Fees for a production studio include streaming fees and transcoding fees. Transcoding is optional. You are charged streaming fees and transcoding fees based on the usage duration.
Pricing
To view the final prices, visit the ApsaraVideo Live pricing page.
- Streaming (expand to view specific prices)
Streaming output resolution for H.264 (Unit: USD per minute) Template General mode Playlist mode ≤ 480p Low definition (LD) 0.025 0.020 480p to 720p (including 720p) Standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) 0.050 0.030 720p to 1080p (including 1080p) Ultra high definition (UHD) 0.10 0.050 - Transcoding (expand to view specific prices)
Transcoding output resolution for H.264 (Unit: USD per minute) Template Chinese mainland Singapore ≤ 480p LD 0.0097 0.0099 480p to 720p (including 720p) SD and HD 0.0191 0.0198 720p to 1080p (including 1080p) UHD 0.0382 0.0396
Billing rules
- The following table describes the billing rules of streaming in a production studio.
Item Description Billing policy You are charged based on the total streaming duration for different output resolutions in each production studio. Unit: minutes. Billing cycle You are charged on a daily basis. The bills of a day are generated within 1 hour after 00:00 on the following day. The time when bills are generated is determined by the system. Fees are automatically deducted from your Alibaba Cloud account after bills are generated. Billing method You are charged based on the pay-as-you-go billing method. - The following table describes the billing rules of transcoding in a production studio.
Item Description Billing policy You are charged based on the total transcoding duration for different output resolutions in each production studio. Billing cycle You are charged on a daily basis. The bills of a day are generated within 1 hour after 00:00 on the following day. The time when bills are generated is determined by the system. Fees are automatically deducted from your Alibaba Cloud account after bills are generated. Billing method You are charged based on the pay-as-you-go billing method. Note For information about other transcoding output resolutions, contact your Alibaba Cloud business manager or consult about issues by other means..
Billing example
The prices in the example are for reference only. To obtain the actual prices, visit the ApsaraVideo Live pricing page.
Scenario: You have a production studio in general mode in a live center in the Chinese mainland. The streaming output resolution is 720p, and a stream is transcoded to 480p. On June 17, you use the production studio for 100 minutes.
Pricing: As shown in the Pricing section, the price of streaming output resolution "480p to 720p (including 720p)" is USD 0.050 per minute and the price of transcoding output resolution "≤ 480p" is USD 0.0097 per minute.
Fees for your production studio on June 17: USD 0.050 × 100 + USD 0.0097 × 100 = USD 5.97. The bills are generated after 00:00 on June 18, and the fees are automatically deducted.
Overdue payments
- If you settle your overdue payments within 24 hours, your ApsaraVideo Live service is not affected.
- If you do not settle your overdue payments within 24 hours, your ApsaraVideo Live service is suspended. You must settle all overdue payments before you can continue to use the service.
- For more information about overdue payments, see Overdue payments.