Billing rules of live stream recording - ApsaraVideo Live

This topic introduces the billing rules of live stream recording.

Overview

The costs for live stream recording consists of two components: monthly recording service fee and container format conversion fee.

Monthly recording service fee: Charged based on the peak number of daily concurrent recorded streams in a month.
Container format conversion fee: By default, live streams are recorded as TS files. To store them in other formats, such as MP4 or FLV, a container format conversion fee applies based on the recording duration. The fee depends on the storage destination:
- Recording to Object Storage Service (OSS)
  Charged based on the total duration of the recorded files in minutes. The fee is included in your ApsaraVideo Live bill. For more information, see Container format conversion fee.
- Recording to ApsaraVideo VOD
  Charged based on the total duration of the recorded files in minutes. The fee is included in your ApsaraVideo VOD bill. For more information, see Media transcoding.

Note

The recording feature is available for commercial use and begins to charge fees from October 1, 2022. To avoid fees, delete your recording templates before this date if you no longer need this feature. If you delete a template while a stream is active, the system continues to record the stream using the old template. This change takes effect on the next stream ingestion.
Actual costs are subject to the prices listed on the ApsaraVideo Live pricing page.

Pricing (Unit: USD per stream per month)

Chinese Mainland	Singapore	Japan	Germany	Indonesia	SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)
4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	5.4

Billing

Item	Description
Rules	The system determines the peak number of concurrent recorded streams for each day, and billing is based on the highest of these daily peaks for the month. Note Recording one stream into both MP4 and FLV formats counts as a single stream. The system measures concurrent streams per minute.
Cycle	After a calendar month ends, the monthly bill is generated on the first day of the following month. The exact time is determined by the system. Fees are automatically deducted from your account.
Method	Pay-as-you-go

Important

This fee applies only to recording to OSS. For recording to ApsaraVideo VOD, the conversion fees are charged in ApsaraVideo VOD.

Pricing (Unit: USD per minute)

Chinese Mainland	Singapore	Japan	Germany	Indonesia	SAU (Riyadh - Partner Region)
0.0025	0.0025	0.0025	0.0025	0.0025	0.003

Billing

Item	Description
Rules	When the stream is recorded in TS format, no fees are charged. When the stream is recorded in FLV or MP4 format, you are charged based on the total minutes of the recorded files. If a single stream is recorded in both FLV and MP4 formats, you are charged based on the total minutes of FLV and MP4 files.
Cycle	You are billed daily, with bills generated within the first hour of the following day. The exact time is determined by the system. Fees are automatically deducted from your account.
Method	Pay-as-you-go