Express Connect billing - fees, pricing, and payments - Express Connect

Billable items

Billing components

An express connect circuit incurs the following fees:

Third-party fees

Billable item	Description for dedicated circuits	Description for shared circuits	Billing details
Fiber optic cabling fee	Charged by the carrier. Contact the carrier for end-to-end connection pricing. Note Alibaba Cloud access point data centers are not owned by Alibaba Cloud. They belong to carriers or third-party providers. These providers and your own data center provider may charge additional fees such as in-building cabling. Access point locations.	Charged by the Express Connect partner. Contact the partner for pricing.	The fee is determined by the third-party provider.
In-building cabling rental fee			The fee is determined by the third-party provider.
Optical transceiver module	Alibaba Cloud provides 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps, and 100 Gbps single-mode optical transceiver modules (up to 10 km transmission) free of charge.	Not applicable	The fee is determined by the third-party provider.

Alibaba Cloud fees

Billable item

Description for dedicated circuits

Description for shared circuits

Billing details

Port resource usage fee

Varies by dedicated port specification.
Monthly subscription. The billing cycle starts when you purchase or renew the resource (UTC+8) and ends at 00:00:00 on the day after the expiration date.
Bills are typically generated on the first day of the month after a billing cycle ends. The actual time may vary.

Varies by shared port specification.
Monthly subscription. The billing cycle starts when you purchase or renew the resource (UTC+8) and ends at 00:00:00 on the day after the expiration date.
Bills are typically generated on the first day of the month after a billing cycle ends. The actual time may vary.

Billed monthly. Port resource usage fee.

Outbound data transfer fee

Fee for data transferred from Alibaba Cloud to your data center over a dedicated circuit.

The outbound data transfer fee is the sum of outbound transfer fees across all regions under your account.

The formula for calculating the fee in a region is: Outbound data transfer fee = Unit price of outbound data transfer × Total outbound data transferred over all dedicated Express Connect circuits in the region
The circuit owner pays the outbound data transfer fee, even if the circuit is associated with virtual border router (VBR) instances owned by other Alibaba Cloud accounts.
Partial hours are billed as a full hour.

Fee for data transferred from Alibaba Cloud to your data center over a shared circuit.

The outbound data transfer fee is the sum of outbound transfer fees across all regions under your account.

The formula for calculating the fee in a region is: Outbound data transfer fee = Unit price of outbound data transfer × Total outbound data transferred over all shared express connect circuits in the region
Partial hours are billed as a full hour.

Billed by data transfer volume. Outbound data transfer fee.

Note

In Chinese mainland regions, an express connect circuit owner can apply to create shared ports only if their company holds an MIIT-issued A26 license. Contact your account manager to apply.
In regions outside the Chinese mainland, shared port permissions are not enabled by default. Contact your account manager to apply.

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Overdue payments

Renew your resources or add funds before expiration to avoid service interruptions.

Billable item

Billing method

Expiration and overdue payments

Renewal and top-up

Port resource

Subscription

Port resource service is suspended 15 days after subscription expiration.

The system sends email notifications 7, 3, and 1 days before the subscription expires.
If service remains suspended for 7 days, the port resource is released and its configurations and data are permanently deleted.

Renew the subscription within 15 days after expiration to restore service.

Outbound data transfer

Pay-as-you-go

When a pay-as-you-go bill is overdue, the system sends an email notification to the account owner.

If the bill remains unpaid for more than 7 days, the resource is released and its configurations and data are permanently deleted.

The system sends an email notification one day before release.

To pay an overdue pay-as-you-go bill, add funds to your account.

If you add funds within 7 days of suspension, the system automatically pays the bill and restores service.

Query bills

Review your Express Connect bills to track costs and spending.

Note

If an Express Connect partner provides and pays for your shared circuit, use the partner's Alibaba Cloud account to view bills. Contact your partner for access.

View monthly bill overview

Go to the Expenses and Costs console. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Bill Management > Overview of Monthly Bill. On this page, you can view total monthly charges and export the bill.

View bill details

Go to the Expenses and Costs console. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Bill Management > Bill Details. On this page, you can view detailed bills by billing cycle, day, or item.

Express Connect:Billing overview