Billing examples for Simple Log Service, covering pay-as-you-go, pay-by-ingested-data, and resource plan methods.
Pay-as-you-go
Pay-by-feature billing examples
Example 1
This example shows a free-tier scenario. One server generates 10 MB of logs per day. You use SLS to analyze daily logs and subscribe to them in real time through a Java program. Configuration: one shard, one-day retention, 20% upload compression ratio.
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Billable item |
Description |
Monthly usage |
Monthly bill |
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Active shard lease |
One Logstore with one shard = 31 shard-days per month. |
31 days |
Free |
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Read/Write traffic |
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124 MB |
Free |
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Storage space - Log storage |
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372 MB |
Free |
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Index traffic - Log indexing |
Full-text index enabled: 10 MB/day × 31 days = 310 MB. |
310 MB |
Free |
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Read/Write requests |
Batch upload requests to SLS. |
Fewer than 1 million requests |
Free |
Example 2
Website A generates 100 million access log entries per day (200 bytes each, ~18.6 GB total). Configuration: two shards, three-day retention, 20% upload compression ratio. Free quota excluded.
The daily cost is USD 2.171985.
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Billable item |
Description |
Daily usage |
Unit price |
Daily bill |
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Read/Write traffic |
Upload traffic: 18.6 GB × 20% = 3.72 GB. |
3.72 GB |
USD 0.045/GB/day |
USD 0.1674 |
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Index traffic - Log indexing |
Full-text index: 20 GB total (including 1.4 GB for reserved fields). |
20 GB |
USD 0.0875/GB/day |
USD 1.75 |
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Storage space - Log storage |
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71.16 GB |
USD 0.002875/GB/day |
USD 0.204585 |
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Read/Write requests |
Batch log uploads to SLS: ~1 million requests. |
1 million requests |
USD 0.03/million requests/day |
USD 0.03 |
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Active shard lease |
Peak traffic: 6 MB/s (requires two shards). |
2 |
USD 0.01/shard/day |
USD 0.02 |
Example 3
Application B generates 10 GB of time series data per day, uploaded to SLS in 200,000 requests. Configuration: two shards, three-day retention, 20% upload compression ratio. Free quota excluded.
The daily cost is USD 0.4054.
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Billable item |
Description |
Daily usage |
Unit price |
Daily bill |
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Read/Write traffic |
Upload traffic: 10 GB × 20% = 2 GB. |
2 GB |
USD 0.045/GB/day |
USD 0.09 |
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Index traffic - Time series traffic |
SLS auto-indexes all fields. |
10 GB |
USD 0.02721/GB/day |
USD 0.2721 |
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Storage space - Time series storage |
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36 GB |
USD 0.00048/GB/day |
USD 0.0173 |
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Active shard lease |
Peak traffic: 6 MB/s (requires two shards). |
2 |
USD 0.01/shard/day |
USD 0.02 |
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Read/Write requests |
Batch time series uploads to SLS: ~200,000 requests. |
200,000 requests |
USD 0.03/million requests/day |
USD 0.006 |
Example 4
Company A stores 40 billion log entries in SLS and uses Dedicated SQL for query and analysis. Per-operation cost breakdown:
This example covers Dedicated SQL billing only.
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Billable item |
Description |
Single Metering |
Unit price |
Bill per operation |
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Dedicated SQL |
A single query and analysis operation consumes 3.6 seconds of CPU time (Obtain CPU time). |
3.6 seconds / 3600 = 0.001 hours |
USD 0.05174/core-hour |
USD 0.00005174 |
Pay-by-ingested-data examples
Example 1
Customer A ingests 10 TB of data per day with 30-day retention. Additional features used: data transformation, query and analysis, scheduled SQL, intelligent alerting, and data shipping.
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Billable item |
Description |
Daily usage |
Unit price |
Daily bill |
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Raw data ingested |
10 TB of logs uploaded to SLS. |
10 TB |
USD 0.061/GB |
USD 624.64 |
|
Log storage |
The data is stored for 30 days. |
Pay-by-ingested-data includes free storage for the first 30 days. No fees incurred. |
|
USD 0 |
Example 2
Customer B ingests 10 TB of data per day (5 TB storage) with 31-day retention. Data older than 30 days moves to IA storage. Additional features used: data transformation, query and analysis, scheduled SQL, intelligent alerting, and data shipping.
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Billable item |
Description |
Daily usage |
Unit price |
Daily bill |
|
Raw data ingested |
10 TB of logs uploaded to SLS. |
10 TB |
USD 0.061/GB |
USD 624.64 |
|
Log storage |
The data is stored for 31 days, with a storage volume of 5 TB. |
Pay-by-ingested-data includes free storage for the first 30 days. No fees incurred. On day 31, IA storage fees apply for 5 TB. |
IA storage class: USD 0.000762/GB/day |
USD 3.90144 |
Resource plans
A customer uses SLS daily with 2 shards, 100 GB of read/write traffic, 400 GB of index traffic, and 10,000 GB of stable data storage.
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Billable item |
Description |
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Read/Write traffic |
100 GB × USD 0.045/GB = USD 4.5 |
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Index traffic - Log indexing |
400 GB × USD 0.0875/GB = USD 35 |
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Storage space - Log storage |
10,000 GB × USD 0.002875/GB/day = USD 28.75/day |
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Active shard lease |
2 × USD 0.01 = USD 0.02 Note
Setting Number of Shards to 2 when creating a Logstore means 2 shard leases per day (60 shard-days per month at 30 days). |
Resource plan prices are subject to the actual discounted price on the console.
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Billing method |
Pay-as-you-go |
One-year subscription plan |
Savings |
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Monthly cost |
(USD 4.5 + 35 + 28.75 + 0.02) × 30 days = USD 2,048.1 |
Purchase two 1,000 CU/month and three 20 CU/month one-year subscription plans. The detailed cost is calculated as follows: 2 × USD 8,520 / 12 months + 3 × USD 180 / 12 months = USD 1,465 |
Monthly savings vs. pay-as-you-go: USD 2,048.1 - USD 1,465 = USD 583.1 |
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Total annual cost |
(USD 4.5 + 35 + 28.75 + 0.02) × 30 days × 12 months = USD 24,577.2 |
Purchase two 1,000 CU/month and three 20 CU/month one-year subscription plans. The detailed cost is calculated as follows: 2 × USD 8,520 + 3 × USD 180 = USD 17,580 |
Annual savings vs. pay-as-you-go: USD 24,577.2 - USD 17,580 = USD 6,997.2 |