When purchasing a Quick BI subscription for the China site from the international site, you can select the number of users and a subscription duration. As your subscription approaches its expiration date, the system automatically sends a renewal notification. This topic describes the billing for this type of subscription.
Quick BI is billed based on your user quota and subscription duration. Creating or viewing reports consumes your user quota. You can purchase user quotas as needed. For more information, see Purchase, upgrade, renewal, and overdue payments for Quick BI.
An overdue payment may lead to instance suspension. The system sends reminders and notifications. To avoid service disruptions, renew your subscription promptly.
Background
Starting with Quick BI V6.0.3, you can use the same account on both the international site and the Chinese mainland site. You can also purchase services for the Chinese mainland site from the international site.
Edition Comparison
The China site currently offers the Personal Edition, Advanced Edition, Professional Edition, Role-based Edition (New Professional Edition), and AIPro Edition.
Category | Module | Personal edition | Advanced edition (enterprise) | Professional edition (enterprise) | AIPro edition (enterprise) |
Comparison summary | Ideal for individual data analysis tasks. | Ideal for small and medium-sized enterprises requiring data analysis, multi-user collaboration, and access control. | Ideal for large enterprises requiring comprehensive analytics across multiple systems and roles. | An AI-native, enterprise-grade intelligent analytics product that helps drive business growth with AI and data. | |
Supports data connections and dashboards. | Supports data connections, dashboards, access control, and report embedding, with Intelligent Q available as an add-on. | Supports a full feature set, including data connections, data analysis, access control, enhanced report embedding, and open API, with Intelligent Q available as an add-on. | Built on the Professional Edition, this edition deeply integrates AI into the entire analytics workflow, from data insight to data consumption, through natural language conversations. | ||
User quota | Quotas | 1 | 1, 10, 20, 50, 100, 150, 200 | 50, 100, 200, 300 Role-based Edition: Allows you to purchase General User and Access User licenses separately. | Minimum of 10 users, with increments of 10 for additional purchases. |
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Intelligent Q |
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Data connection and building | cloud database (Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Huawei Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure) |
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Data table modeling |
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SQL modeling |
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Data entry |
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API data source |
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Application data source |
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Supports connections to Lingyang One·Analytics data sources. |
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data preparation (lightweight ETL) |
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Includes a base quota. Additional quota is available for purchase. | |
extraction acceleration |
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Includes a base quota. Additional quota is available for purchase. |
Includes a base quota. Additional quota is available for purchase. |
Includes a base quota. Additional quota is available for purchase. | |
Data analysis | template marketplace |
View only |
View and apply |
View and apply |
View and apply |
dashboard |
50+ built-in chart types and rich theme styles Flexible interactive analysis and calculations Supports PC |
50+ built-in chart types Rich theme styles Flexible interactive analysis and calculations Supports PC and mobile |
50+ built-in chart types Rich theme styles Flexible interactive analysis and calculations Supports PC and mobile |
50+ built-in chart types Rich theme styles Flexible interactive analysis and calculations Supports PC and mobile | |
Workbooks (add-on) |
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visualization screens (add-on) |
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Available as a separate purchase |
Includes a base quota |
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ad hoc analysis |
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Complex table entry |
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self-service data retrieval |
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Data consumption | BI portal |
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monitoring and alerting |
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Integration with DingTalk/WeCom/Feishu |
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Open platform | Basic report embedding |
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Enhanced report embedding |
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Enhanced ticket-based embedding (with global parameters) requires at least 100 General User licenses. |
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data service |
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Organization and permission management | Organization management |
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Permission management |
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Usage analytics |
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cross-source analysis |
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cross-workspace copy |
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resource package management |
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Account system | Account integration |
Supports integration with Alibaba Cloud accounts. |
Supports integration with Alibaba Cloud accounts. |
Supports integration with Alibaba Cloud accounts and sign-in with DingTalk, WeCom, or Feishu. |
Supports integration with Alibaba Cloud accounts and sign-in with DingTalk, WeCom, or Feishu. |
Other | group workspace | Single workspace | Multiple workspaces | Multiple workspaces | Multiple workspaces |
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Billing
The following sections describe the billing details for each edition.
AIPro Edition Billing
Currently, you can only purchase subscriptions for the China (Hangzhou) region.
Basic Billing Rules
The following table details the pricing for the AIPro edition. The final price is subject to the price displayed at the time of purchase.
Item | Price | Description |
intelligent seat | $565.33/seat/year | Each seat includes 150,000 credits. After purchase, the credits are added to the organization shared pool and can be allocated to individual users. Note Credits included with a seat are valid for a rolling one-month period, starting from the seat's subscription activation date. For example, if you purchase and activate a seat on June 15, its included credits are valid from June 15 to July 15.
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credit top-up package | $1,413.33/1 million credits | If your credit balance is insufficient, you can purchase a credit top-up package. After purchase, the credits are added to the organization shared pool and can be allocated to individual users. Note
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Personal, Advanced, and Professional Edition Billing
General User Purchase
The following table details the billing for general user purchases across different editions. The final price is subject to the price displayed at the time of purchase.
Edition | Number of users | Subscription duration | Total price ($) |
personal edition | 1 | 1 year | 0.01 |
advanced edition | 1 (Bundled with Q Dashboard Agent, Q Chat Agent, and Q Report Agent) Note Quick BI advanced edition 1 (Super Analyst Edition): This edition can only be purchased by an Alibaba Cloud account. RAM users and roles cannot purchase this edition. This edition includes the Q Chat Agent and Q Dashboard Agent by default. You cannot purchase add-ons for this edition, such as workbooks, dashboards, additional embedded reports, or extraction acceleration capacity expansion. | 1 month | 10.75 |
1 year | 129.02 | ||
2 years | 258.04 | ||
10 | 1 month | 107.51 | |
1 year | 1,290.17 | ||
2 years | 2,580.35 | ||
20 | 1 year | 2,580.35 | |
2 years | 5,160.69 | ||
50 | 1 year | 6,443.70 | |
2 years | 12,887.39 | ||
100 | 1 year | 12,887.39 | |
2 years | 25,774.79 | ||
150 | 1 year | 19,331.09 | |
2 years | 38,662.18 | ||
200 | 1 year | 25,774.79 | |
2 years | 51,549.57 | ||
professional edition | 50 | 1 month | 1,433.53 |
1 year | 17,202.30 | ||
2 years | 34,404.61 | ||
100 | 1 year | 28,670.51 | |
2 years | 57,341.02 | ||
200 | 1 year | 50,173.39 | |
2 years | 100,346.78 | ||
300 | 1 year | 64,508.64 | |
2 years | 129,017.28 |
Role-based User Purchase
The following table describes the billing for the Role-based Professional Edition. The final price is subject to the price displayed at the time of purchase.
The Role-based Professional Edition offers the same features as the professional edition. The main difference is that the Role-based Professional Edition allows you to purchase licenses for general users and viewers separately.
The Role-based Professional Edition is available only with an annual subscription.
Role | Billing description |
general user | 1. Can be added as organization members and assigned the developer, analyst, or viewer role. 2. If you have fewer than 100 general users, the cost is $344.05 per user. For 100 to 300 users, the cost for each user beyond 100 is $215.13. For more than 300 users, the cost for each user beyond 300 is $43.01. |
viewer | 1. Cannot be added as workspace members and can only view authorized reports. 2. If you have fewer than 500 viewers, the cost is $71.68 per viewer. For 500 to 1,000 viewers, the cost for each viewer beyond 500 is $28.67. For 1,000 to 5,000 viewers, the cost for each viewer beyond 1,000 is $7.17. For more than 5,000 viewers, the cost for each viewer beyond 5,000 is $1.43. |
For information about the billing for value-added modules for the Role-based Professional Edition, see Billing for value-added modules.
Example:
An organization purchases the Role-based Professional Edition with 50 general users ($17,202.30), 10 viewers ($716.76), and 20 dashboards ($2,150.29) for a one-year subscription. The total cost is $20,069.35. The final price is subject to the price displayed at the time of purchase.
Value-added Module Billing
Value-added module | Billing description |
workbook | advanced edition: $716.76/year. Note: This add-on is not available for the advanced edition 1 (Super Analyst Edition). professional edition: Included in the edition. |
dashboard | For 20 or fewer: $107.51/dashboard/year. A minimum of 2 dashboards must be purchased, with subsequent purchases in increments of 2. For more than 20: Each additional dashboard is $71.68/year. Note: This add-on is not available for the advanced edition 1 (Super Analyst Edition). professional edition: Includes 5 dashboards by default. |
extraction acceleration capacity expansion | advanced edition: Supports up to 100 million rows per table for extraction acceleration. Expansion costs $716.75/5 GB. 2 GB of capacity is included by default. Note: This add-on is not available for the advanced edition 1 (Super Analyst Edition). professional edition: Supports up to 100 million rows per table for extraction acceleration. Expansion costs $716.75/5 GB. 10 GB of capacity is included by default. |
data preparation (ETL) - number of tasks | professional edition: A single task supports up to 10 million input rows. The cost is $4,300.58/year for 50 tasks. The maximum number of ETL tasks is 100. The professional edition includes 10 tasks by default. |
Additional embedded reports | For advanced edition with 10, 20, 50, 100, 150, or 200 users, you can purchase an additional 10, 20, 50, 100, 150, or 1,000 embedded reports, respectively. The cost is $28.67/year for every 10 reports. For professional edition with 50, 100, 200, or 300 users, you can purchase an additional 100, 200, 500, or 10,000 embedded reports, respectively. The cost is $28.67/year for every 10 reports. For Role-based Professional Edition, the purchase limit for additional embedded reports is calculated as: (Number of general users × 5) + (Number of viewers × 0.5). Note
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Q Dashboard Agent | $28.67 per agent. This can be purchased as an add-on for the advanced edition, professional edition, and Role-based Professional Edition. The purchase rules are as follows:
Note Free trial: A quota of 200 conversations is included by default and shared within the organization. Note: Billing begins on June 1, 2025. |
Q Chat Agent |
Note Free trial: A quota of 500 conversations is included by default and shared within the organization. Note: Billing begins on June 1, 2025. |
Q Report Agent |
Note Free trial: A quota of 10 reports is included by default and shared within the organization. Note: Billing begins on November 4, 2025. |
Q Insight Agent | Sold as a standalone module for $21,502.88/year. Note Attribution SQL concurrency limit: 10 per tenant. Note: A single attribution analysis, such as asking "Why did sales decrease?", may trigger multiple SQL queries. The system automatically schedules these queries to ensure stable performance and efficient resource use. |
Enhanced ticket-based embedding (with global parameters) | $7,167.63/year. professional edition users with fewer than 100 general users can purchase this feature separately. Note
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