Alibaba Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) is adjusting the pricing for its subscription products on the International site.
Adjustment time
The adjustment takes effect on February 1, 2024 (UTC+8). The actual effective time is subject to change.
Adjustment details
Subscription product prices
Subscription product prices are reduced by 28% overall. For example, the monthly price of a WAF Pro Edition instance drops from USD 776 to USD 556. To view the updated prices, visit the WAF 3.0 (Subscription) buy page on or after February 1, 2024.
Additional QPS quota pricing
After the subscription price reduction takes effect, the prices for additional QPS quota and burstable QPS (pay-as-you-go) quota are increased for WAF instances outside the Chinese mainland.
The following tables show the before and after prices for each billable item. QPS stands for queries per second.
Additional QPS quota
| Bot management | API security | Before adjustment | After adjustment — Chinese mainland | After adjustment — Outside the Chinese mainland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disabled | Disabled | USD 0.6 per QPS | USD 0.5 per QPS | USD 0.6 per QPS |
| Disabled | Enabled | USD 1 per QPS | USD 0.8 per QPS | USD 0.9 per QPS |
| Enabled | Disabled | USD 1 per QPS | USD 0.8 per QPS | USD 0.9 per QPS |
| Enabled | Enabled | USD 1.4 per QPS | USD 1.1 per QPS | USD 1.2 per QPS |
Burstable QPS (pay-as-you-go) quota
| Bot management | API security | Before adjustment | After adjustment — Chinese mainland | After adjustment — Outside the Chinese mainland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disabled | Disabled | USD 0.03 per QPS | USD 0.02 per QPS | USD 0.03 per QPS |
| Disabled | Enabled | USD 0.05 per QPS | USD 0.035 per QPS | USD 0.045 per QPS |
| Enabled | Disabled | USD 0.05 per QPS | USD 0.035 per QPS | USD 0.045 per QPS |
| Enabled | Enabled | USD 0.07 per QPS | USD 0.05 per QPS | USD 0.06 per QPS |
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