ACK Edge cluster billing-Container Service for Kubernetes(ACK)-阿里云帮助中心

Billing

Cluster type	Cluster management fee	Node management fee	Cloud resource fees
ACK Edge Pro cluster
ACK Edge Basic cluster

Note

The billing examples in this topic are for reference only. Actual fees are subject to the prices on the purchase page in the console.

Cluster management fee

ACK Edge integrates Alibaba Cloud capabilities in virtualization, storage, networking, and security to simplify cluster O&M, allowing you to focus on developing and managing containerized applications. Therefore, a cluster management fee is charged for each ACK Edge Pro cluster.

Billing method	Price
Pay-as-you-go	CNY 0.64/hour per cluster

Node management fee

ACK Edge supports a wide range of heterogeneous edge node resources, including on-premises data centers, ENS instances, IoT devices, and nodes that use the x86 or ARM architecture. ACK Edge also supports hybrid scheduling of heterogeneous resources. Therefore, a management fee is charged for non-ECS nodes. For example, if a cluster has three nodes with 4 vCPUs and 8 GB of memory (one ECS instance and two ENS instances or on-premises nodes), the management fee is $CNY 0.2 / vCPU / 2 \times vCPUs = C NY .6$ . If a node is used for less than a full day, it is billed as one day.

By default, node management fees are billed on a pay-as-you-go basis. You can also purchase an ACK Edge resource plan to offset these fees.

Pay-as-you-go

Billing method	Price
Pay-as-you-go	CNY 0.2/vCPU/day

ACK Edge resource plan

Purchase a resource plan

You can purchase an ACK Edge resource plan to offset the management fees for edge nodes in an ACK Edge cluster.

The ACK Edge resource plan is available in a single specification. You can purchase multiple plans. The quotas are stackable.

Specification

Description

Price

Validity period

500 vCPU

Usage is deducted from the plan daily. A single resource plan can offset the pay-as-you-go fees for 500 vCPUs of edge nodes for 365 days.

CNY 12,000

365 days

You can activate the plan immediately after purchase or schedule its activation for any day within the next six months.

Use a resource plan

After you purchase an ACK Edge resource plan, it automatically offsets the edge node management fees for all ACK Edge clusters under your Alibaba Cloud account. No further action is required.

The following deduction rules apply:

The resource plan provides a daily credit that offsets the management fees for a total of 500 vCPUs of edge nodes (non-ECS nodes).
The resource plan cannot offset fees incurred before its activation.
After the resource plan is exhausted or expires, edge node management fees automatically revert to the pay-as-you-go billing method.
If the total number of vCPUs in your edge nodes exceeds a single plan's quota, you can purchase multiple resource plans. For example, if your edge nodes total 1,000 vCPUs, you can purchase two resource plans. The plans are applied sequentially based on their purchase order. Note the effective dates of your resource plans.

View resource plan usage

After purchasing an ACK Edge resource plan, you can view its usage and set an alert for the remaining quota.

Log on to the Expenses and Costs page.

Note
The following steps are based on the new version of the console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose Account > Resource Plan.
In the Resource section, select Resource Plan. In the resource package list, set the Resource Plan Type filter to Container Service for Kubernetes Edge Resource Plan.

Note
Click the icon in the upper-right corner of the list to customize the displayed columns. Click the icon to export the list as a CSV file.
Perform the desired operation.
Query overall usage
1. On the Instances tab, find the ACK Edge resource plan that you want to manage and click Statistics in the Actions column.
2. In the dialog box that appears, review details of the ACK Edge resource plan, such as its expiration date, remaining quota, and deduction details.
View usage details
1. Click the Usage Details tab.
2. Set the filter conditions and click Search.
3. View the usage details of the ACK Edge resource plan, including the deducted amount, the corresponding cluster ID, and the deduction period.
Set remaining quota alert
1. In the upper-right corner of the page, click Set Remaining Quota Alert.
2. In the dialog box that appears, find the ACK Edge resource plan, turn on the alert switch, set a threshold percentage, and then click OK.

Cloud resource fees

If you use other Alibaba Cloud resources with an ACK Edge cluster, you are charged for these resources based on their respective billing rules. The fees are charged by the providers of these cloud services.

Cloud service	Type	Description	Subscription	Resource plan	Billing
ECS	Required	Used to create nodes for an ACK Edge cluster.	Supported	Not supported	Billing overview
Edge Node Service (ENS)	Optional	Used to add edge nodes to an ACK Edge cluster.	Supported	Not supported	ENS billing overview
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)	Required	Used to build the cluster network environment and routing rules.	Not supported	Not supported	Billing
Classic Load Balancer (CLB)	Required	Used to create a load balancer for the ACK Edge cluster.	Not supported Note Starting from December 1, 2024, the subscription billing method is no longer supported for the CLB instances that are associated with the API servers of newly created ACK Edge clusters. For more information, see [Product Announcement] Discontinuation of Subscription Billing for CLB Instances Associated with API Servers of New Clusters.	Not supported	CLB billing overview
Auto Scaling	Required	Used to create nodes and implement auto scaling for an ACK Edge cluster.	Not supported	Not supported	Billing
Container Registry	Recommended	Provides secure hosting and full lifecycle management for cloud-native assets.	Supported Note Container Registry Enterprise Edition instances support only subscription billing. For more information, see Billing of Enterprise Edition instances.	Not supported	Billing
elastic IP address	Recommended	Enables communication between cloud resources and the internet.	Not supported	Not supported	Billing overview
Elastic Container Instance	Recommended	Used to deploy clusters.	Not supported	Not supported	Billing overview
Service Mesh (ASM)	Recommended	You can use Service Mesh to implement unified traffic management for applications across multiple clusters.	Not supported	Supported Note See Billing of mesh management (resource plans) and purchase a resource plan that meets your business requirements.	Billing
Simple Log Service (SLS)	Recommended	Collects and retrieves logs for cluster components and applications.	Not supported	Supported Note See the following document and purchase a resource plan that meets your business requirements: Purchase resource plans.	Billing overview
Cloud Monitor	Recommended	Monitors the status of cluster nodes and applications.	Not supported	Supported Note See the following document and purchase a resource plan that meets your business requirements: Billing overview	Billing overview
Managed Service for Prometheus	Recommended	Monitors clusters and generates alerts based on Prometheus.	Not supported	Not supported	Pay-as-you-go
NAT Gateway	Optional	Enables internet access for clusters and allows them to pull images over the internet.	Not supported	Supported Note See the following document and purchase a resource plan that meets your business requirements: NAT Gateway resource plans.	NAT Gateway billing
Security Center	Optional	Monitors runtime security events and alerts for cluster applications.	Not supported	Not supported	Billing
File Storage NAS	Optional	Provides file storage for cluster application data.	Not supported	Supported Note See the following document and purchase a resource plan that meets your business requirements: Purchase resource plans.	Billing of General-purpose NAS file systems and Billing of Extreme NAS file systems
Object Storage Service (OSS)	Optional	Provides object storage for cluster application data.	Not supported	Supported Note See the following document and purchase a resource plan that meets your business requirements: Purchase resource plans.	Billing overview
Key Management Service (KMS)	Optional	Manages application keys and enables at-rest encryption for ACK Edge Pro clusters.	Not supported	Not supported	Billing of KMS 1.0
Cloud Backup	Optional	Provides backup, disaster recovery, and policy-based archive management.	Supported	Supported Note See the following document and purchase a resource plan that meets your business requirements: Purchase resource plans.	Billing methods and billable items
Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN)	Optional	Builds private network communication channels between VPCs across regions and between VPCs and on-premises data centers.	Supported Note Bandwidth plans support the subscription billing method.	Bandwidth plans are supported. Note See the following document and select a bandwidth plan that meets your requirements: Use bandwidth plans.	Billing

Overdue payments

If your account balance is insufficient to cover your bill, your ACK Edge cluster becomes overdue. You can no longer access the cluster's API server, but workloads on the nodes can continue to run. If your account remains overdue for more than 15 days, Alibaba Cloud suspends the service. Alibaba Cloud removes the associated nodes from the cluster but does not release them, and deletes the ACK Edge cluster and its container instances. You cannot restore container instances that are deleted along with the ACK Edge cluster.

Note

Alibaba Cloud provides the extended suspension-free benefit. When a pay-as-you-go resource is overdue, you can continue to use cloud services for a certain amount or duration. Normal fees apply during the extended period. For more information, see Extended Suspension-Free Benefit.

Refund policy

The pay-as-you-go billing method is non-refundable.

Billing cycle

The billing cycle for ACK Edge is 24 hours. Each day, Alibaba Cloud generates an invoice for the service usage from the previous day, typically within 8 to 10 hours after a billing cycle ends. Alibaba Cloud then deducts the service fees from your Alibaba Cloud account.

View bills

For details, see View bills.

Billing FAQ

Why do my daily charges suddenly increase or decrease?
- Your bill is calculated based on the total number of vCPUs in the nodes managed by the cluster. If you scale your nodes up or down, the change will be reflected on the next day's bill.
- When a node is removed without using the ACK console (for example, by using kubectl delete node to remove the node), the removed node may still incur charges on the day of removal. Therefore, always remove nodes by using the ACK console.
I deleted my ACK Edge cluster yesterday. Why was I still charged today?

Management fees for an ACK Edge cluster are billed daily (from 00:00:00 to 23:59:59) and charged on the following day. If you deleted an ACK Edge cluster yesterday, the billing system had already recorded the fees for that day. Therefore, a final bill is generated today. You will not receive any further bills for the deleted cluster.
How do I stop billing for an ACK Edge cluster?

Delete all of your ACK Edge clusters in all regions. Before you delete a cluster, make sure to back up your applications and data.
Are nodes in a NotReady state still billed?

Yes. An ACK Edge cluster manages nodes in both Ready and NotReady states. Therefore, nodes in the NotReady state still incur charges. To stop billing for a node, you must remove it from the cluster using the ACK console.