ApsaraVideo Live offers three pay-as-you-go billing methods for standard streaming: . Select a billing method based on your business needs.
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Best for fluctuating traffic concentrated in specific periods, such as 9:00–11:00 and 13:00–15:00. Note
Subscription resource plans offset traffic costs at discounted rates. Overview of resource plans. |
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A domain name can serve both standard streaming and Real-Time Streaming (RTS) playback. The two services are billed separately.
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Standard streaming and RTS share the same billing method (pay-by-traffic or pay-by-peak-bandwidth) by default, but have different unit prices.
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Prices on theApsaraVideo Live pricing (international site) page prevail.
Pay-by-traffic
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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:
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North America: United States, Canada.
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Europe: Ukraine, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Germany.
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Asia-Pacific 1: China (Hong Kong), Macao (China), Taiwan (China), Japan, and Southeast Asian countries excluding Vietnam and Indonesia.
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Asia-Pacific 2: Indonesia, South Korea, Vietnam.
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Asia-Pacific 3: Australia, New Zealand.
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Middle East and Africa: South Africa, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait.
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South America: Brazil.
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Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia.
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Billing rules
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Details
Usage statistics
Billed by total daily downstream playback traffic.
NoteUnit: GB (1 TB = 1024 GB).
Billing rules
Traffic uses progressive tiered pricing per region. Tiers accumulate monthly, and each tier is billed at its corresponding unit price. Cross-region usage is not combined.
Billing cycle
Billed daily. The previous day's bill is generated within one hour after 00:00, subject to system timing. Fees are automatically deducted. Resource plan balance, if available, is applied first.
Billing method
Pay-as-you-go or subscription resource plans.
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Billing example
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Scenario: A user streams on ApsaraVideo Live in the Chinese mainland on June 1 at 500 Kbps for 2 hours. 1,000 viewers watch for 1 hour, and another 1,000 viewers watch for 2 hours.
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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.
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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.
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