Billing of EMR Serverless StarRocks instances - E-MapReduce

This topic describes the billable items and billing methods of E-MapReduce (EMR) Serverless StarRocks instances.

Billable items

Billable item	Description
CU	The total amount of computing resources that are required for operations such as data writes and queries in EMR Serverless StarRocks. Computing resources are billed based on compute units (CUs). The fees of computing resources vary based on the instance specifications. The following specification types are supported: Standard Specifications: The default specifications. One CU is equal to 1 CPU core and 4 GiB of memory. Enterprise SSDs (ESSDs) are used for data storage. Memory-optimized Specifications: One CU is equal to 1 CPU core and 8 GiB of memory. This option is suitable for scenarios in which a large amount of memory resources are required, such as scenarios where complex queries are made or scenarios where high concurrency is required. ESSDs are used for data storage. Network-enhanced Specifications: One CU is equal to 1 CPU core and 4 GiB of memory. The network bandwidth is two or more times that of the standard specifications. This option is suitable for analysis of external tables that contain a large amount of data. ESSDs are used for data storage. High-performance storage: If you select this option, you must select the desired specifications based on your business requirements. This option is suitable for scenarios in which high storage I/O performance is required. Local SSDs are used for data storage. High-specification Storage: If you select this option, you must select the desired specifications based on your business requirements. Local HDDs are used for data storage. This option is suitable for scenarios in which a large volume of data needs to be stored and cost-effective storage is required, but high storage I/O performance is not required.
Cloud disk	The capacity of cloud disks for storage in StarRocks instances. Shared-nothing architecture: the capacity of cloud disks used by frontend nodes (FEs) and backend nodes (BEs) for data storage. Shared-data architecture: the capacity of cloud disks used by FEs for data storage and the capacity of cloud disks used by compute nodes (CNs) for data caching.
Data storage	You are charged data storage fees if you use a shared-data instance. The data storage performance is lower than the storage performance of cloud disks. If Multi-zone Disaster Recovery is turned on for a shared-data instance, the following fees are incurred: CU fees are incurred for additional frontend (FE) nodes that are used as OBSERVER computing resources. For information about the unit price of CUs, see CU fees. Storage fees are incurred for the multi-zone backup feature of Object Storage Service (OSS). The storage fees for the multi-zone backup feature are included in the data storage fees. For information about the unit price for the multi-zone backup feature, see Fees for multi-zone data storage.
Data backup	You are charged data backup fees if you use a shared-nothing instance and enable the backup feature.

Fees for instance specifications

Important

You can obtain the actual price on the buy page.
Data storage fees are generated only for shared-data instances. Only the pay-as-you-go billing method is supported for data storage.

Computing fees

Standard Specifications

Region	Price (USD per CU-hour)	Price (USD per CU-month)
China (Beijing) China (Shanghai) China (Shenzhen) China (Hangzhou) China (Qingdao) China (Zhangjiakou)	0.050617	24.30
China (Ulanqab)	0.045555	21.87
Singapore	0.060075	29.00
China (Hong Kong)	0.066083	32.00
US (Silicon Valley)	0.048063	23.50
US (Virginia)	0.048063	23.50
Germany (Frankfurt)	0.057572	28.15
Indonesia (Jakarta)	0.060075	29.00

Memory-optimized Specifications

Region	Price (USD per CU-hour)	Price (USD per CU-month)
China (Beijing) China (Shanghai) China (Shenzhen) China (Hangzhou) China (Qingdao) China (Zhangjiakou)	0.067349	32.33
China (Ulanqab)	0.060614	29.10
Singapore	0.085500	41.04
China (Hong Kong)	0.093938	45.09
US (Silicon Valley)	0.070879	34.02
US (Virginia)	0.070879	34.02
Germany (Frankfurt)	0.085500	41.04
Indonesia (Jakarta)	0.085500	41.04

Network-enhanced Specifications

Region

Price (USD per CU-hour)

Price (USD per CU-month)

China (Beijing)

China (Shanghai)

China (Shenzhen)

China (Hangzhou)

China (Qingdao)

0.063280

30.37

Singapore

0.084370

40.50

High-performance Storage

Region	Specifications	Price (USD per BE-hour)	Price (USD per BE-month)
China (Shanghai) China (Qingdao)	[i2g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 1,788 GiB local SSD	1.18	567.59
	[i2g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	2.36	1,134.58
	[i2g] 64 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	4.73	2,270.35
	[i3g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 960 GiB local SSD	1.08	516.76
	[i3g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 960 GiB local SSDs	2.15	1,033.52
	[i3g] 52 cores and 192 GiB of memory + 3 × 960 GiB local SSDs	3.23	1,550.28
	[i2] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	1.45	694.86
	[i2] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	2.90	1,390.64
	[i2] 64 cores and 512 GiB of memory + 8 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	5.79	2,780.35
	[i3] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	1.58	759.82
	[i3] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	3.17	1,519.55
	[i3] 52 cores and 384 GiB of memory + 6 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	4.75	2,279.28
China (Shenzhen)	[i2g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 1,788 GiB local SSD	1.18	567.59
	[i2g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	2.36	1,134.58
	[i2g] 64 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	4.73	2,270.35
	[i3g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 960 GiB local SSD	1.08	516.76
	[i3g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 960 GiB local SSDs	2.15	1,033.52
	[i3g] 52 cores and 192 GiB of memory + 3 × 960 GiB local SSDs	3.23	1,550.28
	[i2] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	1.45	694.86
	[i2] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	2.90	1,390.64
	[i2] 64 cores and 512 GiB of memory + 8 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	5.79	2,780.35
	[i3] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	1.58	759.82
	[i3] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	3.17	1,519.55
	[i3] 52 cores and 384 GiB of memory + 6 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	4.75	2,279.28
	[i4] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 1 × 3,840 GiB local SSD	1.48	706.88
	[i4] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 2 × 3,840 GiB local SSDs	2.96	1,413.76
	[i4] 64 cores and 512 GiB of memory + 4 × 3,840 GiB local SSDs	5.93	2,827.53
	[i4] 128 cores and 1,024 GiB of memory + 8 × 3,840 GiB local SSDs	11.86	5,655.06
	[i4g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 960 GiB local SSD	1.04	495.80
	[i4g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 1 × 1,920 GiB local SSD	2.08	991.60
	[i4g] 64 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	4.12	1,983.20
	[i4g] 128 cores and 512 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	8.32	3,966.41
China (Beijing) China (Hangzhou)	[i2g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 1,788 GiB local SSD	1.18	567.59
	[i2g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	2.36	1,134.58
	[i2g] 64 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	4.73	2,270.35
	[i3g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 960 GiB local SSD	1.08	516.76
	[i3g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 960 GiB local SSDs	2.15	1,033.52
	[i3g] 52 cores and 192 GiB of memory + 3 × 960 GiB local SSDs	3.23	1,550.28
	[i2] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	1.45	694.86
	[i2] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	2.90	1,390.64
	[i2] 64 cores and 512 GiB of memory + 8 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	5.79	2,780.35
	[i3] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	1.58	759.82
	[i3] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	3.17	1,519.55
	[i3] 52 cores and 384 GiB of memory + 6 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	4.75	2,279.28
	[i4] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 1 × 3,840 GiB local SSD	1.48	706.88
	[i4] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 2 × 3,840 GiB local SSDs	2.96	1,413.76
	[i4] 64 cores and 512 GiB of memory + 4 × 3,840 GiB local SSDs	5.93	2,827.53
	[i4] 128 cores and 1,024 GiB of memory + 8 × 3,840 GiB local SSDs	11.86	5,655.06
China (Zhangjiakou)	[i2g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 1,788 GiB local SSD	0.89	425.69
	[i2g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	1.77	850.79
	[i2g] 64 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	3.55	1,702.77
	[i3g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 960 GiB local SSD	0.89	425.69
	[i3g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 960 GiB local SSDs	1.77	850.79
	[i3g] 52 cores and 192 GiB of memory + 3 × 960 GiB local SSDs	3.55	1,702.77
	[i2] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	1.02	491.84
	[i2] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	2.05	984.61
	[i2] 64 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 8 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	4.10	1,968.30
	[i3] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	1.58	759.82
	[i3] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	3.17	1,519.55
	[i3] 52 cores and 384 GiB of memory + 6 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	4.75	2,279.28
China (Ulanqab)	[i2g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 1,788 GiB local SSD	1.06	514.15
	[i2g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	2.13	1,027.75
	[i2g] 64 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	4.26	2,056.59
	[i3g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 960 GiB local SSD	0.97	465.08
	[i3g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 960 GiB local SSDs	1.94	930.17
	[i3g] 52 cores and 192 GiB of memory + 3 × 960 GiB local SSDs	2.91	1,395.25
	[i2] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	1.30	718.02
	[i2] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	2.61	1,436.99
	[i2] 64 cores and 512 GiB of memory + 8 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	5.21	2,873.03
	[i3] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	1.42	683.78
	[i3] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	2.85	1,367.57
	[i3] 52 cores and 384 GiB of memory + 6 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	4.27	2,051.35
Singapore	[i3g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 960 GiB local SSD	1.30	624.82
	[i3g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 960 GiB local SSDs	2.60	1,249.05
	[i3g] 52 cores and 192 GiB of memory + 3 × 960 GiB local SSDs	3.90	1,873.28
	[i2] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	1.77	881.12
	[i2] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	3.54	1,763.41
	[i2] 64 cores and 512 GiB of memory + 8 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	7.07	3,528.01
	[i3] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	1.88	900.87
	[i3] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	3.75	1,801.14
	[i3] 52 cores and 384 GiB of memory + 6 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	5.63	2,702.01
China (Hong Kong)	[i2g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 1,788 GiB local SSD	1.26	627.42
	[i2g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	2.51	1,253.83
	[i2g] 64 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	5.04	2,512.22
	[i2] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	1.77	881.12
	[i2] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	3.54	1,763.41
	[i2] 64 cores and 512 GiB of memory + 8 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	7.07	3,528.01
US (Silicon Valley)	[i2] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	1.51	747.13
	[i2] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	3.01	1,494.27
	[i2] 64 cores and 512 GiB of memory + 8 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	6.02	2,988.53
US (Virginia)	[i2g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 1,788 GiB local SSD	0.94	464.97
	[i2g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	1.87	929.94
	[i2g] 64 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	3.75	1,859.87
	[i3g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 960 GiB local SSD	0.93	461.13
	[i3g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 960 GiB local SSDs	1.86	922.26
	[i3g] 52 cores and 192 GiB of memory + 3 × 960 GiB local SSDs	2.79	1,383.39
	[i2] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	1.31	649.20
	[i2] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	2.62	1,298.40
	[i2] 64 cores and 512 GiB of memory + 8 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	5.23	2,596.80
	[i3] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	1.40	692.52
	[i3] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	2.79	1,385.03
	[i3] 52 cores and 384 GiB of memory + 6 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	4.19	2,077.00
Indonesia (Jakarta)	[i2] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	1.58	887.70
	[i2] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	3.17	1,755.40
	[i2] 64 cores and 512 GiB of memory + 8 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	6.34	3,550.80
Germany (Frankfurt)	[i2g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 1,788 GiB local SSD	1.01	619.38
	[i2g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	2.02	1,238.71
	[i2g] 64 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	4.03	2477.50
	[i3g] 16 cores and 64 GiB of memory + 1 × 960 GiB local SSD	1.10	658.23
	[i3g] 32 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 960 GiB local SSDs	2.20	1,316.45
	[i3g] 52 cores and 192 GiB of memory + 3 × 960 GiB local SSDs	3.29	1,974.68
	[i2] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	1.42	873.80
	[i2] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	2.83	1,747.60
	[i2] 64 cores and 512 GiB of memory + 8 × 1,788 GiB local SSDs	5.66	3,495.20
	[i3] 16 cores and 128 GiB of memory + 2 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	1.49	892.05
	[i3] 32 cores and 256 GiB of memory + 4 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	2.97	1,784.10
	[i3] 52 cores and 384 GiB of memory + 6 × 1,920 GiB local SSDs	4.46	2,676.15

High-specification Storage

Region	BE specifications	Price (USD per BE-hour)	Price (USD per BE-month)
China (Beijing) China (Shanghai) China (Shenzhen) China (Hangzhou) China (Qingdao)	[d2s] 20 cores and 88 GiB of memory, 8 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	2.83	818.25
	[d2s] 40 cores and 176 GiB of memory, 15 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	5.66	1,636.50
	[d2s] 80 cores and 352 GiB of memory, 30 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	11.32	3,272.64
China (Zhangjiakou)	[d2s] 20 cores and 88 GiB of memory, 8 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	2.55	736.42
	[d2s] 40 cores and 176 GiB of memory, 15 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	5.10	1,472.85
	[d2s] 80 cores and 352 GiB of memory, 30 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	10.19	2,945.38
China (Ulanqab)	[d2s] 20 cores and 88 GiB of memory, 8 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	2.55	736.42
	[d2s] 40 cores and 176 GiB of memory, 15 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	5.10	1,472.85
	[d2s] 80 cores and 352 GiB of memory, 30 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	10.19	2,945.38
Singapore	[d2s] 20 cores and 88 GiB of memory, 8 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	4.07	1,176.05
	[d2s] 40 cores and 176 GiB of memory, 15 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	8.14	2,352.11
	[d2s] 80 cores and 352 GiB of memory, 30 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	16.28	4,703.86
China (Hong Kong)	[d2s] 20 cores and 88 GiB of memory, 8 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	3.98	1,150.93
	[d2s] 40 cores and 176 GiB of memory, 15 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	7.96	2,301.51
	[d2s] 80 cores and 352 GiB of memory, 30 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	15.93	4,603.01
US (Virginia)	[d2s] 20 cores and 88 GiB of memory, 8 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	2.84	820.23
	[d2s] 40 cores and 176 GiB of memory, 15 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	5.68	1,640.46
	[d2s] 80 cores and 352 GiB of memory, 30 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	11.35	3,280.60
Germany (Frankfurt)	[d2s] 20 cores and 88 GiB of memory, 8 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	3.38	1,216.44
	[d2s] 40 cores and 176 GiB of memory, 15 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	6.76	2,432.88
	[d2s] 80 cores and 352 GiB of memory, 30 × 7,300 GiB local HDDs	13.52	4,865.74

Fees for cloud disk-based storage

Pay-as-you-go instance

Region	Price for storage (USD per GB-hour)
Region	ESSD PL0	ESSD PL1	ESSD PL2	ESSD PL3
China (Beijing) China (Shanghai) China (Shenzhen) China (Hangzhou) China (Qingdao) China (Zhangjiakou)	0.00015900	0.00031900	0.00063800	0.00127500
China (Ulanqab)	0.00015900	0.00031900	0.00063800	0.00127500
Singapore	0.00012700	0.00025300	0.00050600	0.00101300
China (Hong Kong)	0.00013900	0.00015900	0.00015900	0.00015900
US (Silicon Valley)	0.00012700	0.00025300	0.00050600	0.00101300
US (Virginia)	0.00010600	0.00021100	0.00042200	0.00084400
Germany (Frankfurt)	0.00012560	0.00025120	0.00050240	0.00100480
Indonesia (Jakarta)	0.00012660	0.00025320	0.00050640	0.00101280

Subscription instance

Region	Price for storage (USD per GB-month)
Region	ESSD PL0	ESSD PL1	ESSD PL2	ESSD PL3
China (Beijing) China (Shanghai) China (Shenzhen) China (Hangzhou) China (Qingdao) China (Zhangjiakou)	0.0765	0.1530	0.3060	0.6120
China (Ulanqab)	0.0765	0.1530	0.3060	0.6120
Singapore	0.0760	0.1520	0.3040	0.6080
China (Hong Kong)	0.0836	0.1672	0.3344	0.6688
US (Silicon Valley)	0.0760	0.1520	0.3040	0.6080
US (Virginia)	0.0633	0.1266	0.2532	0.5064
Germany (Frankfurt)	0.0753	0.1506	0.3012	0.6024
Indonesia (Jakarta)	0.076	0.1520	0.3040	0.6080

Fees for data storage

Region	Price (USD per GB-hour)
China (Beijing) China (Shanghai) China (Shenzhen) China (Hangzhou) China (Qingdao) China (Zhangjiakou)	0.000036041667
Singapore	0.000035416667
China (Hong Kong)	0.000035416667
China (Ulanqab)	0.000036041667
US (Virginia)	0.000033333333
US (Silicon Valley)	0.000033333333
Germany (Frankfurt)	0.000035416667
Indonesia (Jakarta)	0.000035416667

Fees for multi-zone data storage

Region	Price (USD per GB-hour)
China (Beijing) China (Shanghai) China (Shenzhen) China (Hangzhou) China (Qingdao) China (Zhangjiakou)	0.0000483333
Singapore	0.0000416667
China (Hong Kong)	0.0000416667
China (Ulanqab)	0.0000483333
US (Virginia)	0.0000416667
US (Silicon Valley)	0.0000416667
Germany (Frankfurt)	0.0000416667
Indonesia (Jakarta)	0.0000416667

Fees for data backup

Region	Price for data backup (USD per GB-hour)
China (Qingdao)	0.000040277800
China (Beijing)	0.000040277800
China (Zhangjiakou)	0.000040277800
China (Ulanqab)	0.000040277800
China (Hangzhou)	0.000040277800
China (Shanghai)	0.000040277800
China (Shenzhen)	0.000040277800
Singapore	0.000034722200
China (Hong Kong)	0.000034722200
US (Silicon Valley)	0.000034722200
US (Virginia)	0.000034722200
Germany (Frankfurt)	0.000034722200
Indonesia (Jakarta)	0.000034722200

Billing methods

Billing method

Description

Subscription

Subscription is a billing method that allows you to use resources only after you pay for them.

For long-term use, this billing method is more cost-effective than the pay-as-you-go billing method. You are charged lower prices for longer subscription durations. If you no longer require your subscription instance, you can request a refund for the instance by using the self-service refund method. For more information, see Rules for unsubscribing from resources.

Important

You cannot change the billing method of an instance from subscription to pay-as-you-go.

Pay-as-you-go

Pay-as-you-go is a billing method that allows you to pay for resources after you use the resources. If you use the pay-as-you-go billing method, the system generates a bill each hour and deducts the fee from the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account based on the instance specifications.

The pay-as-you-go billing method is suitable for scenarios in which resources are required for short-term use. For example, you can create a pay-as-you-go instance in the test phase. If you no longer require the instance, you can immediately delete the instance to reduce costs.

Important

Even if no task is run in an instance, computing resources are billed on an hourly basis.