By default, Log Service uses a pay-as-you-go billing method, charging primarily for the volume of data ingested (raw size). The ingested data benefits from a 30-day free storage period, during which you can access features such as data transformation and data shipping at no extra cost. Additional charges apply only if the storage period exceeds 30 days or when data is read over the Internet.
Billing description
The pay-as-you-go model, also known as postpaid, bills you for the actual resource usage. A bill is issued at the end of each billing cycle, with fees deducted from your account accordingly.
Attribute | Description |
Billable items | The pay-by-ingested-data billing includes the following billable items: |
Billing cycle | The billing cycle of Log Service is day. The usage of each day is settled at midnight the next day, and the actual consumption amount is deducted from your account balance, while a bill is generated. Important If the total value of your account balance and the vouchers in your Alibaba Cloud account is less than the amount that you need to pay, you are notified by text message or email. |
Pricing | For pricing information about the pay-by-ingested-data billing, see Pricing. |
Scenarios | The pay-by-ingested-data billing is mainly suitable for the following scenarios:
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Limits | The pay-by-ingested-data billing mode has certain limits.
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Billing examples
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Example 1
Customer A writes 10 TB of data to Simple Log Service daily, stores it for 30 days, and utilizes features like data transformation, query and analysis, Scheduled SQL, intelligent alerting, and data shipping. The table below details the billing:
Billable items
Description
Daily measurement
Unit price
Daily billing
Ingested raw data volume
When data is uploaded to Simple Log Service, the ingested data volume is 10 TB.
10 TB
0.061 USD/GB
624.64 USD
Data storage
The data retention period is 30 days.
In pay-by-ingested-data billing mode, you are not charged for data storage within 30 days after the data is written to Simple Log Service.
Hot storage: 0.002875 USD/GB/day
IA storage class: 0.000762 USD/GB/day
0 USD
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Example 2
Customer B writes 10 TB of data to Simple Log Service daily, generates 5 TB of storage, and stores it for 31 days, using features like data transformation, query and analysis, Scheduled SQL, intelligent alerting, and data shipping. Data stored beyond 30 days is transferred to the IA storage tier. The table below describes the billing:
Billable items
Description
Daily measurement
Unit price
Daily billing
Ingested raw data volume
When data is uploaded to Simple Log Service, the ingested data volume is 10 TB.
10 TB
0.061 USD/GB
624.64 USD
Data storage
The data retention period is 31 days, and 5 TB of data is stored in Log Service.
In pay-by-ingested-data billing mode, you are not charged for data storage within 30 days after the data is written to Simple Log Service.
On the 31st day, you are charged for the 5 TB of data that is moved to the IA storage tier.
IA storage class: 0.000762 USD/GB/day
3.90144 USD