ApsaraVideo Live offers three pay-as-you-go billing methods for standard streaming: . You can select a billing method based on your business needs. This topic describes the billing rules for the standard streaming service.
Billing method | Scenarios |
Ideal for scenarios with significant traffic fluctuations, where usage is concentrated in specific periods. For example, traffic occurs only from 9:00 to 11:00 and from 13:00 to 15:00. Note With this billing method, you can purchase subscription resource plans to offset traffic usage. Resource plans offer better pricing than the standard pay-as-you-go rates. For more information, see Overview of resource plans. |
A domain name can be used for both standard streaming and Real-Time Streaming (RTS) playback. The usage of the two services is billed separately.
By default, standard streaming and RTS use the same billing method, either pay-by-traffic or pay-by-peak-bandwidth, but their unit prices are different.
The actual prices on the ApsaraVideo Live pricing (international site) page prevail.
Pay-by-traffic
Traffic pricing (click to expand)
Traffic tiers (Unit: USD/GB)
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 - SAU
0 to 10 TB (inclusive)
0.042
0.070
0.070
0.081
0.108
0.096
0.200
0.200
0.097
10 TB to 50 TB (inclusive)
0.040
0.070
0.070
0.081
0.108
0.096
0.200
0.200
0.097
50 TB to 100 TB (inclusive)
0.037
0.060
0.060
0.062
0.094
0.083
0.180
0.180
0.074
100 TB to 1 PB (inclusive)
0.032
0.030
0.030
0.053
0.079
0.070
0.150
0.140
0.064
Over 1 PB
0.026
0.025
0.025
0.048
0.072
0.064
0.140
0.130
0.058
Regions outside the Chinese mainland:
North America: United States, Canada.
Europe: Ukraine, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Germany.
Asia-Pacific 1: China (Hong Kong), Macao (China), Taiwan (China), Japan, and Southeast Asian countries excluding Vietnam and Indonesia.
Asia-Pacific 2: Indonesia, South Korea, Vietnam.
Asia-Pacific 3: Australia, New Zealand.
Middle East and Africa: South Africa, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait.
South America: Brazil.
Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia.
Billing rules
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Usage statistics
The total daily downstream traffic for playback is used for billing.
NoteThe unit is GB. The conversion is based on 1024. For example, 1 TB = 1024 GB.
Billing rules
A progressive tiered pricing model is used for traffic in different regions. The accumulation period is a calendar month. This means that within a calendar month, if your usage reaches a specific tier, the traffic within that tier is billed at the corresponding unit price. Usage from different regions cannot be accumulated.
Billing cycle
You are billed daily. A bill for the previous day's usage is generated within one hour after 00:00 on the current day. The exact billing time is subject to the system. After a bill is generated, fees are automatically deducted from your account. If a resource plan is available for deduction, the usage is first offset by the resource plan.
Billing method
Pay-as-you-go or subscription resource plans.
Billing example
Scenario: A user uses the ApsaraVideo Live service in the Chinese mainland on June 1. The live stream has a bitrate of 500 Kbps and a duration of 2 hours. During the stream, 1,000 viewers watch for 1 hour, and another 1,000 viewers watch for 2 hours.
Calculation: Total traffic consumed = 500 Kbps / 8 × (1,000 viewers × 3,600 s + 1,000 viewers × 7,200 s) ≈ 675 GB.
Unit price for traffic = USD 0.042/GB.
Result:
The bill for June 1 is 675 GB × USD 0.042/GB = USD 28.35. The bill will be generated within one hour after 00:00 on June 2.