LinkVisual supports the pay-as-you-go billing method. If the actual bandwidth usage exceeds the available bandwidth in the specifications of a subscription IoT instance, throttling is not implemented on the instance. You are billed for the excess traffic on a daily basis. This ensures service availability and continuity. This topic describes how to activate LinkVisual and the pay-as-you-go billing rules.
This topic is provided only for reference. The actual fees of LinkVisual are displayed on your bills.
Billing method
Billing rules
The public bandwidth usage of videos consists of the bandwidth usage of upstream video streams and the bandwidth usage of downstream video streams. If the public bandwidth usage of videos exceeds the available bandwidth in the specifications of a subscription IoT instance, you are billed for the excess traffic on a daily basis. The following table describes the billing rules.
After you enable the pay-as-you-go billing method of LinkVisual for a subscription IoT Platform instance, the following condition must be met: Total bandwidth usage of upstream and downstream video streams of the instance in a day ≤ Available bandwidth in the specifications of the instance × 5.
Billable item | Pricing |
Upstream bandwidth | CNY 0.35 per GB |
Downstream bandwidth | CNY 0.35 per GB |
Fee settlement
After you enable the pay-as-you-go billing method of LinkVisual for an IoT Platform instance, the system calculates the total bandwidth usage of upstream and downstream video streams and deducts fees every day.
The total bandwidth usage is rounded up to an integer in megabytes (MB).
Enable the pay-as-you-go billing method
After you enable the pay-as-you-go billing method of LinkVisual for an IoT Platform instance, if the actual bandwidth usage exceeds the available bandwidth in the specifications of a subscription IoT instance, throttling is not implemented on the instance. You are billed for the excess traffic on a daily basis.
You can enable or disable the pay-as-you-go billing method up to three times in a day. If you enable or disable the pay-as-you-go billing method, the new billing rules take effect after 1 minute.
Log on to the LinkVisual console.
In the upper-left corner of the LinkVisual console, select the instance that you want to manage.
In the upper-right corner of the Devices page, click Enable Pay-As-You-Go.
In the message that appears, click OK.
After you enable the pay-as-you-go billing method, you can specify a time range above the Public Bandwidth Consumption Trend chart on the Service Overview page to view the bandwidth usage in the specified time range.
Disable the pay-as-you-go billing method
After you disable the pay-as-you-go billing method, if the actual bandwidth usage exceeds the available bandwidth in the specifications of a subscription IoT instance, additional requests are blocked and your business may be affected. Proceed with caution.
In the upper-right corner of the Devices page, click Disable Pay-As-You-Go.
In the message that appears, click OK.
Upgrade and renew an IoT Platform instance
On the Overview page in the IoT Platform console, find the IoT Platform instance that you want to manage and click Upgrade or Renew.
If an IoT Platform instance is expired, you cannot use the services that are provided by the instance. The products and devices of the instance are deleted 15 days after the instance expires and cannot be restored. You must renew an IoT Platform instance before the instance expires, or upgrade the instance before the video storage space becomes insufficient.
For more information about instances, see the following topics: