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    ApsaraVideo VOD:Resource plans

    Last Updated:Jul 10, 2026

    Purchase discounted resource plans for different billable items. When your bill is settled, usage is deducted from your resource plans first. ApsaraVideo VOD provides data transfer plans, storage plans, transcoding plans.

    Note

    • To purchase resource plans: Click to purchase.

    • After a resource plan expires or is exhausted, you are charged for subsequent resource usage on a pay-as-you-go basis. For more information about the billing of each item, see VOD Pricing.

    • ApsaraVideo VOD resource plans can only be used to offset the resource fees of ApsaraVideo VOD. All resource plans can be stacked. Stacked plans are consumed to offset fees in a specific order. For more information, see Resource Plan Deduction Rules.

    • The prices of the resource plans in this topic are for reference only. For actual prices, see the resource plan purchase page.

    Introduction to resource plans

    ApsaraVideo VOD provides the following resource plans:

    Resource plan

    Description

    ApsaraVideo VOD data transfer plan

    Used to offset traffic usage for the acceleration service(This refers only to acceleration traffic and does not include storage outbound traffic.). Purchase a plan based on your acceleration region.

    Note

    • You can use this resource plan only if you Configure An Accelerated Domain Name and the billing method for the acceleration service is Pay-by-traffic. For more information about accelerated domain name configuration, see Add an accelerated domain name.

    • When the billing method for the acceleration service is By Peak Bandwidth or By 95th Percentile Bandwidth Of A Calendar Month, the resource plan will be frozen. You can switch the billing method as needed. For more information, see Switch between billing methods.

    • Downloading or playing content directly from a video-on-demand storage address over the Internet generates billing for storage outbound traffic. The generated storage outbound traffic can be offset only using general-purpose data transfer plans for the Chinese mainland. Data transfer plans for other acceleration regions cannot be used to offset storage outbound traffic.

    ApsaraVideo VOD storage plan

    Used to offset ApsaraVideo VOD media asset storage usage. These plans are globally applicable.

    ApsaraVideo VOD transcoding plan

    Used to offset the transcoding fees for [Standard Transcoding, H.264, LD]. Purchase and use these plans by region.

    ApsaraVideo VOD data transfer plan

    ApsaraVideo VOD data transfer plans offset acceleration traffic but not storage outbound traffic. A data transfer plan takes effect only if an accelerated domain name is configured and the billing method for the acceleration service is Pay-by-traffic. You can purchase multiple data transfer plans, which are consumed in purchase order. The system aggregates your hourly downstream traffic. Usage within the plan quota is deducted from the plan, and excess usage is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis. For more information, see Acceleration Service Billing.

    Note

    The following table lists the prices of ApsaraVideo VOD data transfer plans for the Outside The Chinese Mainland acceleration region, which includes all regions except for China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), and China (Shenzhen). For the prices of resource plans in other acceleration regions, see the Resource Plan Purchase page.

    Resource Plan Specifications

    Unit price (USD)

    Validity period

    Acceleration traffic - 100 GB

    10

    1 year

    Acceleration traffic - 500 GB

    50

    1 year

    Acceleration traffic - 1 TB

    99

    1 year

    Acceleration traffic - 5 TB

    472

    1 year

    Acceleration traffic - 10 TB

    893

    1 year

    Acceleration traffic - 50 TB

    4155

    1 year

    Acceleration traffic - 200 TB

    16028

    1 year

    Acceleration traffic - 1 PB

    79023

    1 year

    ApsaraVideo VOD storage plan

    You can purchase multiple ApsaraVideo VOD storage plans with cumulative quotas. The system calculates your storage usage every hour. Usage within the quota is deducted from the plan, and excess usage is charged on a pay-as-you-go basis. For more information, see Media Asset Storage Billing.

    Plan size

    Unit price (USD)

    Validity period

    Storage plan - 100 GB

    18.72

    1 year

    Storage plan - 500 GB

    93.6

    1 year

    Storage plan - 1 TB

    191.64

    1 year

    Storage plan - 5 TB

    958.44

    1 year

    Storage plan - 20 TB

    3833.88

    1 year

    Storage plan - 100 TB

    19169.28

    1 year

    ApsaraVideo VOD transcoding plan

    ApsaraVideo VOD transcoding plans offset transcoding fees. You can purchase multiple transcoding plans, which are consumed in purchase order. The system calculates your hourly transcoding duration. Usage within the plan quota and resolution range is deducted from the plan, and excess usage is charged on a pay-as-you-go basis. For more information, see Media asset transcoding billing.

    Note

    Transcoding duration: The transcoding duration is the sum of the durations of all transcoding tasks. If you transcode the same video multiple times, each transcoding task is billed. For example, you transcode a 1-hour video twice using a transcoding template group that contains two standard transcoding templates: H.264 LD (640 × 480) and H.264 SD (1280 × 720). The transcoding duration for the H.264 LD (640 × 480) specification is 2 hours, and the transcoding duration for the H.264 SD (1280 × 720) specification is 2 hours. When deducting from a transcoding plan, the duration for the SD specification is converted based on a 1:1.5 ratio, which results in 3 hours. Therefore, although the total transcoding duration is 4 hours, the total duration deducted from the transcoding plan is 5 hours.

    Standard transcoding plan

    Resource Plan Specifications

    Unit price (USD)

    Validity period

    Standard transcoding plan - 5,000 minutes

    13

    1 year

    Standard transcoding plan - 20,000 minutes

    47

    1 year

    Standard transcoding plan - 100,000 minutes

    204

    1 year

    Standard transcoding plan - 500,000 minutes

    850

    1 year

    Deduction ratios for the standard transcoding plan

    Note

    • The Chinese mainland includes China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), and China (Shenzhen).

    • Europe and the US includes Germany (Frankfurt) and US (Silicon Valley).

    • The Asia-Pacific region includes Japan (Tokyo), Singapore, Indonesia (Jakarta), and Hong Kong (China).

    • The plan does not support deductions for transcoding outside the specified scope, such as container format conversion or audio transcoding.

    Deduction ratios

    Processing type

    Codec

    Resolution

    Chinese mainland deduction ratio

    Europe and US deduction ratio

    Asia-Pacific deduction ratio

    Standard Transcoding

    Narrowband HD 1.0

    Narrowband HD 2.0

    Standard Transcoding

    Narrowband HD 1.0

    Narrowband HD 2.0

    Standard Transcoding

    Narrowband HD 1.0

    Narrowband HD 2.0

    Video transcoding

    H.264

    4K (3840 × 2160) and below

    1:12.7

    1:38.2

    1:191

    1:5.4

    1:16.1

    1:80.4

    1:5.3

    1:16.0

    1:79.8

    H.264

    2K (2560 × 1440) and below

    1:6.4

    1:19.1

    1:95.7

    1:4

    1:12.1

    1:60.4

    1:4

    1:12

    1:59.8

    H.264

    HD (1920 × 1080) and below

    1:2.9

    1:8.8

    1:44.6

    1:2.7

    1:8

    1:40.2

    1:2.7

    1:8

    1:39.9

    H.264

    SD (1280 × 720) and below

    1:1.5

    1:4.4

    1:22.1

    1:1.3

    1:4

    1:20.2

    1:1.3

    1:4

    1:19.9

    H.264

    LD (640 × 480) and below

    1:1

    1:2.9

    1:15

    1:1

    1:3

    1:15

    1:1

    1:3

    1:15

    H.265

    4K (3840 × 2160) and below

    1:63.7

    1:191.2

    1:286.8

    1:26.8

    1:80.4

    1:120.5

    1:26.6

    1:79.8

    1:119.7

    H.265

    2K (2560 × 1440) and below

    1:31.9

    1:95.6

    1:143.4

    1:20.1

    1:60.3

    1:90.4

    1:19.9

    1:59.8

    1:89.8

    H.265

    HD (1920 × 1080) and below

    1:14.8

    1:44.4

    1:66.7

    1:13.4

    1:40.2

    1:60.3

    1:13.3

    1:39.9

    1:59.8

    H.265

    SD (1280 × 720) and below

    1:7.4

    1:22.3

    1:33.4

    1:6.7

    1:20.1

    1:30.2

    1:6.6

    1:19.9

    1:29.9

    H.265

    LD (640 × 480) and below

    1:4.9

    1:148.2

    1:22.2

    1:5

    1:15.1

    1:22.6

    1:5

    1:15

    1:22.5

    Deduction example

    For example, if you purchase a 5,000-minute standard transcoding resource plan, it can offset 5,000 minutes of standard transcoding to the H.264 LD specification in China (Shanghai). If you use the plan exclusively for standard transcoding to the H.264 SD specification in China (Shanghai), it can offset 3,333.33 minutes of transcoding (5,000 ÷ 1.5, rounded). If you use it exclusively for standard transcoding to the H.264 HD specification in China (Shanghai), it can offset 1,724.14 minutes of transcoding (5,000 ÷ 2.9, rounded).