.8 |
Example
Assume that a user purchases a savings plan with an annual spending commitment of USD 18,000 and a discount of 0.9.
The discounted price is calculated as Original price × Discount. The commitment amount is then used to cover this discounted price.
Days of usage | Assumed original bill | Official pay-as-you-go price | Bill after savings plan discount |
Day 1 | USD 0 | USD 0 | Total: USD 0 Remaining commitment: USD 18,000 |
Day 2 | USD 5,000 | USD 5,000 | USD 4,500, covered by the spending commitment. Remaining commitment: 18,000 - 4,500 = USD 13,500 |
Day 3 | USD 8,000 | USD 8,000 | USD 7,200, covered by the spending commitment. Remaining commitment: 13,500 - 7,200 = USD 6,300 |
Day 4 | USD 9,000 | USD 9,000 | 9,000 × 0.9 = USD 8,100 The remaining spending commitment is USD 6,300, which is not enough to cover the bill. Therefore, convert the remaining commitment to its equivalent original price value: 6,300 / 0.9 = USD 7,000. This means the commitment can cover a bill of USD 7,000 at the original price. The excess amount is billed at the standard pay-as-you-go rate: 9,000 - 7,000 = USD 2,000 Total bill: (7,000 × 0.9) + 2,000 = USD 8,300 |
Savings plan deductible items
After you activate a savings plan, it is applied to the following items.
Go to the Savings Plan Overview page. On the tab, find the plan in the table. In the Operation column, click Set Deduction Rules to enable or disable coverage for the savings plan for fine-grained management.
If you are using the old UI of the Expenses and Costs console, the navigation path is .
Use the following table to configure the Enable Deduction setting in the console.
Plans not in this list are not currently covered.
There is no fixed priority order for covered items. The savings plan is applied on a first-billed, first-covered basis.
Changes to the deduction rules take effect immediately. However, due to a delay in billing processing, your changes may be applied to bills that are still being generated for the current billing cycle.
Plan type | Product plan | Product code | Savings plan billable item | Standard price | Billing method |
ID Verification Identity Verification | electronic KYC | eKYC | eKYC completions | USD 0.14/time | Successful calls |
eKYC_MIN | |||||
eKYC_NDI | |||||
eKYC_PRO | eKYC Pro completions | USD 1/time | Successful calls | ||
Face Detection Face Detection | Liveness Detection Pro | FACE_LIVENESS_PRO | Liveness Detection Pro task completions | USD 0.3/time | Successful calls |
Liveness Detection | FACE_LIVENESS | Liveness Detection task completions | USD 0.026/time | Successful calls | |
FACE_LIVENESS_MIN | |||||
Face Liveness Anti-Spoofing Verification | FACE_IDU | Face anti-duplication registration completions | USD 0.3/time | Successful calls | |
FACE_IDU_MIN | |||||
Face Liveness Verification | FACE_VERIFY | Face Liveness Verification task completions (bioFaceCheck) | USD 0.026/time | Successful calls | |
Device Assistant Device Assistant Pro | FACE_GUARD | Device Assistant completions | USD 0.026/time | Successful server-side API calls | |
FACE_GUARD_PRO | Device Assistant Pro completions | USD 0.2/time | Successful server-side API calls | ||
Face Comparison | FACE_COMPARE | Face Verification task completions (faceCheck) | USD 0.001/time | Successful calls | |
Face Cross Comparison | FACE_CROSS_COMPARE | Face Cross Comparison completions | USD 0.005/time | Successful calls | |
Face Deepfake Detection | FACE_DEEPFAKE | Face Deepfake Detection completions | USD 0.4/time | Successful calls | |
Identity Document Recognition Identity Document Recognition | ID Document OCR | ID_OCR | OCR completions | USD 0.018/time | Successful calls |
ID_OCR_MIN | Successful calls | ||||
ID_OCR_MAX | OCR Pro completions | USD 0.4/time | Successful calls | ||
ID_NFC | NFC authentication completions | USD 0.1/time | Successful calls |
FAQ
How can I change my spending commitment to get a different discount after using a plan for some time?
You can purchase additional savings plans. If the plans have different discounts, they are billed separately.
The offset order for savings plans is: The plan that expires first is applied first. If multiple plans expire at the same time, the plan that was purchased first is applied first.
If a product has its own pay-as-you-go discount and a savings plan discount, which discount is applied?
Savings plan discounts cannot be combined with other discounts. If a pay-as-you-go product also has a discount, the system automatically applies the greater discount.
If the savings plan discount is lower than the pay-as-you-go discount, the savings plan discount is still applied.
If a product's own pay-as-you-go discount is greater than the savings plan discount, the cost is calculated using the product's pay-as-you-go discount.
What is the priority order for different types of discounts?
If you have multiple types of discounts, they are applied in the following order of priority: Savings Plan > Coupon > Voucher.
How do I view my discounts?
Log on to the Expenses and Costs console. In the navigation pane on the left, choose to view the unit price discounts for your purchased savings plans.
If you are using the legacy UI of the Expenses and Costs console, the path is .
How do I view my savings plan instance information and usage details?
Log on to the Expenses and Costs console. In the navigation pane on the left, choose to view how your savings plan is applied to pay-as-you-go resource instances.
If you are using the previous UI of the Expenses and Costs console, the navigation path is .