ApsaraVideo Live resource plans, including data transfer plans and transcoding plans, offer high discounts. You can purchase these resource plans based on your business requirements.

Resource plan Description References
Standard Streaming Data Transfer Plan
  • You can use a standard streaming data transfer plan to offset fees of outbound streaming traffic only if the billing option that you use is pay-by-traffic on a daily basis. If the billing option that you use is pay-by-bandwidth, the resource plan does not take effect. To use the resource plan, you must change the billing option to pay-by-traffic.
  • Standard streaming data transfer plans are specific to regions. Select the region based on your business requirements. You cannot use a standard streaming data transfer plan for a region to offset traffic fees in other regions. Eight regions are supported.
  • You cannot use a standard streaming data transfer plan to offset fees of Real-Time Streaming (RTS) traffic.
Billing of standard streaming
Live Stream Transcoding Length Plan You can use a live stream transcoding length plan to offset the length of transcoding in H.264 low definition (LD) based on a ratio of 1:1. You can also use the resource plan to offset the length of transcoding in H.264 standard definition (SD) based on a ratio of 1:2 or H.264 high definition (HD) based on a ratio of 1:4. Billing of live stream transcoding

Purchase

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Usage rules

  • A resource plan takes effect immediately after you purchase it. If a valid resource plan is available, the system preferentially uses the resource plan to offset fees.
  • You can use a data transfer plan to offset traffic fees only if the billing option that you use is pay-by-traffic on a daily basis. Each data transfer plan takes effect only in the region that is specified when you make the purchase.
  • A resource plan cannot be refunded or exchanged once used.
  • You can purchase multiple resource plans. The following rules apply when resource plans of the same type are available.
    • The resource plan with the earliest expiration time is used first.
    • If all resource plans of the specific type are exhausted, resource overage is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis.
  • Each resource plan has a validity period.
    • A resource plan can be used only within the validity period. If the resource plan expires but is not exhausted, it becomes invalid. Alibaba Cloud does not provide alternatives or supplements for the resource plan.
    • The validity period of each resource plan is separately calculated. You cannot use multiple resource plans to extend the validity period of a resource plan.