This topic describes the billing method, billing rules, billing cycle, and bill generation time of ZOLOZ services.
Billing method
You need to pay a one-time installation fee when you integrate a ZOLOZ service. Then, you need to pay for the service based on the usage.
You can pay for a ZOLOZ service by using the following two methods:
Method 1: Pay for the service in pay-as-you-go mode. This allows you to use a ZOLOZ service before you are charged. The system generates a bill based on your actual usage in each billing cycle.
Method 2: Purchase a resource plan. You can purchase a resource plan with a fixed amount of traffic based on the estimated usage in an all-upfront manner. The resource plan is valid for one year. The unused traffic is automatically invalidated after the expiration of the resource plan.
Billing rules
The following table describes the billing rules of ZOLOZ services.
Service | Initialization status (result of calling the initialize operation) | Billing rule |
ZOLOZ Real ID | Failed | No charge. |
Successful | You are charged if an image is collected and the service result is returned from ZOLOZ. The service result can be Success, Pending, or Failure. You can call the checkresult operation to obtain the service result. | |
ZOLOZ Face Capture | Failed | No charge. |
Successful | You are charged if an image is collected and the service result is returned from ZOLOZ. The service result can be Success, Pending, or Failure. You can call the checkresult operation to obtain the service result. | |
ZOLOZ Face Compare | Failed | No charge. |
Successful | You are charged if image comparison successful and the service result is returned from ZOLOZ. The service result can be Success, Pending, or Failure. You can call the checkresult operation to obtain the service result. | |
ZOLOZ ID Recognition (SDK Edition) | Failed | No charge. |
Successful | You are charged if an image is collected and the service result is returned from ZOLOZ. The service result can be Success, Pending, or Failure. You can call the checkresult operation to obtain the service result. | |
ZOLOZ Connect | Failed | No charge. |
Successful | You are charged if an image is collected and the service result is returned from ZOLOZ. The service result can be Success, Pending, or Failure. You can call the checkresult operation to obtain the service result. | |
ZOLOZ NFC Reader | Failed | No charge. |
Successful | You are charged if an ID document is read by using the near-field communication (NFC) feature. You can call the checkresult operation to obtain the service result. | |
ZOLOZ Statement of Travel Records | Not involved | Charges will be charged if "S" or "F" is returned in the response parameter resultStatus from the ZOLOZ extract API. |
ZOLOZ ID Network | Not involved | A fee is charged when add/risk query APIs are successfully called, which includes the following three situations:
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ZOLOZ CN Authority | Not involved | A fee is charged when ZOLOZ returns the final result (Success or AUTHORITY_NOT_SAME_PERSON). |
Billing cycle
You are charged on a daily basis.
Bill generation
If your ZOLOZ services are billed by using the pay-as-you-go billing method, a bill that contains the ZOLOZ service fees of the previous day is generated every day.
In principle, the bill of the previous day is generated at approximately 03:00 every day. The actual point in time when the bill is generated prevails.