Different types of Server Load Balancer (SLB) instances have different billing rules. This topic describes the billing rules for Application Load Balancer (ALB), Classic Load Balancer (CLB), and Network Load Balancer (NLB) instances.
Billing of different types of SLB instances
Service | References |
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NLB | |
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Comparison of billing rules
This section describes the billing methods and billable items of ALB, NLB, and CLB. We recommend that you view and learn about the billing methods and billable items of each service before you use the services.
ALB
For more information about the resource plans of ALB, see Introduction to ALB resource plans.
For more information about the billing rules of pay-as-you-go ALB instances, see Billing rules.
NLB
For more information about the billing rules of pay-as-you-go NLB instances, see NLB billing rules.
CLB
The following figure shows the billable items of CLB. For more information about the billing rules of pay-as-you-go CLB instances, see Pay-as-you-go.
The following table compares the billing rules and usage calculations of Load Balancer Capacity Units (LCUs) of ALB, NLB, and CLB.
Service | LCU unit price (USD/LCU/hour) | LCU definition | References |
ALB | 0.007 | An ALB LCU provides the following resources:
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NLB | 0.005 | For TCP data transfer, an NLB LCU provides the following resources:
For UDP data transfer, an NLB LCU provides the following resources:
For SSL over TCP data transfer, an NLB LCU provides the following resources:
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CLB | 0.007 | For TCP data transfer, a CLB LCU provides the following resources:
For UDP data transfer, a CLB LCU provides the following resources:
For HTTP or HTTPS data transfer, a CLB LCU provides the following resources:
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