This topic provides examples of pay-as-you-go and resource plan billing. These examples help you choose the most suitable billing method for your business.
The following examples are for reference only. Your actual fees are subject to your bill.
Example 1: Monitoring resource plan vs. pay-as-you-go for metrics
Background
User A wants to purchase monitoring features in the console. They want to compare the costs of the pay-as-you-go billing method and a resource plan to determine which is more cost-effective.
Region: Non-Gold region
Duration: 1 year
Billing analysis
Subscription | Pay-as-you-go | Amount (CNY) | ||||
Resource plan | Resource plan details | Billable item | Billable item details | Resource plan deduction[1] | Pay-as-you-go | |
Basic Monitoring Resource Plan |
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| 61,560 | 123120 Billing logic: Total fee = 34,560 (for 100 applications per hour) + 88,560 (for 50 GB of logs per day) = 123,120 | |
Standard Monitoring Resource Plan |
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| 246,240 | 615,600 Billing logic: Total fee = 172,800 (for 500 applications per hour) + 442,800 (for 250 GB of logs per day) = 615,600 | ||
Advanced Monitoring Resource Plan |
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| 369,360 | 1,231,200 Billing logic: Total fee = 345,600 (for 1,000 applications per hour) + 885,600 (for 500 GB of logs per day) = 1,231,200 | ||
Gold Monitoring Resource Plan |
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| 615,600 | 2,462,400 Billing logic: Total fee = 691,200 (for 2,000 applications per hour) + 1,771,200 (for 1,000 GB of logs per day) = 2,462,400 | ||
Resource plan deduction[1]: The prices shown are for non-Gold regions. Prices for Gold regions are twice the prices for non-Gold regions.
Example 2: Tracing resource plan vs. pay-as-you-go for trace requests
Background
User B wants to purchase tracing features in the console. They want to compare the costs of the pay-as-you-go billing method and a resource plan to determine which is more cost-effective.
Region: Non-Gold region
Duration: 1 year
Billing analysis
Subscription | Pay-as-you-go | Amount (CNY) | |||
Resource plan | Resource plan details (spans in millions) | Billable item | Billable item details (spans in millions) | Resource plan deduction[2] | Pay-as-you-go |
Basic Link Plan | Total: 36,000 | Distributed tracing: number of spans | Daily quantity: 100 million | 10,800 | 18,000 |
Standard Tracing Resource Plan | Total: 360,000 | Daily quantity: 1,000 million | 90,000 | 180,000 | |
Advanced Link-Level Resource Plan | Total: 3,600,000 | Daily quantity: 10,000 million | 720,000 | 1,800,000 | |
Resource plan deduction[2]: The prices shown are for non-Gold regions. Prices for Gold regions are twice the prices for non-Gold regions.
