Activate ApsaraVideo Live and purchase resource plans to start using live streaming services on Alibaba Cloud.
Background
ApsaraVideo Live is a PaaS solution for live streaming. It leverages advanced stream ingestion and distribution networks and supports distributed real-time transcoding. With ApsaraVideo Live, you can quickly upload your live content to the cloud and distribute it to a large audience at ultra-low latency, ensuring a high-quality and smooth viewing experience. For more information, see What is ApsaraVideo Live.
Prerequisites
An Alibaba Cloud account is created and identity verification is complete. To create an Alibaba Cloud account, visit the Alibaba Cloud official website. For more information, see Create an Alibaba Cloud account.
Billing
ApsaraVideo Live supports two billing methods:
Billing method | Description |
Pay-as-you-go | Billed based on actual usage. |
Resource plans | Discounted prepaid plans for specific billable items. Resource plan quotas are deducted first during bill settlement. |
Resource plans offer discounts compared to pay-as-you-go pricing. Usage that exceeds your resource plan quota is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis. Select a plan that suits your business requirements. Bills may be delayed by 3 to 4 hours.
For detailed pricing, see Standard live streaming pricing.
Activate ApsaraVideo Live
When you activate the service, the default billing method is Pay-by-data-transfer (pay-as-you-go).
Go to the ApsaraVideo Live product page.
Click Buy Now.
On the service activation page, click Activate.
On the purchase page, set the billing method to Pay by Data Transfer .
Read and accept the Terms of Service and Service Level Agreement.
Click Activate Now.
ApsaraVideo Live is now activated with pay-as-you-go billing.
Purchase resource plans
Resource plans offer lower rates than pay-as-you-go billing. Select a resource plan that matches your expected usage.
Log on to the ApsaraVideo Live console.
Choose Overview. Click Buy Resource Plan on the left.
Select a resource plan type and configure the specifications.
Click Buy Now.
Resource plans are also available from the Resource plan buy page.