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Simple Log Service:Pay-by-feature

Last Updated:Apr 29, 2025

By default, Simple Log Service uses the pay-as-you-go billing method. This billing method allows you to use resources before you pay for the resources. In pay-by-feature billing mode, you are charged for the features and resources that you use. You can control the costs of Simple Log Service resources in a finer-grained manner based on your business requirements.

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Billing overview

If you use the pay-as-you-go billing method, you are charged based on the amount of resources that you use. In each settlement cycle, a bill is generated, and the fee is deducted from the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account.

Scenarios

The pay-by-feature billing mode is suitable for the following scenarios:

  • Your resource usage frequently fluctuates.

  • Your business has short-term requirements on resources.

  • Resources are used in a refined and flexible manner.

Billable items

The pay-by-feature billing mode supports all billable items of Simple Log Service. For more information, see Billable items of pay-by-feature.

Billing cycle

A bill is generated every day at 00:00 based on the amount of resources that you consumed on the previous day. Fees are deducted from the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account on a daily basis.

Note

If the sum of the balance and vouchers in your Alibaba Cloud account is less than the payable amount, the system sends you a notification by text message or email.

Free quotas

In pay-per-feature billing mode, Simple Log Service provides free quotas for specific billable items.

Important

Simple Log Service provides monthly free quotas, and the quotas are reset at the end of each month. If the amount of resources that you consume in a month does not exceed the free quotas, you are not charged. Otherwise, you are charged for the excess amount.

  • Storage space occupied by log data: 500 MB per month

  • Index traffic of log data: 500 MB per month

  • Read and write traffic: 500 MB per month

  • Read and write operations: 1 million per month

  • Active shards: 31 shard days per month

    For more information, see Why am I charged for active shards?

Pricing

For more information about the pricing of the pay-by-feature billing mode, visit Pricing of Simple Log Service.

Billing examples

For more information about the billing examples based on the pay-by-feature billing mode, see Billing examples.