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Simple Application Server:Resource usage and bills

Last Updated:Apr 01, 2026

Track your Simple Application Server spending and traffic consumption on the Expenses and Costs page.

Query bills

The Bill Details page lets you filter bills by statistical item and statistical period. Each bill entry shows billable items, usage, price, and deduction information.

  1. Log on to the Expenses and Costs console.

  2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Billing > Bill Details.

  3. Set the Billing Month and filter by the Billing MonthBilling MonthSimple Application Server product to view your billing information.

Click the image icon in the upper-right corner of the bill to open the Customize Column Options dialog box and select which columns to display. To export the bill, click the image icon to open the Export Billing Overview (CSV) dialog box.

Configure the following parameters to filter the bill:

ParameterDescription
Statistic ItemGroups bills by the selected category. Billable Item merges costs from the same billable item. Instance merges costs from the same instance.
Statistical PeriodFilters bills by the selected time granularity. Billing Month shows bills for the selected billing cycle. Day shows daily bills for the current month. Billing Period shows detailed hourly bills for the current month.

Query traffic usage

Export an hourly traffic usage report for your Simple Application Server instances covering any period within the last 12 months.

To query the data transfer plan usage for a specific server programmatically, use the ListInstancesTrafficPackages API.
  1. Log on to the Expenses and Costs console.

  2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Billing > Bill Details.

  3. Click the View Usage Details tab and configure the following parameters.

    ParameterDescription
    Time PeriodThe time range to query. Queries are limited to a single calendar month within the last 12 months. For example, if the start date is 2025-05-01, the latest end date is 2025-05-31.
    Commodity NameSelect Simple Application Server.
    Billable ItemSelect Paid Traffic or Free Traffic to filter by traffic type.
    Billable ItemSelect Simple Application Server.
    Time UnitSelect Hour.
  4. Click Export CSV.

  5. On the Export Record page, wait for the export to complete, then click Download in the Actions column.

Open the CSV file to view hourly traffic usage for each instance.

Traffic values are in bytes. Filter the data by instance ID or region as needed.