This topic describes the billing rules of the computing power provided by Container Compute Service (ACS) and the billing rules of cloud services required by ACS.
ACS fees
No cluster management fee is charged for ACS clusters. The ACS fees include only the ACS container compute power fee and cloud service fee.
ACS container compute power fee
Precautions
You are charged for pods based on the vCPU and memory specifications that you specify when you create the pods. If the vCPU and memory specifications that you specify are not supported by ACS, ACS automatically adjusts the specifications. You are charged based on the adjusted specifications.
Billing formula
Fee per pod = (Number of vCPUs × vCPU unit price + Memory size × Memory unit price) × Billing duration.
Fee per GPU-accelerated pod = (Number of vCPUs × vCPU unit price + Memory size × Memory unit price + Number of GPUs × GPU unit price) × Billing duration.
For detailed pricing, see Billing method.
Billing method
Pods are billed on a pay-as-you-go basis. You are charged per second, and bills are generated hourly.
General-purpose compute billing
Region | Compute class | QoS class | Architecture | Billable items | |
vCPU | Memory (GiB) | ||||
Chinese mainland | general-purpose | default | Intel/AMD | CNY 0.0000167/second (CNY 0.06/hour) | CNY 0.00000833/second (CNY 0.03/hour) |
best-effort | CNY 0.0000033/second (CNY 0.012/hour) | CNY 0.00000167/second (CNY 0.006/hour) | |||
performance-enhanced | default | CNY 0.0000217/second (CNY 0.078/hour) | CNY 0.00001083/second (CNY 0.039/hour) | ||
best-effort | CNY 0.0000043/second (CNY 0.01548/hour) | CNY 0.00000216/second (CNY 0.0078/hour) | |||
China (Hong Kong) and regions outside China | general-purpose | default | CNY 0.0000246/second (CNY 0.0886/hour) | CNY 0.00001231/second (CNY 0.0443/hour) | |
best-effort | CNY 0.0000049/second (CNY 0.0177/hour) | CNY 0.00000247/second (CNY 0.0089/hour) | |||
performance-enhanced | default | CNY 0.0000342/second (CNY 0.1232/hour) | CNY 0.00001711/second (CNY 0.0616/hour) | ||
best-effort | CNY 0.0000068/second (CNY 0.02448/hour) | CNY 0.00000342/second (CNY 0.0123/hour) | |||
For example, consider a general-purpose pod with the default QoS class in a Chinese mainland region. The pod has a configuration of 2 vCPUs and 8 GiB of memory. If billing starts at 10:05 and the bill is generated at 11:00, the pod runs for 3,300 seconds. The fee is calculated as follows: (2 vCPUs × CNY 0.0000167/second + 8 GiB × CNY 0.00000833/second) × 3,300 seconds ≈ CNY 0.33.
Accelerated compute billing
Region | Compute class | QoS class | Billable items | |||
vCPU | Memory (GiB) | GPU | ||||
Chinese mainland | gpu | default | CNY 0.0000167/second (CNY 0.06/hour) | CNY 0.00000833/second (CNY 0.03/hour) | T4 (16 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.00172222/second (CNY 6.2/hour) |
A10 (24 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.00191667/second (CNY 6.9/hour) | |||||
G28Ti (11 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.00162806/second (CNY 5.86/hour) | |||||
G49E (48 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.00415556/second (CNY 14.96/hour) | |||||
G59 (32 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.00396667/second (CNY 14.28/hour) | |||||
L20N (48 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.01213361/second (CNY 43.68/hour) | |||||
L20NE (72 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.01356611/second (CNY 48.84/hour) | |||||
P16EN (96 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.004115999/second (CNY 14.82/hour) | |||||
best-effort | CNY 0.00000667/second (CNY 0.024/hour) | CNY 0.00000333/second (CNY 0.012/hour) | T4 (16 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.00068889/second (CNY 2.48/hour) | ||
A10 (24 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.00076667/second (CNY 2.76/hour) | |||||
G28Ti (11 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.00065122/second (CNY 2.34/hour) | |||||
G49E (48 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.00166222/second (CNY 5.98/hour) | |||||
G59 (32 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.00158667/second (CNY 5.71/hour) | |||||
L20N (48 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.00485344/second (CNY 17.47/hour) | |||||
L20NE (72 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.00542644/second (CNY 19.54/hour) | |||||
P16EN (96 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.001646394/second (CNY 5.93/hour) | |||||
China (Hong Kong) and regions outside China | gpu | default | CNY 0.00002461/second (CNY 0.0886/hour) | CNY 0.00001231/second (CNY 0.0443/hour) | T4 (16 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.00098611/second (CNY 3.55/hour) |
A10 (24 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.00282778/second (CNY 10.18/hour) | |||||
best-effort | CNY 0.00000984/second (CNY 0.03544/hour) | CNY 0.00000492/second (CNY 0.01772/hour) | T4 (16 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.00039444/second (CNY 1.42/hour) | ||
A10 (24 GB of GPU memory) | CNY 0.00113111/second (CNY 4.072/hour) | |||||
For example, consider a GPU-accelerated pod with the default QoS class in a Chinese mainland region. The pod has a configuration of 8 vCPUs, 32 GiB of memory, and one T4 GPU. If billing starts at 10:05 and the bill is generated at 11:00, the pod runs for 3,300 seconds. The fee is calculated as follows: (8 vCPUs × CNY 0.0000167/second + 32 GiB × CNY 0.00000833/second + 1 GPU × CNY 0.00172222/second) ×3,300 seconds ≈ CNY 7.00.
Ephemeral storage billing
By default, a running ACS pod includes 30 GiB of free ephemeral storage (EphemeralStorage). If you need more storage, you can increase its size. Additional capacity is billed at the rates shown below. When a pod is hibernated, the free ephemeral storage tier does not apply, and you are billed for all of its storage capacity, including the initial 30 GiB. For more information, see Agent Sandbox billing.
Region | Billable items |
Chinese mainland | CNY 0.00000059/GiB/second (CNY 0.0021/GiB/hour) |
China (Hong Kong) and regions outside China | CNY 0.00000046/GiB/second (CNY 0.001672/GiB/hour) |
Billing duration
The billing duration of an ACS pod begins when the image used by the pod starts being pulled and ends when the pod stops running. When the image is being pulled, the pod remains in the Pending state. When the pod stops running, the pod enters the Succeeded or Failed state. You do not need to pay for ACS pods that fail to be created or launched.
Billing of cloud services
If other Alibaba Cloud services are used when you use ACS clusters, you are charged based on the billing rules of the services.
Alibaba Cloud service | Type | Description | Subscription | Resource plan | Remarks |
VPC | Required | This service can be used to build networks and create routing rules for ACS clusters. For more information, see What is VPC | Not supported | Not supported | |
SLB | Recommended | This service allows you to enable load balancing for ACS clusters. For more information, see What is Classic Load Balancer (CLB)? and Application Load Balancer (ALB) |
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Container Registry | Recommended | This service ensures the security of cloud-native applications that are fully managed on the cloud and allows you to manage the lifecycle of these applications. For more information, see What is Container Registry? | Supported | Not supported | |
Simple Log Service | Recommended | This service allows you to collect and query the log data of ACS cluster components and applications. For more information, see What is Simple Log Service? | Not supported | Supported | |
EIP | Optional | This service enables Internet access for cloud resources. For more information, see What is an EIP? | Not supported | Not supported | |
Cloud Monitor (CMS) | Optional | Monitors the running status of applications. For more information, see What is Cloud Monitor? | Not supported | Supported | |
NAT Gateway | Optional | This service enables Internet access for ACS clusters and allows ACS clusters to pull images over the Internet. For more information, see What is NAT Gateway? | Not supported | Supported | |
NAS | Optional | This service allows you to store application data in NAS file systems. For more information, see What is Apsara File Storage NAS? | Not supported | Supported | |
Object Storage Service (OSS) | Optional | This service allows you to store application data in OSS buckets. For more information, see What is OSS? | Not supported | Supported | |
Key Management Service (KMS) | Optional | This service allows you to manage and encrypt Secrets in ACS clusters. For more information, see What is Key Management Service? | Not supported | Not supported | |
Alibaba Cloud DNS PrivateZone | Optional | Alibaba Cloud DNS PrivateZone is a DNS resolution service for private domain names within VPCs. For more information, see What is PrivateZone | Not supported | Not supported |
Supported CLB billing methods vary by use case:
CLB instances created for the API server support the subscription billing method.
CLB instances created for a Service of type LoadBalancer support only the pay-as-you-go billing method.
Container Registry (ACR) Enterprise Edition instances support only the subscription billing method. For more information, see Billing of Enterprise Edition instances.