DashVector billing methods, pricing, and payment-DashVector(DashVector)-阿里云帮助中心

DashVector supports only pay-as-you-go billing. Fees are calculated per second based on instance type and replica count.

Billing methods

DashVector currently supports only the pay-as-you-go billing method.

Note

With pay-as-you-go, you are charged after resource consumption. After you create a DashVector instance, Alibaba Cloud deducts fees from your account hourly based on the instance billing rules.

Billing rules

Compute-optimized and storage-optimized instances

Formula: Unit price of instance type × Billing duration × Number of replicas
Billing duration: Starts when the instance is created and ends when the instance is released.
Billing cycle: Per-second billing

Serverless instances

Formula: Unit price of write requests × Write request units + Unit price of read requests × Read request units + Unit price of storage × Index storage
Billing cycle:
- Write/Read request billing: You are billed in real time and receive hourly statements.
- Storage billing: Billing starts when the Serverless instance is created and ends when the instance is released. You receive hourly statements.

Note

Billing for write/read requests applies only to Doc class operations.
Estimate Serverless instance fees with the Calculator in the DashVector console.

Pricing

Instance type	Specifications	Unit price (Pay-as-you-go)
Compute-optimized	P.small	CNY 0.375/hour
	P.large	CNY 0.750/hour
	P.2xlarge	CNY 1.500/hour
	P.4xlarge	CNY 3.000/hour
	P.8xlarge	CNY 6.000/hour
	P.16xlarge	CNY 12.000/hour
Storage-optimized	S.small	CNY 0.250/hour
	S.large	CNY 0.500/hour
	S.2xlarge	CNY 1.000/hour
	S.4xlarge	CNY 2.000/hour
	S.8xlarge	CNY 4.000/hour
	S.16xlarge	CNY 8.000/hour
	S.32xlarge	CNY 16.000/hour
	S.48xlarge	CNY 24.000/hour
	S.64xlarge	CNY 32.000/hour
	S.80xlarge	CNY 40.000/hour
	S.96xlarge	CNY 48.000/hour
Serverless	Serverless	Write request fee: CNY 3.60/million write request units Read request fee: CNY 8.00/million read request units Storage fee: CNY 1.50/GB/month Serverless price calculator: https://dashvector.console.aliyun.com/calculator
Important To purchase higher-specification storage-optimized or compute-optimized instances, or for technical support, contact us: Official DingTalk group: 25130022704 Technical support email: dashvector@service.aliyun.com

Note

Check promotions and discounts on the Purchase page.
Instance specifications are listed in Product specifications.
For Serverless instances, the Usage field in API responses indicates request unit consumption, varying by vector dimensions and filter conditions. write_units and read_units represent the respective request unit counts. The RequestUsage data type provides details.

Billing cycle

Pay-as-you-go DashVector instance fees are settled hourly (UTC+8). If your available credit (account balance and coupons) is insufficient, you receive a notification by text message or email.

Change configuration

Upgrade: After upgrading, the instance is billed at the new hourly rate.
Downgrade: Not supported.
Serverless instances: Upgrades and downgrades are not supported.

Example of billing for configuration changes

When you change a pay-as-you-go instance configuration, a new order is generated at the new price. The previous order is automatically invalidated.

If you change the configuration within an hour, multiple billing records are generated. Each record covers the effective period of each configuration within that hour.

For example, you create a pay-as-you-go instance with the P.2xlarge instance type at 11:00:00 and upgrade it to P.4xlarge at 11:30:00. Two billing records are generated between 11:00 and 12:00.

The first record is for the period from 11:00:00 to 11:30:00. The instance is billed based on the P.2xlarge instance type.
The second record is for the period from 11:30:00 to 12:00:00. The instance is billed based on the P.4xlarge instance type.

Overdue payments

Warning

Overdue payments may cause instance suspension. To avoid service interruptions, top up your account promptly.

When your Alibaba Cloud account has an overdue payment, all pay-as-you-go DashVector instances under the account become overdue.
If your account is within the service suspension grace period, your service continues running. You receive a daily text message reminder.

Note
The service suspension grace period lets you continue using services for a limited time or amount after an overdue payment. Billing continues during this period. The grace period quota is not the upper limit for total overdue payment and is automatically calculated monthly based on your historical consumption. The Overdue payments topic covers the full grace period policy.
If the grace period is not enabled or the quota is exceeded, Alibaba Cloud suspends the instance and stops billing.
After the service is suspended for 7 days, the instance is considered abandoned. Alibaba Cloud will release the instance, and its data will be deleted and cannot be recovered.

Important

After an instance is released, its data cannot be recovered.

Query bills

Log on to the Alibaba Cloud Management Console.
In the upper-right corner of the page, choose Expenses > Expenses and Costs.
In the navigation pane on the left, choose Bills > Bill Details.
Click the Details tab.
Set the filter conditions for the query.

Note

You can query bills for only one calendar month at a time. Cross-month ranges (for example, January 10 to February 10) are not supported.