This topic describes the billing rules of stream relay.
Stream relay from a live center
After you ingest a live stream in ApsaraVideo Live, you can use media processing features such as transcoding to process the stream and then relay the stream to a third-party ingest URL. In this case, you are charged based on the peak number of streams relayed per day.
- Pricing
The unit price is USD 0.62/stream/day.
- Billing rules
Item Description Usage statistics The peak number of streams that are relayed from different live centers on a day is counted. 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. - Billing example
- Scenario: On June 18, 2022, the peak number of streams that are relayed from the live center of the China (Beijing) region is 100, and the peak number of streams that are relayed from the live center of the Singapore region is 50.
- Fees: 100 streams × USD 0.62/stream/day × 1 day + 50 streams × USD 0.62/stream/day × 1 day = USD 93.
The bills are generated within 1 hour after 00:00 on June 19, 2022. The actual bill generation time is determined by the system. The fees are automatically deducted from your Alibaba Cloud account after the bills are generated.