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Web Application Firewall:Announcement of price adjustment for subscription products on the International site

Last Updated:Mar 31, 2026

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 managementAPI securityBefore adjustmentAfter adjustment — Chinese mainlandAfter adjustment — Outside the Chinese mainland
DisabledDisabledUSD 0.6 per QPSUSD 0.5 per QPSUSD 0.6 per QPS
DisabledEnabledUSD 1 per QPSUSD 0.8 per QPSUSD 0.9 per QPS
EnabledDisabledUSD 1 per QPSUSD 0.8 per QPSUSD 0.9 per QPS
EnabledEnabledUSD 1.4 per QPSUSD 1.1 per QPSUSD 1.2 per QPS

Burstable QPS (pay-as-you-go) quota

Bot managementAPI securityBefore adjustmentAfter adjustment — Chinese mainlandAfter adjustment — Outside the Chinese mainland
DisabledDisabledUSD 0.03 per QPSUSD 0.02 per QPSUSD 0.03 per QPS
DisabledEnabledUSD 0.05 per QPSUSD 0.035 per QPSUSD 0.045 per QPS
EnabledDisabledUSD 0.05 per QPSUSD 0.035 per QPSUSD 0.045 per QPS
EnabledEnabledUSD 0.07 per QPSUSD 0.05 per QPSUSD 0.06 per QPS

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