Vector Retrieval Service for Milvus bills for Compute Units (CUs) and storage, with pricing that varies by region.
Billing
Vector Retrieval Service for Milvus charges consist of two components: Compute Units (CUs) and storage.
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Billable item |
Description |
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CU |
Compute resources for writes and queries, measured in Compute Units (CUs). 1 CU = 1 vCPU + 4 GiB memory. |
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Storage |
No upfront provisioning required. Billed hourly based on actual usage, displayed on the instance's Details page. Important
Backup storage is also billed hourly based on usage. These charges are included in your total storage fee, not listed separately. |
Pricing
CU
Subscription
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Region |
Service node price (USD/CU/month) |
Query node price (USD/CU/month) |
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Compute-optimized |
Storage-optimized |
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China (Hangzhou) |
23.5 |
23.5 |
31.125 |
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China (Shanghai) |
23.5 |
23.5 |
31.125 |
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China (Beijing) |
23.5 |
23.5 |
31.125 |
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China (Shenzhen) |
23.5 |
23.5 |
31.125 |
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China (Hong Kong) |
43.25 |
43.25 |
39.375 |
Storage
Storage is billed hourly based on actual usage, displayed on the instance's Details page.
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Region |
Unit Price (USD/GB/hour) |
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China (Hangzhou) |
0.000036041667 |
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China (Shanghai) |
0.000036041667 |
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China (Beijing) |
0.000036041667 |
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China (Shenzhen) |
0.000036041667 |
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China (Hong Kong) |
0.000035416667 |
Refund policy
You can request a refund for a prepaid subscription instance. The refund amount is based on the usage of subscribed resources. For more information, see Unsubscribe from a resource.
For more information about how refunds are paid out, see Refund destinations.
Refunds apply only to cash and stored-value-card payments. Voucher and coupon payments are not refundable.
View bills
View bills and usage details in the Expenses and Costs console. Bill management.