Video AI fees include fees for various video AI features such as intelligent production, automated review, and media fingerprinting. This topic describes the pricing, billing rules, and billing examples of fees for various video AI features.
If the pricing of the features that are described in this topic is different from the pricing on the official website, the pricing on the official website prevails. For more information, visit the ApsaraVideo for Media Processing Pricing page.
Intelligent production
Pricing
The following table describes the billable items of the intelligent production features and the unit prices. The unit prices for regions in the Chinese mainland and the Singapore region are used in this example.
Billing rules
Item | Description |
Billing policy | The fees for intelligent production are charged based on the total length of processed audio or video files or the total number of processed images. The total length of the audio or video files is measured in seconds and billed in minutes. Excess length in seconds is proportionally charged. Note If the processing fails, no fees are charged. |
Billing cycle | Bills are generated every hour. The bill for a billing cycle is generally generated 1 hour after the billing cycle ends. The actual time when the system generates bills prevails. Fees are automatically deducted from your Alibaba Cloud account after bills are generated. |
Billing method | Pay-as-you-go: Fees for intelligent production = Total length of processed audio or video files in minutes or total number of processed images × Unit price of the corresponding billable item. |
Billing example
For example, you use the caption extraction and icon blurring features to process a 50-minute video from 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 on the current day in the Singapore region. In this case, the fees for the intelligent production features during that hour are calculated based on the following formula: 50 minutes × USD 0.023665 per minute for caption extraction + 50 minutes × USD 0.073952 per minute for icon blurring = USD 4.88085.
Automated review
Pricing
The following table describes the price tiers of the automated review feature. The unit prices for regions in the Chinese mainland and the Singapore region are used in this example.
Billing rules
Item | Description |
Billing policy | The fees for automated review are charged based on the total length of processed video files. The total length of the video files is measured in seconds and billed in minutes. Excess length in seconds is proportionally charged. If the processing fails, no fees are charged. Note The total length of the video files is cleared at 00:00 on the first day of each month. |
Billing cycle | Bills are generated every hour. The bill for a billing cycle is generally generated 1 hour after the billing cycle ends. The actual time when the system generates bills prevails. Fees are automatically deducted from your Alibaba Cloud account after bills are generated. |
Billing method | Pay-as-you-go: Fees for automated review = Total length of processed video files in minutes × Unit price of automated review. |
Billing example
For example, you use the automated review feature for ad detection in 4,000 minutes of videos from 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 on the current day in the Singapore region. In this case, the fees for automated review during that hour are calculated based on the following formula: 3,000 minutes × USD 0.0266 per minute + 1,000 minutes × USD 0.024 per minute = USD 103.8.
Media fingerprinting
Pricing
The following table describes the billable items of the media fingerprinting feature and the unit prices. The unit prices for regions in the Chinese mainland and the Singapore region are used in this example.
Billing rules
Item | Description |
Billing policy | The fees for media fingerprinting are charged based on the total length of processed video files. The total length of the video files is measured in seconds and billed in minutes. Excess length in seconds is proportionally charged. If the processing fails, no fees are charged. |
Billing cycle | Bills are generated every hour. The bill for a billing cycle is generally generated 1 hour after the billing cycle ends. The actual time when the system generates bills prevails. Fees are automatically deducted from your Alibaba Cloud account after bills are generated. |
Billing method | Pay-as-you-go: Fees for media fingerprinting = Total length of processed video files in minutes × Unit price of media fingerprinting. |
Billing example
For example, you use the media fingerprinting feature to process 60,600 seconds of videos from 08:00:00 to 09:00:00 on the current day in the Singapore region. 60,000 seconds are processed and 600 seconds failed to be processed. In this case, the fees for media fingerprinting during that hour are calculated based on the following formula: 60,000 seconds/60 × USD 0.018 per minute = USD 18.