Starting from 00:00:00 on January 5, 2024, Function Compute uses Cloud Data Transfer (CDT) to bill outbound Internet data transfers. You are charged for Internet data transfers based on the billing methods of CDT. At the same time, outbound Internet data plans of Function Compute are no longer available. This adjustment will not affect your business. You can continue to buy outbound Internet data plans of Function Compute before 00:00 on January 5, 2024. All outbound Internet data plans that you have purchased can still be used within their validity periods.
Billing methods of CDT
Cloud Data Transfer (CDT) is a service that bills data transfers for different Alibaba Cloud services in a centralized manner. CDT allows you to flexibly use and manage data transfers with ease, which reduces IT costs. For more information, see What is CDT?
After the billing method is adjusted, you are charged for outbound Internet data transfers incurred by Function Compute based on the billing methods of CDT. CDT generates bills for the outbound Internet data transfers of Function Compute. CDT supports tiered pricing. The total amount of Internet data transfers of Function Compute and other Alibaba Cloud services can be accumulated to generate bills. The larger the amount of Internet data transfers, the lower the price. This helps reduce costs. For more information about the billing on Internet data transfers in CDT, see Internet data transfers.
After the billing method is changed, you are provided with a free quota of 10 GB of Internet data transfers over Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) lines each month. The free quota can be used to offset outbound Internet data transfers of all Alibaba Cloud services that are supported by CDT. This free quota can be used together with other discounts. By default, this free quota is preferentially used.
The billing rules of data transfers in CDT are consistent with those of its supported Alibaba Cloud services. In Function Compute, you are charged for only outbound Internet data transfers. After the billing of CDT is applied, CDT still bills only the outbound Internet data transfers. For more information, see Supported products and metering methods.
Free quota for new and existing users
This following items define new and existing users:
New users: Users who activate Function Compute in the Function Compute console after 00:00:00 on December 19, 2023.
Existing users: Users who activate Function Compute before 00:00:00 on December 19, 2023.
Free quota for new users
CDT is activated for new users of Function Compute for free. A free CDT Internet data plan is automatically given to new users for 3 months. The plan contains 100 GB of outbound Internet data each month. This free trial quota is provided by CDT resource plans and can be used to offset the Internet data transfers that are generated by other Alibaba Cloud services such as Elastic Compute Service (ECS) and Classic Load Balancer (CLB). After the free quota of Internet data transfers is used up or expires, the pay-as-you-go billing method supported by CDT is automatically used.
Free quota for existing users
In order to make up for the inconvenience that this adjustment may bring to existing users, existing users will receive a free monthly quota of 100 GB of Internet data transfers at 00:00:00 on January 5, 2024, and the free quota is valid for 12 months. The free quota can only be used to offset the outbound Internet data transfers that are incurred by Function Compute. After the trial quota of Internet data transfers is used up or expires, you are charged for the excess Internet data transfers in CDT on a pay-as-you-go basis.
The free quota for new and existing users are automatically distributed. You can log on to Alibaba Cloud Management Console and view the quota on the Manage Reserved Instances page. After 00: 00 on December 19, 2023, new users can view the free quota. Existing users can view the free quota after 00: 00 on January 05, 2024.