EAS supports pay-as-you-go, subscription, and Serverless billing for computing resources, system disks, and dedicated gateways.
Billing overview
EAS charges cover computing resources, system disks, and dedicated gateways:
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Computing resources: Public resource groups, dedicated resource groups, and Lingjun Intelligent Computing resources.
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System disk (optional): Each node includes a free quota (30 GiB for public resource groups, 200 GiB for dedicated resource groups). Usage beyond the free quota is billed separately.
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Dedicated gateway (optional): Deployments use a free shared gateway by default. For security isolation, access control, or a custom domain name, purchase a dedicated gateway.
Billing methods:
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Pay-as-you-go: Billed by service runtime, not by calls. Suitable for variable workloads.
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Subscription: Prepaid with discounted rates. Suitable for long-term, stable workloads.
EAS also offers a free-to-deploy Serverless version for SDWebUI and ComfyUI, billed only during request processing.
Other Alibaba Cloud services (Elastic IP Address, OSS, NAS) are billed separately.
Billing period
Pay-as-you-go
Understand when pay-as-you-go billing starts and stops to avoid unexpected charges. Stop idle services promptly.
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Resource type |
Billing start time |
Billing end time |
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Public resources |
Billing starts when the service enters the running state. Charges apply even if no service calls are made. |
Billing stops when the model service is stopped and its resources are released. Important
Stop or delete the service instance to stop billing. |
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Dedicated resources |
Billing starts when the machine is created and enters the running state. Charges apply even if no services are deployed on the machine. |
Important
The stopped state is triggered only by overdue payments. You cannot manually stop a machine to pause billing. To stop charges, you must delete the pay-as-you-go machine. |
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System disk |
Billing starts after the system disk is purchased. |
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Dedicated gateway |
Billing starts after the dedicated gateway is created. |
When the dedicated gateway is deleted. |
Service scaling
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Scale-out: Billing for new resources starts when the scale-out operation completes.
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Scale-in: Billing for released resources stops when the release operation completes. You are still billed for the remaining resources.
Subscription
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Resource type |
Billing start time |
Billing end time |
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Dedicated resources |
Billing starts at 00:00:00 on the day after the purchase. |
The expiration time. |
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AI computing resources (Lingjun resources) |
Billing starts at 00:00:00 on the day after the purchase. |
The expiration time. |
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System disk |
Billing starts after the system disk is purchased. |
The expiration time. |
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Dedicated gateway |
Billing starts after the dedicated gateway is created. |
The expiration time. |
Serverless
Serverless Edition is free to deploy. You pay only for actual request processing time.
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Example: If an image generation request from the WebUI takes 10 seconds to complete, you are billed for those 10 seconds.
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Usage limits: Only SDWebUI and ComfyUI support Serverless Edition. Pricing is on the deployment page.
Billable items
Billing methods by resource type:
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Pay-as-you-go resources are billed per minute (except Serverless).
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Stop idle pay-as-you-go public services to avoid charges.
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Availability varies by region.
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Billable item |
Billing method |
Billing formula |
Unit price |
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Public resources |
Pay-as-you-go (Resource-based configuration) |
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For pricing details, see Resource-based configuration. Prices are listed per hour but billed per minute. Divide by 60 for the per-minute rate. |
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Pay-as-you-go (specific instance type) |
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Pricing varies by region and instance type. Console prices are final. For a list of supported instance types, see Appendix: Instance types for public resource groups. |
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Dedicated resources |
Pay-as-you-go |
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For pricing details, see the EAS Dedicated Machine Postpay purchase page. |
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Subscription |
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For pricing details, see the EAS Dedicated Machine Prepay purchase page. |
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AI computing resources (Lingjun resources) |
Subscription |
Purchase Lingjun resources by subscription and use the resulting quota to deploy EAS services. For details on the billing of AI computing resources, see Billing of AI computing resources. |
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System disk |
Pay-as-you-go |
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For pricing details, see the Block Storage (ESSD PL1) page. |
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Subscription |
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For pricing details, see the Block Storage (ESSD PL1) page. |
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Dedicated gateway |
Pay-as-you-go |
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For pricing details, see the EAS Dedicated Gateway Postpay page. |
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Subscription |
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For pricing details, see the EAS Dedicated Gateway Prepay page. |
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Service inference (Serverless) |
Billed by actual request processing time. |
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Only SDWebUI and ComfyUI support Serverless deployment. Pricing is on the deployment page. |
Table 1. Resource-based configuration
Pricing is for reference only. Actual fees are shown on the console or purchase page.
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Resource type |
Pricing |
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CPU |
0.03 (USD/core/hour) |
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Memory |
0.004 (USD/GB/hour) |
Pricing disclaimer
All prices are for reference only. Check your bill for actual charges.
Billing examples
Examples are for reference only. Actual fees are based on console or purchase page prices.
Public resource group
Pay-as-you-go
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Scenario: Suppose you deploy a model service in a public resource group in the China (Hangzhou) region using the Specified resources option.
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At 09:00:00, the service enters the running state and uses 2 CPU cores and 8 GB of memory.
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At 10:00:00, the service scales in to 1 CPU core and 4 GB of memory.
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At 11:00:00, the service scales out to 4 CPU cores and 16 GB of memory.
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At 12:00:00, the service enters the stopped state.
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Cost calculation:
Bill amount = (2 × 0.03 + 8 × 0.004) + (1 × 0.03 + 4 × 0.004) + (4 × 0.03 + 16 × 0.004) = 0.322 USD
Dedicated resource group
Subscription
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Scenario:
Suppose you purchase two instances, each with a 4-core CPU and a 15 GB NVIDIA T4 GPU, in the China (Hangzhou) region with a 3-month subscription. The price is 570 USD/month per instance. This price is for reference only.
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Cost calculation:
Total amount = 2 × 570 × 3 = 3,420 USDPay-as-you-go
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Scenario:
Suppose you purchase two ecs.g6.6xlarge instances (24-core CPU, 96 GB memory) in the China (Hangzhou) region using pay-as-you-go for 45 minutes. The price is 1.02 USD/hour per instance. This price is for reference only.
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Cost calculation:
Bill amount = 2 × (1.02 / 60) × 45 = 1.53 USDSystem disk
Subscription
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Scenario: Suppose you purchase two instances in a dedicated resource group in the China (Hangzhou) region with a 3-month subscription, each with a 300 GiB system disk.
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Cost calculation:
Bill amount = 2 × (300 - 200) × 0.153 × 3 = 91.8 USDPay-as-you-go
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Dedicated resource group
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Scenario: Suppose you purchase two instances in a dedicated resource group in the China (Hangzhou) region using pay-as-you-go. Each instance has a 300 GiB system disk and runs for 5 hours.
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Cost calculation:
Bill amount = 2 × (300 - 200) × 0.000319 × 5 = 0.319 USD -
Public resource group
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Scenario: Suppose you purchase two instances in a public resource group in the China (Hangzhou) region using pay-as-you-go. Each instance has a 300 GiB system disk and runs for 5 hours.
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Cost calculation:
Bill amount = 2 × (300 - 30) × 0.000319 × 5 = 0.8613 USD