Elastic IP addresses (EIPs) support two line types: BGP (Multi-ISP) and BGP (Multi-ISP) Pro. Both types support the pay-as-you-go and subscription billing methods.
- All regions support BGP (Multi-ISP) EIPs.
- BGP (Multi-ISP) Pro EIPs are supported only in the China (Hong Kong) and Singapore (Singapore) regions. BGP (Multi-ISP) Pro EIPs in the Singapore (Singapore) region support only the pay-as-you-go billing method.
Metering method
Billing method | Metering method for Internet data transfer | Scenario |
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Pay-as-you-go | Pay-by-data-transfer |
If you cannot estimate the traffic usage, we recommend that you select the pay-by-data-transfer metering method. |
Pay-by-bandwidth |
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Subscription | Pay-by-bandwidth |
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Billable items

Fee | Description | References |
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Billing of basic services | ||
Internet data transfer fee |
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EIP configuration fee (not charged when specific conditions are met) | You are charged EIP configuration fees for pay-as-you-go EIPs. You are not charged
an EIP configuration fee for an EIP if the following conditions are met: The EIP is
associated with an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance in a virtual private cloud
(VPC) or an elastic container instance. The number of EIPs that your Alibaba Cloud
account can own does not exceed 2,000.
Note
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EIP configuration fees |
EIP association fee (not charged when specific conditions are met) |
Whether you are charged an EIP association fee is determined by the number of times
that you associate EIPs in each region with each Alibaba Cloud account.
Important You are charged an EIP association fee if you first purchased EIPs after 00:00 (UTC+8)
on January 15, 2020. If you purchased EIPs before 00:00 (UTC+8) on January 15, 2020,
you are not charged an EIP association fee.
You are not charged an association fee if the number of times that you associate EIPs
in each region with each account within one calendar day does not exceed five times
the quota. If the number of times that you associate EIPs exceeds five times the quota,
you are charged USD 0.149 for each additional time. Association fees are calculated and bills are generated
on a daily basis.
Note The quota is equal to the default number of EIPs that can be owned by your Alibaba
Cloud account. For more information about how to view quotas, see View and manage quotas.
For example, if your account can own at most 20 EIPs, you can associate EIPs 100 times in each region within one day free of charge. If you associate EIPs more than 100 times, you are charged USD 0.149 for each additional time. For example, if you associate EIPs 101 times in a region within one day, the association fee is USD 0.149. If you associate EIPs 110 times in a region within one day, the total association fee is USD 1.49. |
N/A |
Billing of value-added services | ||
Security protection fee (charged based on the Anti-DDoS edition) |
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Anti-DDoS fee (optional) |
Billing cycle
Billing cycle | Fee deduction time and bill generation time | Billable item |
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Hourly | A bill is generated within 1 hour after the current billing cycle ends. The time when bills are issued is determined by the system. |
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Daily | A bill is generated in the early hours of the following day. The time when bills are issued is determined by the system. |
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Monthly | A bill is generated on the first day of the following calendar month. The time when bills are issued is determined by the system. | Internet data transfer fee: Bandwidth fees for subscription EIPs |
Pricing
For more information about the pricing of each billable item, see Subscription and Pay-as-you-go. The prices on the buy page in the EIP console prevails.
References
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Billing methodSubscriptionPay-as-you-goChange the billing method
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Related topicsOverdue paymentsRenewalView billsFAQ about billing