Billing components, billing methods, and pricing details of DSW - Platform For AI

This topic describes the billing rules for DSW.

Billing overview

Billable items

Computing instances

You can use public resources or dedicated resources, such as general computing resources or Lingjun resources, for your instances. Different billing methods apply to each resource type.

Instance type

Billing method

Billable item

Billing rule

Stop billing

Public resources

Pay-as-you-go

Service duration of a DSW instance (the duration for which public resources are occupied).

Bill = (Unit price/60) × Service duration (minutes)

For the unit price of a specific instance, see the instance price on the console page.

Important

DSW instances are charged on a per-minute basis, and bills are generated hourly. Due to data aggregation and processing, your bill may be delayed by 2–3 hours. Please refer to the final invoice for accurate information.

Stop the DSW instance.
Delete the DSW instance.

Important

You need to manually stop the instance or set a scheduled shutdown. For more information, see Manage DSW instances.

Dedicated resources (general computing resources or Lingjun resources)

Subscription

The quantity and subscription duration of node specifications.

You purchase dedicated resources on a subscription basis. You are charged based on the quantity and subscription duration of node specifications. For more information, see Billing of AI computing resources.

N/A

System disks

Billing method

Billable item

Billing rule

Stop billing

Pay-as-you-go

The capacity and usage duration of the system disk.

After the system disk is scaled out, you are charged for the capacity that exceeds the free quota and the usage duration.

Bill = System disk capacity (GiB) × Unit price × Usage duration (hours)

Delete the DSW instance.

Pay-as-you-go promotions

PAI savings plan

You can purchase a PAI savings plan to prepay for a specific amount of resource usage. This plan can be used to cover the costs of pay-as-you-go DSW instances.

Resource type

Formula

Unit price

Billing duration

Scale-out and scale-in

Other notes

PAI savings plan

Bill = Purchase fee generated based on the committed spending

You can purchase a savings plan with a committed spending of CNY 100 to CNY 1,000,000 as needed. After the purchase, the savings plan can be used to deduct the pay-as-you-go bills of DSW.

For more information about the pricing, see the PAI savings plan page.

The savings plan takes effect immediately after you purchase it.

N/A

All specifications and regions of DSW are supported. No limits are imposed on instance types.
If you purchase a resource plan (including a free trial plan) and a PAI savings plan, the resource plan is preferentially used for deduction.

DSW resource plan

You can purchase a DSW resource plan in advance to cover the billable hours of your pay-as-you-go DSW instances.

Resource type

Formula

Unit price

Billing duration

Scale-out and scale-in

Other notes

DSW resource plan

Bill = Purchase fee generated based on the capacity specifications and quantity

For more information about the pricing, see the DSW resource plan page.

The resource plan takes effect immediately after you purchase it.

N/A

The following specifications are supported for deduction:
- ecs.gn7i-c8g1.2xlarge
- ecs.gn6v-c8g1.2xlarge
- ecs.g6.xlarge
The following regions are supported for deduction:
- China (Beijing)
- China (Shanghai)
- China (Hangzhou)
- China (Shenzhen)
If you purchase a resource plan (including a free trial plan) and a PAI savings plan, the resource plan is preferentially used for deduction.

Billing examples

Important

The following billing examples are for reference only. For actual fees, refer to the console or the buy page of the Alibaba Cloud service that you purchase.

Pay-as-you-go billing example

Scenario:
Assume that you use public resources to create a DSW instance of the ecs.g6.13xlarge specification in the China (Shanghai) region. The instance runs for 2 minutes.
Fee calculation:
```
Bill = 2.05 ÷ 60 × 2 = USD 0.0683
```

Subscription billing example

Scenario:
Assume that you use dedicated resources to create DSW instances. You purchase two instances of the ecs.g6.13xlarge-52c192g specification in the China (Shanghai) region for two months. The unit price is USD 980.57/month. The actual price is displayed on the buy page.

Fee calculation:

Total amount = 2 × 980.57 × 2 = USD 3,922.28

FAQ

For more information, see FAQ about DSW billing and bills.