Real-Time Streaming (RTS) is billed by downstream traffic on a pay-as-you-go basis. Fees are calculated daily using progressive tiered pricing per region.
Purchase subscription resource plans to offset traffic usage at a discounted rate.
How RTS billing relates to standard streaming
A single domain name can serve both standard streaming and RTS playback.
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Standard streaming and RTS usage are billed independently. Traffic from the two services is never aggregated.
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By default, both services share the same billing method (either pay-by-traffic or pay-by-peak-bandwidth), but their unit prices differ.
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For the latest prices, see the ApsaraVideo Live pricing page.
Traffic pricing
Prices are in USD per GB. A progressive tiered model applies: within each calendar month, traffic in a given tier is billed at that tier's unit price. Usage across different regions is not aggregated.
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Traffic tier |
Chinese mainland (CN) |
North America (NA) |
Europe (EU) |
Asia-Pacific 1 (AP1) |
Asia-Pacific 2 (AP2) |
Asia-Pacific 3 (AP3) |
Middle East and Africa (MEAA) |
South America (SA) |
Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) |
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0 -- 10 TB |
0.084 |
0.140 |
0.140 |
0.162 |
0.216 |
0.192 |
0.400 |
0.400 |
0.195 |
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10 -- 50 TB |
0.080 |
0.140 |
0.140 |
0.162 |
0.216 |
0.192 |
0.400 |
0.400 |
0.195 |
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50 -- 100 TB |
0.074 |
0.120 |
0.120 |
0.124 |
0.188 |
0.166 |
0.360 |
0.360 |
0.149 |
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100 TB -- 1 PB |
0.064 |
0.060 |
0.060 |
0.106 |
0.158 |
0.140 |
0.300 |
0.280 |
0.127 |
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Over 1 PB |
0.052 |
0.050 |
0.050 |
0.096 |
0.144 |
0.128 |
0.280 |
0.260 |
0.115 |
Region definitions
| Region | Countries and regions |
|---|---|
| North America (NA) | United States, Canada |
| Europe (EU) | Ukraine, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Germany |
| Asia-Pacific 1 (AP1) | China (Hong Kong), Macao (China), Taiwan (China), Japan, and Southeast Asian countries and regions excluding Vietnam and Indonesia |
| Asia-Pacific 2 (AP2) | Indonesia, South Korea, Vietnam |
| Asia-Pacific 3 (AP3) | Australia, New Zealand |
| Middle East and Africa (MEAA) | South Africa, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait |
| South America (SA) | Brazil |
| Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) | Saudi Arabia |
Billing rules
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Metered usage | Total daily downstream playback traffic, measured in GB (1 TB = 1,024 GB). |
| Pricing model | Progressive tiered pricing per region. The accumulation period is one calendar month. When your monthly usage reaches a higher tier, traffic within that tier is billed at the corresponding unit price. Usage from different regions cannot be combined. |
| Billing cycle | Daily. A bill for the previous day's usage is generated within one hour after 00:00 the following day. Fees are automatically deducted from your account balance. If a resource plan is available, usage is offset by the resource plan first. |
| Payment options | Pay-as-you-go or subscription resource plans. |
Billing example
Scenario: On June 1, a live stream in the Chinese mainland runs for 2 hours at 500 Kbps. During the stream, 1,000 viewers watch for 1 hour and another 1,000 viewers watch for the full 2 hours.
Step 1 -- Calculate total traffic:
Traffic = Bitrate / 8 x Total viewer-seconds
= 500 Kbps / 8
x (1,000 viewers x 3,600 s + 1,000 viewers x 7,200 s)
= 62.5 KB/s x 10,800,000 viewer-seconds
= 675,000,000 KB
= 675 GB (approximately)Step 2 -- Look up the unit price:
675 GB falls within the 0 -- 10 TB tier for the Chinese mainland: USD 0.084/GB.
Step 3 -- Calculate the bill:
675 GB x USD 0.084/GB = USD 56.70The bill is generated within one hour after 00:00 on June 2.