How to choose a product type
Alibaba Cloud CDP offers two product types: Basic Edition and Professional Edition. Each edition provides a different set of features. This topic describes how to select and view your product type and details the differences between the two editions.
Choose and view a product type
When you create a cluster, select the product type that you need in the Software Configuration section of the purchase page. The product type cannot be changed after the cluster is created.
See the Product type comparison to select a product type that meets your business needs.
To open the cluster creation page, go to the Create CDP Cluster page and click Create CDP Cluster. For more information about how to create a cluster, see Create a cluster.
To view the product type of an existing cluster, go to the Cluster Management page in the CDP console.
Product type comparison
Use the following comparison to select a CDP product type that meets your business needs.
Item |
Basic Edition |
Professional Edition |
Scenarios |
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Supports the following scenarios on an architecture that decouples storage and compute:
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Main features |
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Data services |
Does not provide scenario-based data services. You can use components in Runtime to build the features you need. |
Note
Click the name of a data service to view its details and usage instructions. |
Billing items |
Billing is based on instance type, disk capacity, and the number of instances. The Basic Edition instance types include the following:
For more information about billing methods, see Subscription. |
Billing is based on instance type, disk capacity, and the number of instances. The Professional Edition instance types include the following:
For more information about billing methods, see Subscription. |