Hologres charges for three resource types: compute, storage, and network. This page explains what each resource costs, how billing is calculated, and how to stop charges when you no longer need a resource.
Key concepts
Storage capacity refers to the total data volume stored in Hologres, excluding replicas. This includes user business data and metadata. Billing is based on actual usage. Unit: GB.
Compute capacity refers to the total compute resources used for read and write operations in Hologres. Unit: CU (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB memory).
For exclusive instances, two additional compute units apply:
Serverless Computing: compute resources consumed when running SQL jobs via the Serverless Computing feature. Unit: CU×H. Billing stops as soon as you switch back to instance reserved compute resources.
Time-sharing elasticity: additional compute resources provisioned on demand. Unit: CU×H. Billing stops when you disable the feature and revert to reserved compute resources.
Network usage refers to data transferred during cross-region snapshot replication. Unit: GB.
Billing methods
Hologres exclusive instances support two billing methods: subscription and pay-as-you-go. Both cover the same three resource types: compute, storage, and network.
Advanced features — Serverless Computing, backup and restore, and cross-region snapshot replication — are always billed on a pay-as-you-go basis, regardless of which billing method your instance uses.
Subscription
Pay monthly or annually in advance for a fixed compute and storage allocation. Compute and storage are billed as upfront payments. If your storage usage exceeds the purchased allocation, the overage is billed hourly at the pay-as-you-go rate.
For details, see Subscription.
Pay-as-you-go
Compute fees are based on the purchased compute specification and instance runtime. Storage fees are based on actual storage usage and duration. Both are billed hourly.
Compute resources are billed every hour regardless of whether the instance is running any jobs.
For details, see Pay-as-you-go.
Billing rules for each billing item
subscriptionSubscribe
The table below groups billing items by how charges are triggered. Base resource fees (compute, gateway, reserved compute, and standard storage) are paid upfront at purchase. On-demand fees (elastic, Serverless, and overage charges) are billed hourly based on actual usage.
| Billing item | Billing rule | How to stop billing |
|---|---|---|
| Compute resources | Upfront payment. Fees for the purchased specification and duration are collected at purchase. | Before the instance expires, apply to release it by joining the Hologres DingTalk group. See How to get online support. Important After release, all data and objects in the instance are unrecoverable. If you no longer use the instance, apply to release it by joining the Hologres DingTalk group before the instance expires. For more information, see How to get more online support. Important After the instance is released, data and objects within the instance are unrecoverable. Proceed with caution. |
| Gateway resources | Upfront payment. | Same as compute resources. |
| Virtual warehouse reserved compute resources | Upfront payment. | Same as compute resources. |
| Virtual warehouse elastic resources (time-sharing elasticity and auto-scaling) | Pay-as-you-go. Billed based on the amount and duration of elastic resources used. | Disable elastic features and use reserved compute resources instead. |
| Serverless Computing compute resources | Pay-as-you-go. Billed based on the amount and duration of Serverless Computing resources used. | Stop using Serverless Computing and run SQL jobs on reserved compute resources instead. |
| Standard storage | Upfront payment for the purchased allocation. Storage that exceeds the allocation is billed hourly at the pay-as-you-go rate. | To stop all storage charges, release the instance. To stop overage charges only, delete data until usage is within the allocation. |
| Infrequent Access storage | Same as Standard storage. | Same as Standard storage. |
| Backup snapshots | Pay-as-you-go. | Disable periodic backups and delete existing backup snapshots. |
| Cross-region snapshot replication network transfer | Pay-as-you-go. | Disable cross-region snapshot replication. |
Pay-as-you-go
The table below groups billing items by how charges are triggered. Base resource fees (compute, gateway, and reserved compute) start immediately when you purchase or start the instance and are billed hourly. On-demand fees (elastic, Serverless, and storage) are billed based on actual usage.
| Billing item | Billing rule | How to stop billing |
|---|---|---|
| Compute resources | Billing starts immediately after purchase. Billed hourly based on the purchased compute specification, regardless of whether jobs are running. | In the Hologres console, click Stop in the Actions column for the instance. |
| Gateway resources | Billed hourly. | Stop the instance. |
| Resource reservation for compute groups | Billed hourly. | Stop the instance. |
| Elastic Compute Group resources | Billed hourly based on usage. | Disable elastic features and use reserved compute resources instead. |
| Serverless Computing compute resources | Pay-as-you-go. Billed based on the amount and duration of Serverless Computing resources used. | Stop using Serverless Computing and run SQL jobs on reserved compute resources instead. |
| Standard storage | Billed hourly when data is stored in the instance. | Delete stored data. Billing stops after deletion. |
| Infrequent Access storage | Billed hourly when data is stored in the instance. | Delete stored data. Billing stops after deletion. |
| Backup snapshots | Pay-as-you-go. | Disable periodic backups and delete existing backup snapshots. |
| Cross-region snapshot replication network transfer | Pay-as-you-go. | Disable cross-region snapshot replication. |
Billing calculation
Hologres uses different billing logic for subscription and pay-as-you-go instances. You can view the pricing details for your region. For billing rules and when billing stops for each billing item, see Billing rules for each billing item.
Example scenarios:
Scenario 1
In subscription mode, you estimate that your business needs 500 GB of Standard storage and 64 compute units (CUs) for 6 months. If your instance is in the Singapore region, your upfront payment is $31.970149 × 64 × 6 + $0.182090 × 500 × 6 = $12,822.81. Infrequent Access storage uses the same billing logic.
Scenario 2
In subscription mode, you initially bought 100 GB of Standard storage. Due to rapid business growth, your storage usage reached 200 GB in one hour. You are charged extra for the 100 GB overage. If your instance is in the Singapore region, the overage charge is (200 − 100) × $0.000379 = $0.0379.
Scenario 3
In pay-as-you-go mode, your business uses 64 CUs and stores 100 GB of Infrequent Access data in one hour. If your instance is in the Singapore region, your hourly bill is $0.182090 × 64 × 1 + $0.000055 × 100 × 1 = $11.66.
The Chinese mainland (selected regions)
The following billing logic applies to China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Ulanqab), and China (Chengdu).
Dedicated instance (subscription)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $25.373134 per CU per month |
Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | USD 50.746268 per unit per month |
Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $25.373134 per CU per month | |
Virtual warehouse elastic resource | $0.052861 per CU per hour | |
| Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.052866 per CU per hour Note This billing item uses pay-as-you-go pricing only. No subscription price is available. |
Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.149254 per GB per month | |
Standard storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.194030 per GB per month Important This billing item is available only in the China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Shanghai), and China (Hangzhou) regions. | |
Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000311 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Standard storage overage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000404 per GB per hour Important This billing item is available only in the China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Shanghai), and China (Hangzhou) regions. | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.021493 per GB per month | |
Infrequent Access storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.027941 per GB per month Important This billing item is available only in the China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Shanghai), and China (Hangzhou) regions. | |
Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000045 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Infrequent Access storage overage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000059 per GB per hour Important This billing item is available only in the China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Shanghai), and China (Hangzhou) regions. | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000045 per GB per hour | |
Cross-region replication snapshot network transfer fee | $0.0746 per GB Note This billing item uses pay-as-you-go pricing only. No subscription price is available. |
Dedicated instance (pay-as-you-go)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $0.052861 per CU per hour |
Compute group type | Gateway resource | 0.105722 USD/instance/hour |
| $0.052861 per CU per hour | |
| Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.052866 per CU per hour |
Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000311 per GB per hour | |
Standard storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000404 per GB per hour Important This billing item is available only in the China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Shanghai), and China (Hangzhou) regions. | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000045 per GB per hour | |
Infrequent Access storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000059 per GB per hour Important This billing item is available only in the China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Shanghai), and China (Hangzhou) regions. | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000045 per GB per hour | |
Cross-region replication snapshot network transfer fee | $0.0746 per GB Note This billing item uses pay-as-you-go pricing only. No subscription price is available. |
China (Zhangjiakou)
Dedicated instance (subscription)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $25.567164 per CU per month |
Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | 43.134328 USD per unit per month |
Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $25.567164 per CU per month | |
Virtual warehouse elastic resource | $0.044932 per CU per hour | |
| Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.126866 per GB per month |
Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000264 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.018269 per GB per month | |
Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000038 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000038 per GB per hour |
Dedicated instance (pay-as-you-go)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $0.044932 per CU per hour |
Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | 0.089864 USD per unit per hour |
| $0.044932 per CU per hour | |
| Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000264 per GB per hour |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000038 per GB per hour | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000038 per GB per hour |
China (Hong Kong)
Dedicated instance (subscription)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $30.194030 per CU per month |
Compute group type | Gateway resource | USD 60.388060 per unit per month |
Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $30.194030 per CU per month | |
Virtual warehouse elastic resource | $0.044932 per CU per hour | |
| Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.062904 per CU per hour Note This billing item uses pay-as-you-go pricing only. No subscription price is available. |
Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.174627 per GB per month | |
Standard storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.261941 per GB per month | |
Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000364 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Standard storage overage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000546 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.025146 per GB per month | |
Infrequent Access storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.037719 per GB per month | |
Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000052 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Infrequent Access storage overage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000078 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000052 per GB per hour | |
Cross-region replication snapshot network transfer fee | $0.08 per GB |
Dedicated instance (pay-as-you-go)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $0.062904 per CU per hour |
Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | USD 0.125808 per instance per hour |
| $0.062904 per CU per hour | |
| Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.062904 per CU per hour |
Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000364 per GB per hour | |
Standard storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000546 per GB per hour | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000052 per GB per hour | |
Infrequent Access storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000078 per GB per hour | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000052 per GB per hour | |
Cross-region replication snapshot network transfer fee | $0.08 per GB |
Singapore
Dedicated instance (subscription)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $31.970149 per CU per month |
Compute group type | Gateway resource | $63.940298 per gateway per month |
Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $31.970149 per CU per month | |
Elastic Compute Group Resources | $0.066604 per CU per hour | |
| Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.066604 per CU per hour Note This billing item uses pay-as-you-go pricing only. No subscription price is available. |
Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.182090 per GB per month | |
Standard storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.273135 per GB per month | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.026221 per GB per month | |
Infrequent Access storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.039332 per GB per month | |
Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000055 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Infrequent Access storage overage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000083 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000379 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Standard storage overage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000569 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000055 per GB per hour | |
Cross-region replication snapshot network transfer fee | $0.08 per GB |
Dedicated instance (pay-as-you-go)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $0.066604 per CU per hour |
Compute group type | Gateway resource | 0.133208 USD per unit per hour |
| $0.066604 per CU per hour | |
| Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.066604 per CU per hour |
Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000379 per GB per hour | |
Standard storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000569 per GB per hour | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000055 per GB per hour | |
Infrequent Access storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000083 per GB per hour | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000055 per GB per hour | |
Cross-region replication snapshot network transfer fee | $0.08 per GB |
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)
Dedicated instance (subscription)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $35.268657 per CU per month |
Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | USD 70.537314 per unit per month |
Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $35.268657 per CU per month | |
Elastic resources of a compute group | $0.073476 per CU per hour | |
| Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.197015 per GB per month |
Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000410 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.028370 per GB per month | |
Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000059 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000059 per GB per hour | |
Cross-region replication snapshot network transfer fee | $0.08 per GB |
Dedicated instance (pay-as-you-go)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $0.073476 per CU per hour |
Compute group type | Gateway resource | USD 0.146952 per instance per hour |
| $0.073476 per CU per hour | |
| Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000410 per GB per hour |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000059 per GB per hour | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000059 per GB per hour | |
Cross-region replication snapshot network transfer fee | $0.08 per GB |
US (Silicon Valley)
Dedicated instance (subscription)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $29.432836 per CU per month |
Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $58.865672 per instance per month (USD) |
Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $29.432836 per CU per month | |
Elastic resources for compute groups | $0.061318 per CU per hour | |
| Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.171642 per GB per month |
Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.171642 per GB per month Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.024716 per GB per month | |
Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.024716 per GB per month Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000051 per GB per hour |
Dedicated instance (pay-as-you-go)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $0.061318 per CU per hour |
Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | USD 0.122636/unit/hour |
| $0.061318 per CU per hour | |
| Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000358 per GB per hour |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000051 per GB per hour | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000051 per GB per hour |
US (Virginia)
Dedicated instance (subscription)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $27.149254 per CU per month |
Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | USD 54.298508/unit/month |
Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $27.149254 per CU per month | |
Elastic Resources for Compute Groups | $0.056561 per CU per hour | |
| Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.056561 per CU per hour Note This billing item uses pay-as-you-go pricing only. No subscription price is available. |
Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.164179 per GB per month | |
Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000342 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.023642 per GB per month | |
Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000049 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000049 per GB per hour |
Dedicated instance (pay-as-you-go)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $0.056561 per CU per hour |
Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | USD 0.113122 per instance per hour |
| $0.056561 per CU per hour | |
| Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.056561 per CU per hour |
Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000342 per GB per hour | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000049 per GB per hour | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000049 per GB per hour |
Japan (Tokyo)
Dedicated instance (subscription)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $30.194030 per CU per month |
Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | 60.388060 USD per unit per month |
Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $30.194030 per CU per month | |
Virtual warehouse elastic resource | $0.062904 per CU per hour | |
| Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.177612 per GB per month |
Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000370 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.025576 per GB per month | |
Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000053 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000053 per GB per hour |
Dedicated instance (pay-as-you-go)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $0.062904 per CU per hour |
Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | USD 0.125808/instance/hour |
| $0.062904 per CU per hour | |
| Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000370 per GB per hour |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000053 per GB per hour | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000053 per GB per hour |
South Korea (Seoul)
Dedicated instance (subscription)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $34.328358 per CU per month |
Compute group type | Gateway resource | USD 68.656716 per unit per month |
Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $34.328358 per CU per month | |
Elastic resources for compute groups | $0.071518 per CU per hour | |
| Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.227463 per GB per month |
Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000474 per GB per hour | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.023284 per GB per month | |
Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000049 per GB per hour | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000049 per GB per hour | |
Dedicated instance (pay-as-you-go)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $0.071518 per CU per hour |
Compute group type | Gateway resource | USD 0.143036 per unit per hour |
| $0.071518 per CU per hour | |
| Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000474 per GB per hour |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000049 per GB per hour | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000049 per GB per hour |
Indonesia (Jakarta)
Dedicated instance (subscription)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $31.462687 per CU per month |
Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $62.925374 per gateway per month |
Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $31.462687 per CU per month | |
Elastic compute group resources | $0.065547 per CU per hour | |
| Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.065547 per CU per hour Note This billing item uses pay-as-you-go pricing only. No subscription price is available. |
Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.183582 per GB per month | |
Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000382 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.026436 per GB per month | |
Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000055 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000055 per GB per hour |
Dedicated instance (pay-as-you-go)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $0.065547 per CU per hour |
Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | USD 0.131094 per unit per hour |
| $0.065547 per CU per hour | |
| Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.065547 per CU per hour |
Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000382 per GB per hour | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000055 per GB per hour | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000055 per GB per hour |
Germany (Frankfurt)
Dedicated instance (subscription)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $32.731343 per CU per month |
Compute group type | Gateway resource | 65.462686 USD per unit per month |
Compute Group: Reserved Computing Resources | $32.731343 per CU per month | |
Virtual warehouse elastic resource | $0.068190 per CU per hour | |
| Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.068190 per CU per hour Note This billing item uses pay-as-you-go pricing only. No subscription price is available. |
Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.189552 per GB per month | |
Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000395 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.027286 per GB per month | |
Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000057 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000057 per GB per hour |
Dedicated instance (pay-as-you-go)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $0.068190 per CU per hour |
Compute group type | Gateway resource | 0.136380 USD/unit/hour |
| $0.068190 per CU per hour | |
| Serverless Computing compute resource Note This billing item uses pay-as-you-go pricing only. No subscription price is available. | $0.068190 per CU per hour |
| Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000395 per GB per hour |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000057 per GB per hour | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000057 per GB per hour |
UAE (Dubai)
Dedicated instance (subscription)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $40.447761 per CU per month |
| Gateway resource | $80.895522 per unit per month |
Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $40.447761 per CU per month | |
Elastic Compute Group Resources | $0.084269 per CU per hour | |
| Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.084269 per CU per hour Note This billing item uses pay-as-you-go pricing only. No subscription price is available. |
Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.298508 per GB per month | |
Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000622 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.042986 per GB per month | |
Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000090 per GB per hour Important You are charged this rate only for storage that exceeds your purchased capacity. | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000090 per GB per hour |
Dedicated instance (pay-as-you-go)
Instance type | Billing item | Price (1 CU = 1 core, 4 GB) |
| Compute resource | $0.084269 per CU per hour |
| Gateway resource | $0.168538 per gateway per hour |
| $0.084269 per CU per hour | |
| Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.084269 per CU per hour |
Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000622 per GB per hour | |
Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000090 per GB per hour | |
Backup snapshot | $0.000090 per GB per hour |
Billing calculation
Hologres applies different billing logic for subscription and pay-as-you-go instances. Prices vary by region — see the regional pricing tables below.
Example scenarios
Scenario 1 — Subscription, Singapore region
Estimated usage: 64 CUs and 500 GB of Standard storage for 6 months.
Upfront payment: $31.970149 × 64 × 6 + $0.182090 × 500 × 6 = $12,822.81
Scenario 2 — Subscription overage, Singapore region
You purchased 100 GB of Standard storage. Usage reaches 200 GB in one hour. The overage charge for that hour:
(200 − 100) × $0.000379 = $0.0379
Scenario 3 — Pay-as-you-go, Singapore region
Usage in one hour: 64 CUs and 100 GB of Infrequent Access storage.
Hourly bill: $0.182090 × 64 × 1 + $0.000055 × 100 × 1 = $11.66
Pricing by region
Chinese mainland (Hangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Ulanqab, Chengdu)
Dedicated instance — subscription
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $25.373134 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $50.746268 per unit per month |
| Compute Group Type | Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $25.373134 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Virtual warehouse elastic resource | $0.052861 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.052866 per CU per hour (pay-as-you-go only) |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.149254 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.194030 per GB per month Important Available only in China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Shanghai), and China (Hangzhou). |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000311 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage overage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000404 per GB per hour Important Available only in China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Shanghai), and China (Hangzhou). |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.021493 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.027941 per GB per month Important Available only in China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Shanghai), and China (Hangzhou). |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000045 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage overage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000059 per GB per hour Important Available only in China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Shanghai), and China (Hangzhou). |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000045 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Cross-region replication snapshot network transfer fee | $0.0746 per GB (pay-as-you-go only) |
Dedicated instance — pay-as-you-go
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $0.052861 per CU per hour |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $0.105722 per instance per hour |
| Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource / Elastic Compute Group resources | Compute resource | $0.052861 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.052866 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000311 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000404 per GB per hour Important Available only in China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Shanghai), and China (Hangzhou). |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000045 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000059 per GB per hour Important Available only in China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Shanghai), and China (Hangzhou). |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000045 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Cross-region replication snapshot network transfer fee | $0.0746 per GB |
China (Zhangjiakou)
Dedicated instance — subscription
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $25.567164 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $43.134328 per unit per month |
| Compute Group Type | Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $25.567164 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Virtual warehouse elastic resource | $0.044932 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.126866 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000264 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.018269 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000038 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000038 per GB per hour |
Dedicated instance — pay-as-you-go
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $0.044932 per CU per hour |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $0.089864 per unit per hour |
| Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource / Elastic compute group resources | Compute resource | $0.044932 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000264 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000038 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000038 per GB per hour |
China (Hong Kong)
Dedicated instance — subscription
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $30.194030 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $60.388060 per unit per month |
| Compute Group Type | Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $30.194030 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Virtual warehouse elastic resource | $0.044932 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.062904 per CU per hour (pay-as-you-go only) |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.174627 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.261941 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000364 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage overage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000546 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.025146 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.037719 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000052 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage overage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000078 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000052 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Cross-region replication snapshot network transfer fee | $0.08 per GB |
Dedicated instance — pay-as-you-go
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $0.062904 per CU per hour |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $0.125808 per instance per hour |
| Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource / Virtual warehouse elastic resource | Compute resource | $0.062904 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.062904 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000364 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000546 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000052 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000078 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000052 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Cross-region replication snapshot network transfer fee | $0.08 per GB |
Singapore
Dedicated instance — subscription
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $31.970149 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $63.940298 per gateway per month |
| Compute Group Type | Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $31.970149 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Elastic Compute Group resources | $0.066604 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.066604 per CU per hour (pay-as-you-go only) |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.182090 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.273135 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000379 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage overage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000569 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.026221 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.039332 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000055 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage overage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000083 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000055 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Cross-region replication snapshot network transfer fee | $0.08 per GB |
Dedicated instance — pay-as-you-go
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $0.066604 per CU per hour |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $0.133208 per unit per hour |
| Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource / Compute Group elastic resources | Compute resource | $0.066604 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.066604 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000379 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000569 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000055 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (zone-redundant storage) | $0.000083 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000055 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Cross-region replication snapshot network transfer fee | $0.08 per GB |
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)
Dedicated instance — subscription
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $35.268657 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $70.537314 per unit per month |
| Compute Group Type | Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $35.268657 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Elastic resources of a compute group | $0.073476 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.197015 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000410 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.028370 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000059 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000059 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Cross-region replication snapshot network transfer fee | $0.08 per GB |
Dedicated instance — pay-as-you-go
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $0.073476 per CU per hour |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $0.146952 per instance per hour |
| Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource / Elastic compute group resources | Compute resource | $0.073476 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000410 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000059 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000059 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Cross-region replication snapshot network transfer fee | $0.08 per GB |
US (Silicon Valley)
Dedicated instance — subscription
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $29.432836 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $58.865672 per instance per month |
| Compute Group Type | Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $29.432836 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Elastic resources for compute groups | $0.061318 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.171642 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.171642 per GB per month Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.024716 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.024716 per GB per month Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000051 per GB per hour |
Dedicated instance — pay-as-you-go
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $0.061318 per CU per hour |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $0.122636 per unit per hour |
| Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource / Virtual warehouse elastic resource | Compute resource | $0.061318 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000358 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000051 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000051 per GB per hour |
US (Virginia)
Dedicated instance — subscription
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $27.149254 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $54.298508 per unit per month |
| Compute Group Type | Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $27.149254 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Elastic resources for compute groups | $0.056561 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.056561 per CU per hour (pay-as-you-go only) |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.164179 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000342 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.023642 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000049 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000049 per GB per hour |
Dedicated instance — pay-as-you-go
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $0.056561 per CU per hour |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $0.113122 per instance per hour |
| Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource / Elastic resources for compute groups | Compute resource | $0.056561 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.056561 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000342 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000049 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000049 per GB per hour |
Japan (Tokyo)
Dedicated instance — subscription
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $30.194030 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $60.388060 per unit per month |
| Compute Group Type | Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $30.194030 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Virtual warehouse elastic resource | $0.062904 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.177612 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000370 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.025576 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000053 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000053 per GB per hour |
Dedicated instance — pay-as-you-go
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $0.062904 per CU per hour |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $0.125808 per instance per hour |
| Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource / Compute Group elastic resources | Compute resource | $0.062904 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000370 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000053 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000053 per GB per hour |
South Korea (Seoul)
Dedicated instance — subscription
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $34.328358 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $68.656716 per unit per month |
| Compute Group Type | Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $34.328358 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Elastic resources for compute groups | $0.071518 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.227463 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000474 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.023284 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000049 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000049 per GB per hour |
Dedicated instance — pay-as-you-go
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $0.071518 per CU per hour |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $0.143036 per unit per hour |
| Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource / Elastic Compute Group resources | Compute resource | $0.071518 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000474 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000049 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000049 per GB per hour |
Indonesia (Jakarta)
Dedicated instance — subscription
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $31.462687 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $62.925374 per gateway per month |
| Compute Group Type | Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $31.462687 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Elastic compute group resources | $0.065547 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.065547 per CU per hour (pay-as-you-go only) |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.183582 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000382 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.026436 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000055 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000055 per GB per hour |
Dedicated instance — pay-as-you-go
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $0.065547 per CU per hour |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $0.131094 per unit per hour |
| Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource / Elastic Compute Group resources | Compute resource | $0.065547 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.065547 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000382 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000055 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000055 per GB per hour |
Germany (Frankfurt)
Dedicated instance — subscription
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $32.731343 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $65.462686 per unit per month |
| Compute Group Type | Reserved compute resources | $32.731343 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Virtual warehouse elastic resource | $0.068190 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.068190 per CU per hour (pay-as-you-go only) |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.189552 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000395 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.027286 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000057 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000057 per GB per hour |
Dedicated instance — pay-as-you-go
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $0.068190 per CU per hour |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $0.136380 per unit per hour |
| Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource / Elastic Compute Group resources | Compute resource | $0.068190 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance / Compute Group Type | Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.068190 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000395 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000057 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000057 per GB per hour |
UAE (Dubai)
Dedicated instance — subscription
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $40.447761 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $80.895522 per unit per month |
| Compute Group Type | Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource | $40.447761 per CU per month |
| Compute Group Type | Elastic Compute Group resources | $0.084269 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.084269 per CU per hour (pay-as-you-go only) |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.298508 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000622 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.042986 per GB per month |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage overage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000090 per GB per hour Important Applies only to storage that exceeds your purchased allocation. |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000090 per GB per hour |
Dedicated instance — pay-as-you-go
| Instance type | Billing item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General-purpose / Read-only secondary instance | Compute resource | $0.084269 per CU per hour |
| Compute Group Type | Gateway resource | $0.168538 per gateway per hour |
| Virtual warehouse reserved compute resource / Compute Group elastic resources | Compute resource | $0.084269 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Serverless Computing compute resource | $0.084269 per CU per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Standard storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000622 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Infrequent Access storage (locally redundant storage) | $0.000090 per GB per hour |
| General-purpose / Compute Group Type | Backup snapshot | $0.000090 per GB per hour |
Billing cycle
Subscription: A bill for the upfront payment is pushed to your Alibaba Cloud account when you purchase the instance. If storage usage exceeds the purchased allocation, overage charges are billed hourly until usage drops back within the allocation.
Subscription: When you purchase a subscription Hologres instance, a bill for the upfront payment is pushed to the instance's Alibaba Cloud account. If your storage usage exceeds the allowance, the excess is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis. A bill for the overage is pushed every hour until your storage usage is back within the allowance.
Pay-as-you-go: A bill is pushed to your Alibaba Cloud account every hour.
Choose a billing method
| Scenario | Recommendation | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Development and testing | Pay-as-you-go | Workloads are unpredictable and data volume is small. Pay-as-you-go lets you control costs without committing to a fixed allocation. |
| Stable production workloads | Subscription | Once workload patterns are predictable, a subscription reduces per-unit costs compared to pay-as-you-go. |
Start with pay-as-you-go to build a baseline of your actual resource consumption. Once your workload is stable and the monthly cost is predictable, switch to subscription to reduce costs. If your usage ever exceeds your purchased subscription allocation, the overage is automatically charged at pay-as-you-go rates — so you won't be blocked by a capacity limit.
Stable jobs: After development and debugging, your jobs go live in production. Consider subscription billing.