Model Studio offers savings plans to help you manage and optimize the costs.
Plan selection
Use this guide to select the plan that best fits your needs:
AI General-purpose Savings Plan (Recommended): Commit to monthly spending for up to 47% discount. Covers all models on Model Studio with maximum flexibility, preferred for most use cases.
Savings plans for other models: Purchase a fixed amount upfront to offset Invocation Fees for specific model families. This option is only available for select model families (such as Wanxiang and speech models) and typically offers lower discounts than AI General-purpose Savings Plan. Use as needed.
To maximize cost-effectiveness, start with the AI General-purpose Savings Plan.
AI General-purpose Savings Plan
Highlights
The AI General-purpose Savings Plan offers discounts on Pay-as-you-go Model Inference. By committing to a monthly Spending Amount for a specific term (3, 6, 12, or 24 months), you receive tiered discounts to optimize costs while keeping the flexibility of the Pay-as-you-go model. Key highlights include:
Comprehensive coverage: The plan covers all models on Model Studio. A single purchase covers multiple models.
Significant cost optimization: Higher committed Spending Amounts and longer Terms unlock greater discounts, with savings of up to 47%.
Simplified management: The plan takes effect immediately or at a scheduled time after purchase. It automatically applies discounts, eliminating the need for manual activation or resource attachment, and also supports Auto-renewal.
Usage
Effective time: You can select either "Effective Immediately After Ordering" or "Effective at Specified Time (by Hour)".
Commitment period: The plan operates on a monthly cycle (from the effective date to the corresponding date of the following month). Any unused quota expires at the end of each month and does not roll over. For example, a 3-month Savings Plan with a USD 1,000 monthly commitment provides a new USD 1,000 quota each month. It does not provide a single USD 3,000 quota for the entire 3-month term.
Coverage:
Covered usage: The plan covers fees for model calls (input and output tokens), additional tokens for tool calling, context cache, and batch inference.
Excluded usage: The plan does not cover service fees for tool calling (such as web search strategy fees), fine-tuning, or deployment.
Deduction logic:
Deduction priority: Deductions are applied in the following order: New user free quota > Model-specific savings plans > AI General-purpose Savings Plan > Pay-as-you-go.
Multiple plans of the same type: The plan that expires earliest is applied first. If expiration dates are the same, the plan purchased earliest is applied first.
Excess usage: The system automatically bills any usage that exceeds your savings plan quota at pay-as-you-go rates.
Bills: See How to query savings plan bills.
Purchase
How to purchase | |
Scope | Discount rates vary by tier.
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Monthly spend commitment | The amount you commit to spend each month on pay-as-you-go model services. It starts at USD 150 and is adjustable in increments of USD 5, with no upper limit. |
Commitment term | You can choose a term of 3, 6, 12, or 24 months. |
Offering type |
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Discounts | See Discount rates. |
Activation time | You can choose either "Effective Immediately After Ordering" or "Effective at Specified Time (by Hour)". |
Discount rates
Discount rates vary based on the model category, commitment tier, term length, and Payment Option.
For example, if you choose a 12-month Savings Plan with a monthly commitment of USD 10,000 and the All Upfront Payment Option, you get a 24% discount for Category A model calls. A model call that costs USD 1 will deduct only USD 0.76 from your commitment.
Payment option | Monthly commitment (USD) | Cat. A | Cat. B | Cat. C | ||||||
3 mo | 6 mo | 12 mo | 24 mo | 3 mo | 6 mo | 12 mo | 24 mo | All terms | ||
All Upfront | [150, 700) | 12% | 14% | 16% | 18% | 17% | 20% | 23% | 26% | No discount |
[700, 1,500) | 14% | 16% | 18% | 20% | 20% | 23% | 26% | 29% | No discount | |
[1,500, 4,500) | 16% | 18% | 20% | 22% | 23% | 26% | 29% | 32% | No discount | |
[4,500, 7,000) | 18% | 20% | 22% | 24% | 26% | 29% | 32% | 35% | No discount | |
[7,000, 15,000) | 20% | 22% | 24% | 26% | 29% | 32% | 35% | 38% | No discount | |
[15,000, 45,000) | 22% | 24% | 26% | 28% | 32% | 35% | 38% | 41% | No discount | |
[45,000, 150,000) | 24% | 26% | 28% | 30% | 35% | 38% | 41% | 44% | No discount | |
150,000+ | 26% | 28% | 30% | 32% | 38% | 41% | 44% | 47% | No discount | |
No Upfront Contact your account manager to enable this option. | [150, 700) | 10% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 18% | 21% | 24% | No discount |
[700, 1,500) | 12% | 14% | 16% | 18% | 18% | 21% | 24% | 27% | No discount | |
[1,500, 4,500) | 14% | 16% | 18% | 20% | 21% | 24% | 27% | 30% | No discount | |
[4,500, 7,000) | 16% | 18% | 20% | 22% | 24% | 27% | 30% | 33% | No discount | |
[7,000, 15,000) | 18% | 20% | 22% | 24% | 27% | 30% | 33% | 36% | No discount | |
[15,000, 45,000) | 20% | 22% | 24% | 26% | 30% | 33% | 36% | 39% | No discount | |
[45,000, 150,000) | 22% | 24% | 26% | 28% | 33% | 36% | 39% | 42% | No discount | |
150,000+ | 24% | 26% | 28% | 30% | 36% | 39% | 42% | 45% | No discount | |
Lifecycle management
Manage your Savings Plan on the Savings Plan Overview page.
Plan renewals
Sign in to the Expenses and Costs console. In the left navigation pane, choose to view and manage your Savings Plan details, including its subscription status, effective time, and auto-renewal settings. Note that Savings Plans cannot be canceled.
Discount details
For an AI General-purpose Savings Plan, discounts vary by model, commitment tier, term, and payment method. To view the applicable pay-as-you-go discounts, go to the Savings Plan Price Discount Details page and set Applicable Commodity to Model Studio Foundation Model Inference or Model Studio - Domain-Specific Model.
View bills
Sign in to the Expenses and Costs console. In the left navigation pane, choose . Set Product Name to Alibaba Cloud Model Studio and Product Name to AI General-purpose Savings Plan. By default, the page shows the bill details for the current month. See How to view Savings Plan bills.
Model-specific savings plan
FAQ
Q: Why isn't my Savings Plan applying to my usage?
A: A savings plan applies only under specific conditions. Common reasons it might not apply include:
Model mismatch: The model you are calling is not covered by the savings plan. For example, you purchased a LLM savings plan but called a Wan model.
Unsupported feature usage: Savings Plans do not cover fees for fine-tuning, deployment, or service fees for tool calling (such as web search strategy fees). Only the AI General-purpose Savings Plan covers fees for context cache, batch inference, and additional token consumption from tool calling.
Free quota is not exhausted: The system applies discounts in the following order: Free quota > Savings plan. Savings plans apply only to charges incurred after your free quota is exhausted.