The Anti-virus, Advanced, Enterprise, Ultimate, and Value-added Plan editions of Security Center use the subscription billing method. This topic describes the billable items and pricing of Security Center.
Overview
Subscription billing method
- The usage period of resources can be estimated.
- The resource usage does not frequently fluctuate.
- Resources are required for long-term use.
Billing cycle
Billing formulas
Edition | Billing formula |
---|---|
Basic | Free |
Anti-virus | Fee = (Value of the vCore parameter × Basic fees + Fees of value-added features) ×
Subscription duration
Note The vCore parameter specifies the total number of virtual CPUs (vCPUs) for servers
that you want to protect.
|
Advanced | Fee = (Value of Protected Servers × Basic fees + Fees of value-added features) × Subscription
duration
Note The Protected Servers parameter specifies the total number of assets that can be protected
by Security Center. The assets include Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS)
instances and third-party servers on which the Security Center agent is installed.
The default value is the total number of ECS instances and third-party servers on
which the Security Center agent is installed within your Alibaba Cloud account.
When you purchase Security Center, the value that you specify for the Protected Servers parameter must be greater than or equal to the number of servers within your Alibaba Cloud account. If the value is less than the number of servers within your Alibaba Cloud account, the system displays a message after you purchase Security Center. The message indicates that the number of servers that need to be protected exceeds the limit. In this case, your use of Security Center may be affected, and you cannot renew your subscription to Security Center. To resolve the issues, you must upgrade Security Center and increase the value of the Protected Servers parameter. |
Enterprise | |
Ultimate | Fee = (Value of Protected Servers × Basic fees + Value of the vCore parameter × Basic fees + Fees of value-added features) × Subscription duration |
Value-added Plan | Fee = Fees of value-added features × Subscription duration |
Security Center Basic is automatically activated for all Alibaba Cloud users. To enable more security features, upgrade Security Center Basic to the Anti-virus, Advanced, Enterprise, Ultimate, or Value-added Plan edition based on your business requirements.
For more information about the pricing of Security Center, go to the Price Calculator page of Security Center.
Billable items
Billable item | Basic | Anti-virus | Advanced | Enterprise | Ultimate | Value-added Plan | |
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Basic fees | Free | USD 1 per core per month | USD 9.5 per server per month | USD 23.5 per server per month | USD 23.5 per server per month + USD 1 per core per month | Free | |
Fees of value-added features | Web Tamper Protection | Not supported | USD 165 per server per month | USD 165 per server per month | USD 165 per server per month | USD 165 per server per month | USD 165 per server per month |
Anti-ransomware | Not supported | USD 0.045 per GB per month | USD 0.045 per GB per month | USD 0.045 per GB per month | USD 0.045 per GB per month | USD 0.045 per GB per month | |
Log Analysis | Not supported | USD 0.1 per GB per month | USD 0.1 per GB per month | USD 0.1 per GB per month | USD 0.1 per GB per month | Not supported | |
Container image scan | Not supported | Not supported | USD 0.3 per image | USD 0.3 per image | USD 0.3 per image | USD 0.3 per image | |
Cloud honeypot | Not supported | USD 333.33 per honeypot per month | USD 333.33 per honeypot per month | USD 333.33 per honeypot per month | USD 333.33 per honeypot per month | USD 333.33 per honeypot per month | |
Subscription duration | Unlimited | Monthly subscription supported | Monthly subscription supported | Monthly subscription supported | Monthly subscription supported | Monthly subscription supported |
- On July 21, 2022, the basic fees for Security Center Ultimate is changed from USD 3 per core per month to USD 23.5 per server per month + USD 1 per core per month. You can no longer purchase the product expert service but you can still renew the product expert service that you purchased.
- If you purchase Security Center Ultimate before July 21, 2022, you are charged when you renew, upgrade, or downgrade Security Center based on the original prices.
- Starting from July 21, 2022, you are charged the basic fees for Security Center Ultimate in scenarios when you purchase Security Center Ultimate or upgrade Security Center to the Ultimate edition.Basic fees = USD 23.5 per server per month + USD 1 per core per month.
Overdue payments
Security Center uses the subscription billing method. Therefore, no overdue payments can occur for Security Center.
Refunds
For more information about refund policies, submit a ticket.