This topic provides a billing overview of OpenSearch LLM-Based Conversational Search Edition.
Billing methods
Billing method | Description |
Pay-as-you-go | This billing method allows for immediate use of resources with payment following based on hourly usage. Charges are deducted hourly from your Alibaba Cloud account balance, and all hourly bills are consolidated under a single purchase order. |
Subscription | Subscription billing requires upfront payment upon creation of an instance. It offers cost savings compared to pay-as-you-go. However, computing resources for a Standard Edition instance are still billed on a pay-as-you-go basis. We recommend that you purchase a computing resource plan. |
Billable items
Edition | Billable items | Unit | Available range | Step size | Description |
Standard Edition | Storage resources | GB | [1 , 100] | 1GB | Fixed storage fee based on the selected storage capacity when you purchase the instance. |
Computing resources | CU | [0 , 3600] | - | Charges based on the hourly use of computing resources, with higher request volumes and queries per second (QPS) leading to increased resource consumption. | |
Professional Edition | Storage resources | GB | [1 , 100] | 1GB | Fixed storage fee based on the selected storage capacity when you purchase the instance. |
GPU rentals | Unit | [1 , 10] | 1 | Fixed rental fee for GPU usage, which varies based on the GPU specifications utilized. |
The data processing resources of a Standard Edition instance are shared with other instances. Therefore, a latency may occur when you upload data.
Billing rules
Standard Edition instance
Billing method: pay-as-you-go
Billable items
Region
Price (USD/GB-hour)
Billing examples
Storage resources
Singapore
0.030
For an instance with 10 GB of storage, the hourly fee is: 10 GB × USD 0.030/GB-hour = USD 0.3.
Billable items
Region
Price (USD/CU-hour)
Billing examples
CU computing resources
Singapore
0.086
For an instance with 100 CUs between 11:00:00 and 12:00:00, the fee for computing resources is: 100 CUs × USD 0.086/CU-hour = USD 8.6.
Billing method: subscription
Billable items
Region
Price (USD/GB-month)
Billing examples
Storage resources
Singapore
15.12
For a 2 GB instance purchased for one month, the storage fee on the buy page is USD 30.24. Computing resources continue to be billed on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Computing resources are billed based on actual usage, which includes the resources consumed by Q&A calls in the console and API.
If image content detection is enabled, images in the uploaded file will be automatically detected, incurring charges based on the actual computing resources used. Each image typically requires between 0.1 to 0.5 CUs.
On average, 1 CU of computing resources can handle 10 conversational search requests. The actual consumption may vary depending on the complexity of the conversation.
Each instance supports a maximum of 10 QPS for conversational search. If the QPS of an instance exceeds the limit, the Service Level Agreement (SLA) may not be guaranteed. For higher QPS requirements, apply in advance.
Billing examples
Standard Edition instance
Billing method | Scenario | Billing examples |
Pay-as-you-go | User A purchases a Standard Edition instance that has a storage capacity of 2 GB in the Singapore region by using the pay-as-you-go billing method. |
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Subscription | User A purchases a Standard Edition instance that has a storage capacity of 2 GB in the Singapore region for two months by using the subscription billing method. |
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