Billing
Alibaba Cloud HTTPDNS uses pay-as-you-go billing with a monthly free quota of 10 million HTTP queries per account.
Billing methods
Alibaba Cloud HTTPDNS uses pay-as-you-go billing. No charges apply when the service is idle. Resource plans are available for long-term cost savings.
Alibaba Cloud HTTPDNS is billed daily.
On the first day of each month, Alibaba Cloud HTTPDNS provides a free quota of 10 million HTTP queries (equivalent to 20 million UDP/TCP queries) per account. Usage beyond the free quota is charged.
The free quota resets monthly and does not roll over.
Billable items
Alibaba Cloud HTTPDNS charges by HTTP query count. HTTPS queries (including DoH and DoT) are converted to HTTP-equivalent queries at the following ratios:
Each HTTPS query (DoH or DoT) counts as five HTTP queries.
Usage exceeding the free quota is charged at CNY 0.04 per 10,000 HTTP queries.
Usage deduction order
Resource plan billing
Purchase Public DNS resource plans to offset HTTP query charges when the monthly free quota is used up.
If you incur pay-as-you-go charges before you purchase a resource plan, the plan cannot be used to cover those charges.
Resource plan pricing:
Type | Specification ( HTTP queries) | Validity period (months) | Price (CNY) | Unit price per HTTP query (CNY per 10,000 queries) |
Standard plan | 10 million | 12 months | 30 | 0.03 |
Standard plan | 100 million | 12 months | 280 | 0.028 |
Standard plan | 1 billion | 12 months | 2,400 | 0.024 |
Standard plan | 5 billion | 12 months | 10,000 | 0.02 |
Pricing example:
A user without a resource plan starts using Alibaba Cloud HTTPDNS on the fourth of the month and generates 10 million HTTP queries and 2 million HTTPS queries.
Queries exceeding free quota = 20,000,000 total queries - 10,000,000 free queries = 10,000,000 queries.
CNY 0.04 (unit price) × (1,000 (HTTP traffic) + 200 (HTTPS traffic) × 5 - 1,000 (free quota)) = CNY 40.
Submit a ticket to request a refund for unused resource plans within their validity period.
Refunds are not available if the resource plan has been used.
Overdue payments
Alibaba Cloud DNS provides a grace period that allows you to continue using services for a specific time or within a certain credit limit after a payment on your account becomes overdue. Your existing pay-as-you-go services, purchased resource plans, and subscription resources continue to function normally during this period. We suspend services only if you exceed the grace period. For more information, see Service suspension for overdue payments.