By default, Alibaba Cloud Edge Node Service (ENS) uses the pay-as-you-go billing method for edge computing power. This topic describes the billing details of Alibaba Cloud ENS edge computing power.
Pay-as-you-go
Bills can be generated on a monthly or daily basis.
If you want to change the billing method, contact your account manager.
Edge computing power consists of edge vCPUs, edge memory, and edge storage. The following table describes the billing details.
Billable item | Unit | Chinese mainland | North America | Europe | Asia Pacific 1 | Asia Pacific 2 | Middle East | South America |
Edge vCPU | USD/day | 0.67 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 1 | 1.07 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Edge vCPU | USD/month | 10 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 |
Edge memory | USD/GB/day | 0.2046 | 0.2662 | 0.2662 | 0.3077 | 0.3077 | 0.3692 | 0.3692 |
Edge memory | USD/GB/month | 3.0769 | 4 | 4 | 4.6154 | 4.9231 | 5.5385 | 5.5385 |
Billable item | Unit | Daily price (USD) | Monthly price (USD) |
Edge storage (all-flash cloud disks) | GB | 0.009255 | 0.1408 |
Edge storage (ultra disks or local SSDs) | GB | 0.003239 | 0.0493 |
Edge storage (local HDDs) | GB | 0.000375 | 0.00563 |
The following table describes the distribution of nodes.
Billable region | Node distribution |
Chinese mainland | All provinces and ISPs |
North America | United States |
Europe | Germany and Switzerland |
Asia Pacific 1 | Hong Kong (China), Japan, Singapore, Thailand, and Philippines |
Asia Pacific 2 | Indonesia |
Middle East | Türkiye |
South America | Brazil |
Pay-by-monthly-peak
The following rules apply to pay-by-monthly-peak.
Category | Description |
Billing rules | The billing rules are consistent for edge computing resources, including edge vCPUs, edge memory, and edge storage. For example, ENS calculates the sum of edge vCPUs per instance in your account every 5 minutes, and calculates the daily peak value of vCPUs based on the sums. At the end of a month, the maximum daily peak value of all edge vCPUs in the month is used for billing. |
Billing method | Pay-as-you-go |
Billing cycle | You are charged on a monthly basis. |
Valid days | The number of days from the day when you activate ENS to the last day of the month. For example, if pay-by-monthly-peak took effect on November 5, 2019, the bill for November 2019 contains 26 valid days. |
Effective factor | The ratio of the number of valid days in a calendar month to the total number of days in a calendar month. For example, if the bill for November 2020 contains 26 valid days, the effective factor of the month is calculated based on the following formula: 26/30 = 0.86666667. |
Final payment | To calculate the final fee, multiply the fee that is calculated based on the billing rule by the effective factor. |
Pay-by-daily-peak
The following rules apply to pay-by-daily-peak.
Category | Description |
Billing rules | The billing rules are consistent for edge computing resources, including edge vCPUs, edge memory, and edge storage. Edge vCPUs are used as examples to describe the billing rules. The total computing power of all instances in your account is calculated every 5 minutes. The maximum value among the 288 results in a day (daily peak value of vCPUs) is used for billing. |
Billing method | Pay-as-you-go |
Billing cycle | You are charged on a daily basis. |
Final payment | To calculate the final fee, multiply the maximum value that is calculated based on the billing rules by the daily price. |
Subscription
The subscription billing method for edge computing power is available only for specific users. To use the subscription billing method, submit a ticket.
Usage notes
The bill for the current billing cycle is issued on the first day of the next calendar month.
For example, the bill for February from 00:00:00 on 2017-02-01 to 23:59:59 on 2017-02-28 was generated on March 1, 2017.
After a bill is generated, fees are automatically deducted from your account balance. Make sure that you have sufficient balance in your account to prevent overdue payments.
For information about the billing rules for bare metal and heterogeneous computing, submit a ticket.