How port resource usage fees are charged - Express Connect

When you purchase a dedicated or shared Express Connect circuit, you are charged a port resource usage fee for the port that you select. The fee varies based on the port specification and port type.

Billing rules

Port resource usage fees are subscription-based and charged monthly. The following table describes the billing rules.

Attribute

Rule

Billing cycle and bill generation time

Monthly

The billing cycle for the port resource usage fee is based on your subscription duration in the UTC+8 time zone. A billing cycle starts at the time the resource is activated or renewed, accurate to the second, and ends at 00:00:00 on the day after the expiration date.

Bills are typically generated on the first day of the calendar month after the current billing cycle ends. The actual bill generation time is subject to what is displayed in the system.

Billing cycle example: Assume that you create a shared or dedicated port instance at 13:00:00 on August 09, 2022 with a subscription duration of one month. You manually renew the instance for one month before it expires.

First billing cycle: 13:00:00 on August 09, 2022 to 00:00:00 on September 10, 2022.
Second billing cycle: 00:00:00 on September 10, 2022 to 00:00:00 on October 10, 2022.

Billing formula

The total port resource usage fee for an Alibaba Cloud account is the sum of the port resource usage fees for each region. The port resource usage fee for a region is calculated using the following formula:

Port resource usage fee = Sum of the unit prices of all port resource usage fees in the current region (USD/month) × Subscription duration (months)

Unit prices for port specifications

Unit prices for dedicated ports

The prices in the following tables are for reference only. For actual prices, see the buy page.

Port specification	Resource usage fee (USD/month)	Resource usage fee (USD/month)
Port specification	The Chinese mainland	Regions outside the Chinese mainland Excluding SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)	SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)
1 Gbps	85	210	252
10 Gbps	720	1,600	1,920
40 Gbps	2,450	5,500	6,600
100 Gbps	5,200	11,700	14,040

Unit prices for shared ports

The prices in the following tables are for reference only. For actual prices, see the buy page on the console. For more information about how to purchase a shared port, see Create a shared port for a new tenant.

Note

Before you purchase a shared port, make sure that the Express Connect circuit is deployed and a dedicated connection port is created. For more information, see Request a connection in classic mode.

Port specification	Resource usage fee (USD/month)	Resource usage fee (USD/month)
Port specification	The Chinese mainland	Regions outside the Chinese mainland Excluding SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)	SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)
50 Mbps	20	20	24
100 Mbps	30	40	48
200 Mbps	40	55	66
300 Mbps	45	85	102
400 Mbps	55	115	138
500 Mbps	60	140	168
1 Gbps	85	210	252
2 Gbps	150	475	570
5 Gbps	375	1,100	1,320
8 Gbps	600	1,400	1,680
10 Gbps	720	1,600	1,920
20 Gbps	1,250	2,887	3,464.4
40 Gbps	2,450	5,500	6,600
50 Gbps	2,675	6,142	7,370.4
60 Gbps	2,900	7,371	8,845.2
80 Gbps	3,800	9,828	11,793.6
100 Gbps	5,200	11,700	14,040

Billing example

Assume that at 13:00:00 on August 9, 2022, you create a 10 Gbps dedicated port and a 2 Gbps shared port in the China (Beijing) region. The subscription duration is one month, and you manually renew them for another month before they expire. The port resource usage fee for the China (Beijing) region is calculated as follows:

Port resource usage fee: (USD 720 + USD 150)/month × 2 months = USD 1,740.