Enterprise Edition instances

Enterprise Edition instances of IoT Platform use the subscription billing method. After you purchase an Enterprise Edition instance, you are no longer charged for the following billable items of the instance: number of messages, device connection duration, and over-the-air (OTA) updates. This topic provides a billing example for Enterprise Edition instances.

Important

The following information is for reference only. The actual fees are specified on your bill.

On the IoT Platform instance purchase page, you can select the specifications to view the Configuration Fee. For more information, see Purchase an Enterprise instance.

Background information

For more information about the billing of Enterprise Edition instances, see Enterprise Edition instances (subscription).

Billing example

In this example, the following conditions are used:

The number of online devices is 10,000.
Each device submits a message every 10 minutes.
Each device receives a control message every 20 minutes.
The size of each message is less than or equal to 300 bytes.

The following table describes each billable item.

Billable item

Description

Formula

Messaging-based transactions per second (TPS)

Number of devices × Number of messages that each device submits per second + Number of devices × Number of messages that each device receives per second

Parameter description:

One message every 10 minutes = One message/10 minutes = One message/(60 × 10) seconds = Number of messages that each device submits per second
One message every 20 minutes = One message/20 minutes = One message/(60 × 20) seconds = Number of messages that each device receives per second
TPS for upstream messages = Number of devices × Number of messages that each device submits to IoT Platform per second
TPS for downstream messages = Number of devices × Number of messages that each device receives from IoT Platform per second

10,000 × [1/(60 × 10)] + 10,000 × [1/(60 × 20)] = 25 messages per second

Message forwarding TPS

Number of devices × Number of messages that each device submits per second

Parameter description:

One message every 10 minutes = One message/10 minutes = One message/(60 × 10) seconds = Number of messages that each device submits per second
In this example, the message forwarding TPS calculates only the number of messages that devices submit.

10,000 × [1/(60 × 10)] = 16.7 messages per second

On the buy page of IoT Platform, configure the required specifications. The following fees can be calculated:

Note

The basic setting for the messaging-based TPS or message forwarding TPS of an Enterprise Edition instance is 100 messages per second. In this example, the basic setting is used.

Monthly fee: USD 196.00, which is less than USD 0.02 per device per month. This price is for a Subscription Duration of 1 month with the following configuration: Edition: Enterprise IoT Platform, Type: Standard, Version: Standard (SLA 99.95%), hot data storage IOPS: 100, hot data storage space: 1 GB, cold data storage space: 10 GB, data processing unit: 1, video service: Not Enabled, and resource group: Default Resource Group.
Annual fee: USD 2,352.00, which is less than USD 0.24 per device per year. Selecting a Subscription Duration of 1 year saves you CNY 2,010.00.