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Express Connect:Resource usage fee

Last Updated:Jul 15, 2025

When you purchase a dedicated or shared Express Connect circuit, you are charged for the port over which the circuit is delivered. This is also known as the resource usage fee. The resource usage fee varies based on port specifications and port types.

Billing rules

The following table describes how the resource usage fee is billed.

Features

Rule

Billing cycle and bill generation time

Monthly

The billing cycle is based in the UTC+8 time zone, and is accurate to the second. Each billing cycle starts from the time when the service is activated or renewed and ends at 00:00:00 on the day after the expiration date. If the service is renewed before it expires, the next billing cycle starts when the previous billing cycle ends.

After a billing cycle ends, bills are generated on the first day of the following calendar month.

For example, you created an Express Connect circuit at 13:00:00 on August 9, 2022. The initial subscription duration is one month, and you manually renewed the circuit for one month before it expires.

  • First billing cycle: from 13:00:00 on August 9, 2022 to 00:00:00 on September 10, 2022.

  • Second billing cycle: from 00:00:00 on September 10, 2022 to 00:00:00 on October 10, 2022.

Formula

The total resource usage fee attributed to an Alibaba Cloud account is the sum of the resource usage fees of each region. The resource usage fee of each region is calculated based on the following formula:

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

Port pricing

Port for a dedicated Express Connect circuit

The prices listed in the following table are for reference only. To view the actual prices, go to the buy page.

Specifications

Resource usage fee (USD/month)

Resource usage fee (USD/month)

Chinese mainland

Regions outside the Chinese mainland

Except 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

Shared port unit price

The prices listed in the following table are for reference only. To view the actual prices, go to the buy page. For more information, see Create a shared port for a new hosted connection of a tenant.

Note

Before you purchase a port to set up a shared Express Connect circuit, make sure that the construction of the Express Connect circuit has been completed and that you have created a port. For more information, see Classic mode.

Specifications

Resource usage fee (USD/month)

Resource usage fee (USD/month)

Chinese mainland

Regions outside the Chinese mainland

Except 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

2,400

6,142

7,370.4

60 Gbps

2,900

7,371

8,845.2

80 Gbps

3,800

9,828

1,1793.6

100 Gbps

5,200

1,1700

1,4040

Examples

For example, you created a 10 Gbit/s port for a dedicated Express Connect circuit and a 2 Gbit/s port for a shared Express Connect Circuit in the China (Beijing) region at 13:00:00 on August 9, 2022. The initial subscription duration is one month and you manually renewed the circuit for one month before it expires. The resource usage fee for the China (Beijing) region is calculated as follows:

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