After you purchase a Global Accelerator (GA) instance whose bandwidth metering method is pay-by-bandwidth, you must purchase a basic bandwidth plan and associate the plan with the GA instance. A basic bandwidth plan provides bandwidth for data transfer over the Internet and the internal networks of Alibaba Cloud. You cannot use a basic bandwidth plan for data transfer between regions in the Chinese mainland and regions outside the Chinese mainland. This topic describes the billing rules for subscription basic bandwidth plans.
Billing rules
The subscription billing method requires you to pay a subscription fee before you can use a resource. The following table describes the billing rules for subscription basic bandwidth plans.
Item | Description |
Scenario | After you purchase a GA instance whose bandwidth metering method is pay-by-bandwidth, you must purchase a basic bandwidth plan and associate the plan with the instance. |
Billable item | You are charged only bandwidth fees when you use a subscription basic bandwidth plan. |
Billing cycle | Monthly The billing cycle of a subscription basic bandwidth plan is the subscription duration of the plan. The billing cycle is based on UTC+8 and starts from the time when the subscription basic bandwidth plan is purchased or renewed and ends at 24:00:00 on the expiration date. The start time is accurate to the second. A bill is generated on the first day of the next calendar month after a billing cycle ends. The system determines the time when bills are issued. |
Bandwidth fees
Description
You are charged bandwidth fees for subscription basic bandwidth plans that are used to accelerate content delivery over the global transmission network of Alibaba Cloud. You are charged based on the bandwidth limit and bandwidth type that you specified.
Billing formulas
Basic bandwidth plan fee = Unit price of the basic bandwidth plan (USD per month) × Bandwidth limit (Mbit/s) × DurationBandwidth unit price
Basic bandwidth plans support the following bandwidth types: basic, enhanced, and premium. The bandwidth unit price varies based on the bandwidth type. You can view the actual unit price on the Global Accelerator Bandwidth Plan buy page.
For information about the acceleration types of different bandwidth types, see the "Bandwidth types" section of the Purchase and manage basic bandwidth plans topic.
Refund policies
When you create a subscription bandwidth plan, you must pay the subscription fee. If you no longer require the bandwidth plan, you can cancel the subscription of the bandwidth plan and apply for a refund. For more information, see Refund policies.
References
Purchase and manage basic bandwidth plans: This topic describes the types of bandwidth plans and how to purchase and associate basic bandwidth plans with GA instances.
Overdue payments: This topic describes the expiration and overdue payment policies of subscription basic bandwidth plans.