Microservices Registry of Microservices Engine (MSE) became available for commercial use on January 1, 2020. This topic describes the billable items and pricing of Microservices Registry.
Billable items
You are charged for Microservices Registry based on MSE-managed instances and network access. Server Load Balancer (SLB) instances are used to support network access.
For more information about MSE instance fees, see Instance fees. For more information about network fees, see Network fees.
Billing methods
Pay-as-you-go: You are charged for the actual usage of each billable item. Fees are deducted after resources are consumed. This billing method is ideal for scenarios in which the usage of resources is difficult to predict.
Subscription: This billing method requires you to pay subscription fees before you can use the service. The subscription billing method provides reserved resources with discounts.
Billing cycle
Pay-as-you-go: If you use the pay-as-you-go billing method, you must select the engine specifications and the number of nodes based on your business requirements. The billing duration is measured in hours. At the beginning of each hour, the system generates your bill for the previous hour and deducts the fees from the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account based on the bill. Bills are automatically generated, and the time at which bills are delivered may vary.
Subscription: If you use the subscription billing method, you must select the engine specifications and the number of nodes based on your business requirements. The billing duration is measured in months. If the duration that you select is 1 year, the total fees are fees for 1 month multiplied by 12. Fees are automatically deducted from the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account. Bills are automatically generated, and the time at which bills are delivered may vary.
Billing formulas
The following content describes the pricing for a single node of an MSE instance based on the engine specifications that you select. If you configure multiple nodes for an instance, the pricing is determined based on the number of nodes.
Pay-as-you-go: Total fees = Unit price of engine specifications × Number of hours × Number of nodes. For example, if you select a region in the Chinese mainland, select the engine specifications (2 CPU cores and 4 GiB of memory) of the Basic Edition, configure 3 nodes for an instance, and select a duration of 5 hours, the total fees are USD 1.05, which is obtained by using the following formula: 0.07 × 5 × 3.
Subscription: Total fees = Unit price of engine specifications × Number of months × Number of nodes. For example, if you select a region in the Chinese mainland, select the engine specifications (2 CPU cores and 4 GiB of memory) of the Basic Edition, configure 3 nodes for an instance, and select a duration of 8 months, the total fees are USD 792, which is obtained by using the following formula: 33 × 8 × 3.
Instance fees
MSE instances support two types of billing methods: pay-as-you-go and subscription. The billable items include the engine specifications (CPU cores and memory) and the number of nodes.
The prices described in this topic are for reference only. For the actual prices, refer to the MSE buy page.
Region | Edition | Engine specifications (CPU) | Engine specifications (Memory) | Unit price for a pay-as-you-go instance (USD per hour) | Unit price for a subscription instance (USD per month) |
Regions in the Chinese mainland | Developer Edition | 1 core | 2 GiB | 0.035 | 16 |
2 cores | 4 GiB | 0.07 | 33 | ||
Professional Edition | 1 core | 2 GiB | 0.052 | 25 | |
2 cores | 4 GiB | 0.105 | 50 | ||
4 cores | 8 GiB | 0.209 | 100 | ||
8 cores | 16 GiB | 0.459 | 218 | ||
16 cores | 32 GiB | 0.917 | 435 | ||
| Developer Edition | 1 core | 2 GiB | 0.06 | 29 |
2 cores | 4 GiB | 0.12 | 59 | ||
Professional Edition | 1 core | 2 GiB | 0.09 | 44 | |
2 cores | 4 GiB | 0.179 | 89 | ||
4 cores | 8 GiB | 0.359 | 177 | ||
8 cores | 16 GiB | 0.786 | 387 | ||
16 cores | 32 GiB | 1.572 | 774 | ||
| Developer Edition | 1 core | 2 GiB | 0.055 | 27 |
2 cores | 4 GiB | 0.111 | 54 | ||
Professional Edition | 1 core | 2 GiB | 0.083 | 40 | |
2 cores | 4 GiB | 0.166 | 80 | ||
4 cores | 8 GiB | 0.332 | 162 | ||
8 cores | 16 GiB | 0.728 | 354 | ||
16 cores | 32 GiB | 1.456 | 707 | ||
| Developer Edition | 1 core | 2 GiB | 0.05 | 23 |
2 cores | 4 GiB | 0.1 | 46 | ||
Professional Edition | 1 core | 2 GiB | 0.075 | 35 | |
2 cores | 4 GiB | 0.15 | 70 | ||
4 cores | 8 GiB | 0.299 | 139 | ||
8 cores | 16 GiB | 0.655 | 304 | ||
16 cores | 32 GiB | 1.31 | 607 | ||
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) | Developer Edition | 1 core | 2 GiB | 0.052 | 25 |
2 cores | 4 GiB | 0.104 | 51 | ||
Professional Edition | 1 core | 2 GiB | 0.078 | 38 | |
2 cores | 4 GiB | 0.156 | 76 | ||
4 cores | 8 GiB | 0.312 | 153 | ||
8 cores | 16 GiB | 0.684 | 333 | ||
16 cores | 32 GiB | 1.368 | 665 |
Network fees
If an instance that is created on MSE needs to be accessed over the Internet or a virtual private cloud (VPC), SLB instances are used to support network access to MSE instances. The following table describes the billable items and pricing of SLB instances.
The prices described in this topic are for reference only. For the actual prices, refer to the MSE buy page.
Region | Public bandwidth of an SLB instance (Mbit/s) | Subscription (USD per month) | Pay-as-you-go (USD per hour) |
Regions in the Chinese mainland | 0 (VPC) | 7.2 | 0.01 |
1 ≤ N ≤ 5 | 16.56+N×4.32 | 0.023+N×0.006 | |
6 ≤ N ≤ 5,000 | 38.16 + (N - 5) × 14.4 | 0.053 + (N - 5) × 0.02 | |
| 0 (VPC) | 8.64 | 0.012 |
1 ≤ N ≤ 5 | 21.6+N×4.32 | 0.03+N×0.006 | |
6 ≤ N ≤ 5,000 | 43.2 + (N - 5) × 14.4 | 0.06 + (N - 5) × 0.02 | |
China (Hong Kong) | 0 (VPC) | 7.2 | 0.01 |
1 ≤ N ≤ 5 | 20.88+N×4.32 | 0.029+N×0.006 | |
6 ≤ N ≤ 5,000 | 42.48 + (N - 5) × 14.4 | 0.059 + (N - 5) × 0.02 | |
Japan (Tokyo) | 0 (VPC) | 8.64 | 0.012 |
1 ≤ N ≤ 5 | 23.76+N×5.04 | 0.033+N×0.007 | |
6 ≤ N ≤ 5,000 | 48.96 + (N - 5) × 16.56 | 0.068 + (N - 5) × 0.023 | |
| 0 (VPC) | 8.64 | 0.012 |
1 ≤ N ≤ 5 | 20.88+N×4.32 | 0.029+N×0.006 | |
6 ≤ N ≤ 5,000 | 42.48 + (N - 5) × 14.4 | 0.059 + (N - 5) × 0.02 |
MSE supports a maximum public bandwidth of 5,000 Mbit/s.