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ApsaraDB for SelectDB:Billable items and pricing

Last Updated:Sep 12, 2025

This topic describes the billable items and pricing of ApsaraDB for SelectDB.

Important
  • The fees in this topic are for reference only. The actual fees are shown on your bill.

  • The following regions have only a single zone. If the zone fails, there is a risk of data loss. Therefore, these regions are hidden by default. To use one of these regions, you must submit a ticket and provide your Alibaba Cloud account ID.

    • Philippines (Manila)

    • Thailand (Bangkok)

    • South Korea (Seoul)

    • UK (London)

Billable items

ApsaraDB for SelectDB includes the following billable items.

Billable item

Billing method

Billing rules

Computing resources

  • Subscription

  • Pay-as-you-go

Computing resource fee = Unit price of computing resources × Number of CCUs × Subscription or usage duration.

Note

1 CCU = 1 vCPU and 4 GB of memory. When you purchase computing resources, the specifications must be an integer multiple of 1 vCPU and 4 GB of memory.

Cache space

  • Subscription

  • Pay-as-you-go

Cache space fee = Unit price of cache space × Cache size × Subscription or usage duration.

Storage resources

Pay-as-you-go

Storage resource fee = Unit price of storage resources × Storage size × Usage duration.

Note

If you plan to use an instance for a long time, purchase a storage plan to offset pay-as-you-go storage resource usage and reduce costs.

Note

If you request a public endpoint and use it to connect to your ApsaraDB for SelectDB instance, Internet traffic is generated. Currently, the Internet traffic (inbound and outbound) generated when you connect to your ApsaraDB for SelectDB instance through a public endpoint is free of charge. For more information, see Request and release a public endpoint.

Computing resources

A Compute Capacity Unit (CCU) is a computing resource used to process service requests. Instance performance is directly proportional to the selected computing resource specifications. 1 CCU is equivalent to 1 vCPU and 4 GB of memory.

Region

Pay-as-you-go unit price (USD/CCU/hour)

Subscription unit price (USD/CCU/month)

China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Qingdao), China (Beijing), China (Shenzhen), China (Guangzhou)

0.051850

24.876

China (Hohhot), China (Ulanqab), China (Heyuan), China (Chengdu)

0.046742

22.389

China (Zhangjiakou)

0.036218

17.414

China (Hong Kong)

0.076369

40.302

Singapore, Indonesia (Jakarta)

0.069170

36.980

Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Thailand (Bangkok)

0.065733

35.131

Philippines (Manila)

0.062296

33.282

Japan (Tokyo)

0.071571

40.777

South Korea (Seoul)

0.053847

35.131

US (Silicon Valley), US (Virginia)

0.055514

28.924

UK (London)

0.064368

36.980

Germany (Frankfurt)

0.066769

38.875

Cache space

Cache space stores hot data to accelerate data access. The minimum and maximum cache sizes depend on the selected computing resource specifications.

Region

Pay-as-you-go unit price (USD/GB/hour)

Subscription unit price (USD/GB/month)

China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Qingdao), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Hohhot), China (Ulanqab), China (Shenzhen), China (Heyuan), China (Guangzhou), China (Chengdu)

0.000319

0.153

China (Hong Kong)

0.000279

0.167

Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), Philippines (Manila), Thailand (Bangkok), Japan (Tokyo), US (Silicon Valley)

0.000253

0.152

South Korea (Seoul)

0.000241

0.144

US (Virginia)

0.000211

0.127

UK (London)

0.000245

0.147

Germany (Frankfurt)

0.000251

0.151

Storage resources

Storage resources store full data. By default, storage resources use the pay-as-you-go billing method. You are billed hourly based on your actual storage usage.If you can estimate the storage usage of your instance, you can purchase a storage plan in advance to offset pay-as-you-go bills. This reduces the unit storage cost by about 45%. For more information about storage plans, see Storage plans.

Region

Instance deployment architecture

Pay-as-you-go unit price (USD/GB/hour)

China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Qingdao), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Hohhot), China (Ulanqab), China (Shenzhen), China (Heyuan), China (Guangzhou), China (Chengdu)

Single-zone (locally redundant storage)

0.000043

Multi-zone (zone-redundant storage)

0.00005375

China (Hong Kong), Singapore, Indonesia (Jakarta), US (Virginia), UK (London), Germany (Frankfurt)

Single-zone (locally redundant storage)

0.000038

Multi-zone (zone-redundant storage)

0.0000475

Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

Single-zone (locally redundant storage)

0.000039

Multi-zone (zone-redundant storage)

0.00004875

Japan (Tokyo)

Single-zone (locally redundant storage)

0.000036

Multi-zone (zone-redundant storage)

0.000045

South Korea (Seoul), Philippines (Manila), Thailand (Bangkok)

Single-zone (locally redundant storage)

0.000037

Multi-zone (zone-redundant storage)

0.00004625

US (Silicon Valley)

Single-zone (locally redundant storage)

0.000035

Multi-zone (zone-redundant storage)

0.00004375

Billing examples

  • Subscription

    You purchase a subscription instance for one month in the Singapore region. The instance has 4 CCUs (4 vCPUs and 16 GB of memory) and 200 GB of cache space. Assume the instance stores an average of 500 GB of data during this month. The total monthly fee is USD 192.00. The fees are calculated as follows:

    • Computing resource fee: USD 36.980/CCU/month × 4 CCUs × 1 month = USD 147.92.

    • Cache space fee: USD 0.152/GB/month × 200 GB × 1 month = USD 30.40.

    • Storage resource fee: USD 0.000038/GB/hour × 500 GB × 30 days × 24 hours = USD 13.68.

  • Pay-as-you-go

    You purchase a pay-as-you-go instance in the Singapore region and use it for one hour. The instance has 4 CCUs (4 vCPUs and 16 GB of memory) and 200 GB of cache space. Assume the instance stores an average of 500 GB of data during this hour. The total hourly fee is USD 0.347. The fees are calculated as follows:

    • Computing resource fee: USD 0.069170/CCU/hour × 4 CCUs × 1 hour = USD 0.277.

    • Cache space fee: USD 0.000253/GB/hour × 200 GB × 1 hour = USD 0.051.

    • Storage resource fee: USD 0.000038/GB/hour × 500 GB × 1 hour = USD 0.019.