DashVector billing methods, pricing, and payment - DashVector

DashVector supports only pay-as-you-go billing. Fees are calculated per second based on instance type and replica count.

Billing methods

DashVector currently supports only the pay-as-you-go billing method.

Note

With pay-as-you-go, you are charged after resource consumption. After you create a DashVector instance, Alibaba Cloud deducts fees from your account hourly based on the instance billing rules.

Billing rules

Compute-optimized and storage-optimized instances

Formula: Unit price of instance type × Billing duration × Number of replicas
Billing duration: Starts when the instance is created and ends when the instance is released.
Billing cycle: Per-second billing

Pricing

The unit price of an instance type varies by region.

US (Virginia)

Instance type	Specifications	Unit price (Pay-as-you-go)
Compute-optimized	P.small	USD 0.06/hour
	P.large	USD 0.12/hour
	P.2xlarge	USD 0.24/hour
	P.4xlarge	USD 0.48/hour
	P.8xlarge	USD 0.96/hour
	P.16xlarge	USD 1.92/hour
Storage-optimized	S.small	USD 0.04/hour
	S.large	USD 0.08/hour
	S.2xlarge	USD 0.16/hour
	S.4xlarge	USD 0.32/hour
	S.8xlarge	USD 0.64/hour
	S.16xlarge	USD 1.28/hour
Important To purchase higher-specification storage-optimized and compute-optimized instances, or for technical support, contact us: Official DingTalk group: 25130022704 Technical support email: dashvector@service.aliyun.com

Singapore

Instance type	Specifications	Unit price (Pay-as-you-go)
Compute-optimized	P.small	USD 0.06/hour
	P.large	USD 0.12/hour
	P.2xlarge	USD 0.24/hour
	P.4xlarge	USD 0.48/hour
	P.8xlarge	USD 0.96/hour
	P.16xlarge	USD 1.92/hour
Storage-optimized	S.small	USD 0.045/hour
	S.large	USD 0.09/hour
	S.2xlarge	USD 0.18/hour
	S.4xlarge	USD 0.36/hour
	S.8xlarge	USD 0.72/hour
	S.16xlarge	USD 1.44/hour
Important To purchase higher-specification storage-optimized and compute-optimized instances, or for technical support, contact us: Official DingTalk group: 25130022704 Technical support email: dashvector@service.aliyun.com

Note

Check promotions and discounts on the Purchase page.
Instance specifications are listed in Product specifications.

Billing cycle

Pay-as-you-go DashVector instance fees are settled hourly (UTC+8). If your available credit (account balance and coupons) is insufficient, you receive a notification by text message or email.

Change configuration

Upgrade: After upgrading, the instance is billed at the new hourly rate.
Downgrade: Not supported.

Example of billing for configuration changes

When you change a pay-as-you-go instance configuration, a new order is generated at the new price. The previous order is automatically invalidated.

If you change the configuration within an hour, multiple billing records are generated. Each record covers the effective period of each configuration within that hour.

For example, you create a pay-as-you-go instance with the P.2xlarge instance type at 11:00:00 and upgrade it to P.4xlarge at 11:30:00. Two billing records are generated between 11:00 and 12:00.

The first record is for the period from 11:00:00 to 11:30:00. The instance is billed based on the P.2xlarge instance type.
The second record is for the period from 11:30:00 to 12:00:00. The instance is billed based on the P.4xlarge instance type.

Overdue payments

Warning

Overdue payments may cause instance suspension. To avoid service interruptions, top up your account promptly.

When your Alibaba Cloud account has an overdue payment, all pay-as-you-go DashVector instances under the account become overdue.
After the service is suspended for 7 days, the instance is considered abandoned. Alibaba Cloud will release the instance, and its data will be deleted and cannot be recovered.

Important

After an instance is released, its data cannot be recovered.

Query bills

Log on to the Alibaba Cloud Management Console.
In the upper-right corner of the page, choose Expenses > Expenses and Costs.
In the navigation pane on the left, choose Bill Management > Bill Details.
Click the Details tab.
Set the filter conditions for the query.

Note

You can query bills for only one calendar month at a time. Cross-month ranges (for example, January 10 to February 10) are not supported.