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    Expenses and Costs:Savings plans

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    Expenses and Costs:Savings plans

    Last Updated:Mar 30, 2026

    This topic provides an overview of topics related to Alibaba Cloud savings plans.

    Savings plan overview

    Savings plan overview

    The normal pay-as-you-go price for an ECS instance is 12 USD per instance per hour. With a savings plan, the discounted price is 4.75 USD per instance per hour. The user purchases a Savings Plan and commits to an hourly spend of 95 USD/hour. The maximum number of instances that can be covered is 95/4.75 = 20. Your actual usage: 25 instances running in Hour 1, and 15 instances running in Hour 2. Billing method Hour 1 cost Hour 2 cost Total cost Pay-as-you-go 25 units * 12 USD/unit/hour * 1 hour = 300 USD 15 units*12 USD/unit/hour*1 hour=180 USD 480 USD Savings Plan + pay-as-you-go Committed cost 95USD Overage cost (25 units – 95/4.75 units) × 12 USD/unit/hour × 1 hour = 60 USD Committed cost 95 USD Overage cost 0 USD 250 USD

    Cloud products supported by Savings Plans

    Why choose savings plans

    Benefits of Savings Plans

    Applicable business models

    Comparison with other billing methods

    Common scenarios

    Purchase a savings plan

    Factors that affect savings plan discounts

    How savings plan discounts are applied

    Purchase a new savings plan

    Query savings plan usage and coverage

    Query savings plan usage and coverage

    Query savings plan usage and coverage

    Query savings plan usage and coverage

    Check savings plan bills

    Check savings plan bills

    Check savings plan bills

    Savings plan FAQ

    What is the hourly commitment of a Savings Plan?

    Savings plan FAQ

    How do I check the discounts for a Savings Plan?

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