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    ApsaraVideo VOD:Resource plans

    Last Updated:Oct 27, 2025

    You can purchase discounted resource plans in advance for various billable items. During settlement, usage is deducted from your resource plans first. ApsaraVideo VOD offers a variety of resource plans, such as data transfer plans, storage plans, transcoding plans. This topic describes the pricing and usage of these resource plans.

    Note

    • To purchase resource plans, click here.

    • 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 billable item, see VOD Pricing Details.

    • ApsaraVideo VOD resource plans can only be used to offset ApsaraVideo VOD resource fees. All resource plans can be stacked and are used to offset fees according to specific rules and in a specific order. For more information, see Resource plan deduction rules.

    • The prices provided in this topic are for reference only. The actual prices are displayed on the 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 applies only to acceleration traffic and does not include storage outbound traffic). Please purchase and use plans by 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 By Traffic. For information about how to configure an accelerated domain name, see Add an accelerated domain name.

    • When the billing method for the acceleration service is Pay By Peak Bandwidth or Pay By Monthly 95th Percentile Peak Bandwidth, 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 incurs fees for outbound traffic, which is referred to as storage outbound traffic billing. This storage outbound traffic can be offset only by general-purpose data transfer plans for the Chinese mainland, and cannot be offset by data transfer plans for other acceleration regions.

    ApsaraVideo VOD storage plan

    Used to deduct the storage usage of ApsaraVideo VOD media assets. These plans are globally applicable.

    ApsaraVideo VOD transcoding duration plan

    Used to deduct transcoding fees for [Standard Transcoding, H.264, LD]. Purchase and use plans based on your region.

    ApsaraVideo VOD data transfer plans

    An ApsaraVideo VOD data transfer plan is a dedicated resource plan for accelerated playback. This plan can only be used to offset acceleration traffic and does not cover storage outbound traffic. An ApsaraVideo VOD data transfer plan can be used to offset traffic 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 and use them in the order they were purchased. The system accumulates your downstream traffic every hour. Resources used within the quota of a data transfer plan are deducted from the plan. Excess usage is charged on a pay-as-you-go basis. For more information about the pay-as-you-go billing method, see Billing of acceleration services.

    Note

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

    Plan specification

    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 plans

    The quotas of ApsaraVideo VOD storage plans are cumulative. The system calculates your storage usage every hour. Resources used within the quota of a storage plan are deducted from the plan. Excess usage is charged on a pay-as-you-go basis. For more information about pay-as-you-go billing, see Media asset storage billing.

    Plan specification

    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 duration plans

    ApsaraVideo VOD transcoding plans are dedicated resource plans that are used to offset transcoding fees. You can purchase multiple plans. Fees are deducted from the plans in the order they were purchased. The system calculates the transcoding duration that you use every hour. Usage that is within a plan's quota and specified resolution range is deducted from the plan. Excess usage is charged on a pay-as-you-go basis. For more information about the pay-as-you-go billing method, see Media Asset Transcoding Billing.

    Note

    The transcoding duration is the sum of the durations for all transcoding specifications. If you transcode the same video multiple times, each transcoding job is billed. For example, you transcode a 1-hour video twice using a transcoding template group. The group contains two standard transcoding templates: H.264.LD (640 × 480) and H.264.SD (1280 × 720). The transcoding duration for the H.264.LD specification is 2 hours (1 hour × 2). The transcoding duration for the H.264.SD specification is also 2 hours (1 hour × 2). When deducting from a transcoding duration plan, the H.264.SD duration is converted at a 1:1.5 ratio, consuming 3 hours (2 hours × 1.5) of the plan's quota. The H.264.LD duration is converted at a 1:1 ratio, consuming 2 hours (2 hours × 1) of the plan's quota. Therefore, the total actual transcoding duration for these two jobs is 4 hours, but the total duration deducted from the transcoding plan is 5 hours (3 hours + 2 hours).

    Standard transcoding plans

    Note

    The following table lists the unit prices for standard transcoding of H.264 videos at LD resolution. For the pricing of other encoding formats and resolutions, see the applicable deduction ratios in Deduction Ratios for General Transcoding Plans. Fees for other transcoding jobs, such as Narrowband HD 1.0 transcoding, container format conversion, or audio transcoding, cannot be offset by this plan.

    Plan specification

    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

    Standard transcoding plan deduction ratios

    Note

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

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

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

    Deduction ratios

    Processing type

    Codec

    Resolution

    The 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 be used for 5,000 minutes of standard transcoding for H.264 LD outputs in China (Shanghai). If the plan is used entirely for standard transcoding of H.264 SD outputs in China (Shanghai), it can cover a transcoding duration of 5,000 ÷ 1.5 = 3,333.33 minutes (rounded). If the plan is used entirely for standard transcoding of H.264 HD outputs in China (Shanghai), it can cover a transcoding duration of 5,000 ÷ 2.9 = 1,724.14 minutes (rounded).