Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch billing
Learn about the pricing and billable items of Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch.
Billable items
An Alibaba Cloud Elasticsearch cluster incurs the following billable items:
Elasticsearch cluster fees: Charged when you create or modify a cluster, based on the selected configuration and usage duration.
Basic configuration fees: Cover the node specifications (such as CPU type), number of nodes, and node storage space.
Fees for optional advanced features:
Kernel-enhanced Edition features, such as Indexing Service and OpenStore
AI model service (available only for Vector Edition)
ES Agent (billed by token usage)
Logstash component fees: Charged based on the Logstash instance configuration and usage.
Billing method comparison
Billing method | Description | Use cases |
Pay-as-you-go | A post-paid, hourly billing method that allows flexible scaling with no long-term commitment. You can change the billing method from pay-as-you-go to subscription. | Ideal for short-term testing, temporary services, or scenarios with fluctuating workloads. |
Subscription | A prepaid billing method offering lower prices for long-term resource reservations. You can change the billing method from subscription to pay-as-you-go. | Ideal for stable services or scenarios with predictable resource usage. |
Billing rules
Basic configuration fees
Billable item | Billing formula |
Node specifications (CPU and memory specifications) |
Note Elastic nodes are billed on a pay-as-you-go basis, regardless of the billing method (subscription or pay-as-you-go) selected for the cluster. |
Node storage space |
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Advanced feature fees (Optional)
Fees for Kernel-enhanced Edition features
Advanced feature | Billable item | Billing formula |
Indexing Service | write acceleration traffic | Pay-as-you-go: Fee = write acceleration traffic × Unit price of traffic × Usage duration Important Write acceleration traffic is billed on a tiered pricing basis. For example, in the China (Hangzhou) region, the unit prices are:
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Hosted storage space | Pay-as-you-go: Fee = Hosted storage space × Unit price of storage × Usage duration | |
OpenStore | OpenStore storage space | Pay-as-you-go: Fee = OpenStore storage capacity × Unit price of storage × Usage duration |
AI model service fees (Vector Edition only)
Built-in models are available for multi-modal data parsing, splitting, vectorization, query analysis, reranking, and large language models (LLMs). The models are ready to use after you enable the service. Provided by the AI Search Open Platform, they are free to enable and billed on a pay-as-you-go basis by actual usage. For more information, see AI model billing methods and billable items.
ES Agent fees
ES Agent provides AI-powered diagnostics and O&M recommendations based on a large language model, and is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis according to actual token consumption. The service was free during the public beta, which ended at 12:00 (UTC+8) on August 3, 2026. After commercialization, you receive a free quota of 10 million tokens, valid for 60 days. Once the free quota is used up or expires, you are billed at the following unit prices:
China site
Region | Billing item | Unit price (CNY/1,000 tokens) |
China (Shanghai) | Input Token | 0.0144 |
Output Token | 0.0288 | |
Singapore | Input Token | 0.0216 |
Output Token | 0.0432 |
Checking prices
During purchase: On the Elasticsearch buy page, click View Details in the lower-right corner to view the total price of the instance and the price details for each node.
Prices for the same specifications vary by region and subscription duration. Configure the instance based on your business requirements to check pricing.
During use: Go to the Billing and Orders center to view your consumption details.
Logstash billing
Billable item | Billing formula |
Instance specifications (CPU and memory specifications) |
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Storage space |
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On the Logstash buy page, in the lower-right corner, click the 
icon next to Payable Fees to view the price details of the instance.
Prices for the same specifications vary by region and subscription duration. Configure the instance based on your business needs to check pricing.
Related topics
Billing and Orders: Query bills, handle expirations and overdue payments, renew subscriptions, change billing methods, and request refunds