ACK One billing
Learn about the billing rules for registered clusters, multi-cluster management, workflow clusters, and backup center in Distributed Cloud Container Platform for Kubernetes (ACK One).
Billing overview
Multi-cluster management, backup center, and registered clusters are free. For distributed Argo workflow (workflow cluster) pricing, see Billing.
ACK One relies on other Alibaba Cloud services, which are billed separately. For billing details, see the respective service documentation. Examples:
If you add associated clusters, you are charged for those clusters. For more information, see Billing and Billing.
The backup center stores cluster resource backups (YAML files) in OSS buckets, uses cloud disk snapshots to back up Alibaba Cloud disk volumes, and uses Hybrid Backup Recovery (HBR) to back up other volume types. Using this feature incurs storage fees. For more information, see Billing overview, Snapshot billing, and Billing methods and billable items.
If you use ECS instances, you are charged for them. For more information, see Billing overview.
Cloud resource billing for registered clusters
Using registered clusters may involve other Alibaba Cloud services, which are billed according to their own pricing. If you do not use any additional services, no extra fees apply.
Alibaba Cloud service | Activation | Description | Subscription | Resource plan | Billing rule |
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) | Required | Builds cluster networks and routing rules. For more information, see What is VPC | Not supported | Not supported | |
Classic Load Balancer (CLB) | Required | Creates CLB instances for the Kubernetes API servers of registered clusters. For more information, see What is Classic Load Balancer (CLB)? | Not supported | Not supported | |
Container Registry | Recommended | Securely hosts and manages the full lifecycle of cloud-native assets. For more information, see What is Container Registry? | Not supported | Not supported | |
Simple Log Service | Recommended | Collects and queries logs from cluster components and applications. For more information, see What is Simple Log Service? | Not supported | Supported To select a suitable resource plan, see Purchase a resource plan. | |
Managed Service for Prometheus | Recommended | Uses Prometheus to monitor the cluster and generate alerts. For more information, see What is Managed Service for Prometheus? | Not supported | Not supported | |
Elastic Compute Service (ECS) | Optional | Scales out node pools with new nodes. For more information, see What is ECS? | Supported | Not supported | |
Auto Scaling | Optional | Scales out node pools with new nodes. For more information, see What is Auto Scaling? | Not supported | Not supported | |
Elastic Container Instance | Optional | Creates elastic container instances. For more information, see What is Elastic Container Instance? | Not supported | Not supported |
Cloud resource billing for multi-cluster management
Using multi-cluster management may involve other Alibaba Cloud services, which are billed according to their own pricing. If you do not use any additional services, no extra fees apply. For example, enabling GitOps for multi-cluster management means you are charged for one CLB instance and one pay-as-you-go elastic container instance with 2 vCores and 4 GB of memory.
Alibaba Cloud service | Activation | Description | Subscription | Resource plan | Billing rule |
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) | Required | Builds cluster networks and routing rules. For more information, see What is VPC | Not supported | Not supported | |
Elastic IP Address (EIP) | Optional | Provides public network access to the cluster API server. For more information, see What is an Elastic IP Address? | Supported | Not supported | |
Classic Load Balancer (CLB) | Required | When you create a Fleet instance, ACK One creates a Standard I (slb.s2.small) CLB instance by default to load-balance the workflow cluster API server. For more information, see What is Classic Load Balancer (CLB)? | Not supported | Not supported | Note GitOps CLB instances use pay-as-you-go billing with the pay-by-specification metering method. |
Optional | If you enable GitOps, ACK One creates a CLB instance for accessing the GitOps API and UI. For more information, see What is Classic Load Balancer (CLB)? | Not supported | Not supported | ||
Elastic Container Instance | Optional | If you enable GitOps, ACK One creates a pay-as-you-go elastic container instance with 2 vCores and 4 GB of memory to run GitOps. For more information, see What is Elastic Container Instance? | Not supported | Not supported |
Cloud resource billing for workflow clusters
Using workflow clusters may involve other Alibaba Cloud services, which are billed according to their own pricing. If you do not use any additional services, no extra fees apply.
Alibaba Cloud service | Activation | Description | Subscription | Resource plan | Billing rule |
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) | Required | Builds cluster networks and routing rules. For more information, see What is VPC | Not supported | Not supported | |
Classic Load Balancer (CLB) | Required | If you create a workflow cluster, ACK One creates a Standard I (slb.s2.small) CLB instance by default to load-balance the workflow cluster API server. For more information, see What is Classic Load Balancer (CLB)? | Not supported | Not supported | |
Elastic Container Instance | Required | Runs workflows. For more information, see What is Elastic Container Instance? | Not supported | Not supported | |
Elastic IP Address (EIP) | Optional | Provides public network access to the workflow cluster API server. For more information, see What is an Elastic IP Address? | Supported | Not supported | |
Simple Message Queue (formerly MNS) (SMQ) | Optional | Provides an event source for the eventing feature of the workflow cluster. For more information, see What is Alibaba Cloud Simple Message Queue (formerly MNS)? | Not supported | Not supported | |
Object Storage Service (OSS) | Optional | Provides an event source for the eventing feature of the workflow cluster. For more information, see What is OSS? | Not supported | Supported To select a suitable resource plan, see Resource plans. | |
Simple Log Service | Recommended | Collects and queries logs from cluster components and applications. For more information, see What is Simple Log Service? | Not supported | Supported To select a suitable resource plan, see Purchase a resource plan. | |
Managed Service for Prometheus | Recommended | Monitors ACK clusters and generates alerts for detected anomalies. For more information, see What is Managed Service for Prometheus? | Not supported | Not supported |