Billing
This topic describes the editions, billable items, and pricing of ApsaraMQ for Confluent. This information helps you understand the billing details and choose a suitable billing method.
Versions
The ApsaraMQ for Confluent instance that you purchase is based on Confluent Platform version 7.8.0.
ApsaraMQ for Confluent is available in two editions. Each edition offers different features and pricing. The features of each edition are listed below:
Item | Professional Edition | Enterprise Edition |
Environment deployment | Stage/Product | Stage/Product |
Cross-zone deployment | Multi-zone | Multi-zone |
Schema Registry | Support | Support |
KsqlDB | Support | Support |
Connector | ||
KafkaRestProxy | Supported | Support |
Cluster Linking | Source & Destination | Source & Destination |
Schema Linking | Support | Supported |
User management | Built-in LDAP | Built-in LDAP/Custom LDAP |
Authentication method | SASL_SSL | SASL_SSL |
Permission management | ACL & RBAC | ACL & RBAC |
Exactly-once semantics | Support | Support |
Key-based storage compression | Support | Support |
Graphical management interface | Support | Support |
Business metrics (Prometheus format) | Support | Supported |
SLS log integration | Support | Support |
Support | Standard support for inquiries | Alibaba Cloud expert service |
SLA | 99.9% | 99.95% |
Maximum write throughput | 50 MBps (per 4 CU) 250 MBps (maximum) | 50 MBps (per 4 CU) Not guaranteed. Depends on other factors. |
Maximum read throughput | 150 MBps (per 4 CU) 750 MBps (maximum) | 150 MBps (per 4 CU) Not guaranteed. Depends on other factors. |
Connections | 1,000 (per 4 CU) 10,000 (maximum) | 1,000 (per 4 CU) 10,000 (maximum) |
Connection creation frequency | 50 per second (per broker) | 50 per second (per broker) If you have special requirements, please submit a ticket to make a request. |
Request frequency | 7,500/s (per 4 CU) 37,500/s (maximum) | 15,000/s (per 4 CU) Not guaranteed. Depends on other factors. |
Request size | 100 MB | 100 MB |
Fetch size | 55 MB | 55 MB |
Maximum message size | 20 MB | 20 MB |
Maximum number of partitions | 5,000 (standard) 600 (compact) | 4,500 (per 4 CU) 100,000 (maximum) |
Partition creation/deletion frequency | 5,000 per 5 minutes | 5,000 per 5 minutes |
Billable items
The billable items for ApsaraMQ for Confluent consist of computing resources and storage resources. The following table lists the computing and storage resources required for each component of the Confluent service.
1 CU (Compute Unit) represents 1 core and 4 GB of computing resources.
Instances are non-refundable after purchase. Before you place an order, confirm that all information is correct.
Component name | Computing resources (CU) | Storage resources (GB) | Required replicas | Minimum CU | Required |
Kafka Broker | 4 to 20 | 800 to 30,000 | 3 to 20 | 12 | Yes |
Zookeeper | 2 to 20 | 100 to 30,000 | 3 | 6 | Yes |
ControlCenter | 8 to 20 | 300 to 30,000 | 1 | 8 | Yes |
SchemaRegistry | 1 to 20 | None | 2 to 3 | 2 | Yes |
Connect | 1 to 20 | None | 1 to 20 | 1 | No |
KsqlDB | 5 to 20 | 100 to 30,000 | 1 to 20 | 5 | No |
KafkaRestProxy | 4 to 20 | None | 2 to 20 | 8 | No |
For detailed billing formulas and unit prices, see Subscription.