This topic describes the billing rules and pricing for Alibaba Cloud DevOps (Region-based).
Activate Alibaba Cloud DevOps
Before you can use the region-based version of Alibaba Cloud DevOps, you must activate the pay-as-you-go billing method. After you activate the service, a pay-as-you-go order is created and you can create an Alibaba Cloud DevOps organization. You are billed based on actual usage. Billable items are categorized as development resources or user licenses.
Development resource billing
Free quota
Each Alibaba Cloud account receives a free quota for development resources. You are not charged for development resources if your usage is within this quota. The free quotas are as follows:
Resource type | Free quota |
Code Git storage resources | 20 GiB |
Code LFS storage resources | 20 GiB |
Artifact repository storage resources | 10 GiB |
Pipeline build resources | 3,000 core-minutes/month (resets each calendar month) |
If you create multiple Alibaba Cloud DevOps organizations under a single Alibaba Cloud account, these organizations share the development resource quota. The resource usage from all organizations is aggregated for billing.
The free quota for pipelines is provided monthly. The 3,000 core-minute free quota resets on the first day of each calendar month.
Development resource types
The region-based version of Alibaba Cloud DevOps provides four types of development resources. These resources support scenarios such as code hosting, continuous integration, and artifact management.
Resource type | Unit | Description |
Code Git storage resources | GiB | Total storage of Git data in all code repositories. This excludes resources in the recycle bin. |
Code LFS storage resources | GiB | Total storage of LFS data in all code repositories. This excludes resources in the recycle bin. |
Artifact repository storage resources | GiB | Total storage of all artifact repositories. This includes artifacts in the repository recycle bin. |
Pipeline build resources | Core-minute | The sum of core-minutes for all pipeline tasks that use Alibaba Cloud DevOps-hosted build clusters. |
Core-minute calculation formula:
Core-minutes = Pipeline task build duration (minutes) × Number of CPU cores in the build environment
Example: A task runs for 10 minutes on a 4-core build machine. It consumes 10 × 4 = 40 core-minutes.
Development resource pricing
The prices for the four types of Alibaba Cloud DevOps development resources are:
Resource type | Unit price |
Code Git storage resources | USD 1/GiB/month |
Code LFS storage resources | USD 0.2/GiB/month |
Artifact repository storage resources | USD 0.2/GiB/month |
Pipeline build resources | USD 0.005/core-minute |
Daily price calculation example: Monthly price × 12 months ÷ 365 days
For example, the daily price for Code Git storage is: 1 × 12 ÷ 365 = 0.0328767123.
Usage of storage-related development resources is reported and billed daily. Because the number of days varies each month, the monthly fee may also vary. For example, if your total Code Git storage is 21 GiB, the monthly fee is approximately USD 1. The fee for January is slightly higher than the fee for February.
User license billing
Collaboration patterns
The billing method for user licenses depends on the Collaboration Pattern that you select for your Alibaba Cloud DevOps organization. The region-based version of Alibaba Cloud DevOps offers Personal Mode and Enterprise Collaboration Mode. You can select one based on your development and collaboration needs.
Feature | Personal Mode | Enterprise Collaboration Mode |
Target users | For startup development teams or individual developers | For enterprise-level development teams with high requirements for data security and standardized development processes |
User logon method | Username and password logon | Username and password logon or SSO |
Integration with enterprise identity sources | Not supported | Supports Alibaba Cloud RAM, SAML, and Lark. Support for other types of identity sources is under development. |
Access method for virtual private cloud (VPC) | Not supported | Supports domain names for VPCs and integration with enterprise VPCs. |
Development asset backup | Not supported | Supports code repository backup |
IP whitelist | Not supported | Supported |
Audit log | Not supported | Supports pushing operation logs to ActionTrail |
Each account can create a maximum of one organization with the Personal Mode per region. There is no limit on the number of organizations that use the Enterprise Collaboration Mode.
User license pricing
No user license fees are charged for the Personal Mode. However, this mode supports a maximum of 5 accounts.
The Enterprise Collaboration Mode has no limit on the number of users and is billed daily based on the actual number of users: USD 0.4/user/day.
User licenses are billed daily based on the total number of users in use on that day. For example, if you add a new member, the fee for that day increases. If you remove a member, the fee for the following day decreases.
Service suspension due to overdue payments
To ensure service continuity, Alibaba Cloud DevOps provides the following grace period policy for overdue payments:
Stage | Period | Impact |
Normal service period | Sufficient balance | All features are available. |
Grace period | Within 15 days after payment is overdue | All features remain available. |
Suspended | More than 15 days after payment is overdue | All Alibaba Cloud DevOps organizations become unavailable. |
Resource release | 15 days after suspension (30 days after payment is overdue) | All Alibaba Cloud DevOps organizations are released and deleted. |
After an Alibaba Cloud DevOps organization is released, its development data cannot be recovered. This data includes code repositories, pipelines, and artifact repositories.