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Vector Retrieval Service for Milvus:Billable items

Last Updated:Jun 08, 2026

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.

Billable item

Description

CU

Compute resources for writes and queries, measured in Compute Units (CUs). 1 CU = 1 vCPU + 4 GiB memory.

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

Region

Service node price (USD/CU/month)

Query node price (USD/CU/month)

Compute-optimized

Storage-optimized

China (Hangzhou)

23.5

23.5

31.125

China (Shanghai)

23.5

23.5

31.125

China (Beijing)

23.5

23.5

31.125

China (Shenzhen)

23.5

23.5

31.125

China (Hong Kong)

43.25

43.25

39.375

Storage

Important

Storage is billed hourly based on actual usage, displayed on the instance's Details page.

Region

Unit Price (USD/GB/hour)

China (Hangzhou)

0.000036041667

China (Shanghai)

0.000036041667

China (Beijing)

0.000036041667

China (Shenzhen)

0.000036041667

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.

Note

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.