ApsaraVideo for VOD supports features such as transcoding, audio and video enhancement, automated review, and video production. You can select the features that you need as needed. This topic describes the billing for VOD media processing.
Transcoding
Billing rules
Rule item | Rule details |
Billing rule | The total transcoding fee is the sum of fees for all output formats. Billing is based on the specifications and duration of the output file. Durations less than 1 minute are billed by the second. |
Billing method |
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Billing cycle | Billing is hourly. Alibaba Cloud measures your service usage from the previous billing cycle and generates a bill in the next cycle. The actual bill generation time may vary. |
Billing specifications | The output specification is determined by the long and short sides of the output video's resolution. For example, for an output of SD (1280 × 720) or lower, the output video is classified as SD if its long side is 1280 pixels or less and its short side is 720 pixels or less. If either the long side exceeds 1280 pixels or the short side exceeds 720 pixels, the video is classified as a higher specification. |
Pricing
The following table lists the billable items and prices for transcoding in the Chinese mainland.
Transcoding output specification | Output resolution | Standard transcoding unit price (CNY/minute) | Narrowband HD 1.0 transcoding unit price (CNY/minute) | Narrowband HD 2.0 transcoding unit price (CNY/minute) | High-speed transcoding 5x speed unit price (CNY/minute) | High-speed transcoding 10x speed unit price (CNY/minute) | High-speed transcoding 20x speed unit price (CNY/minute) | High-speed transcoding 30x speed unit price (CNY/minute) |
Video (H.264) | 4K (3840 × 2160) and below | 0.28 | 0.84 | 4.2 | 0.14 | 0.224 | 0.336 | 0.56 |
Video (H.264) | 2K (2560 × 1440) and below | 0.14 | 0.42 | 2.1 | 0.07 | 0.112 | 0.168 | 0.28 |
Video (H.264) | HD (1920 × 1080) and below | 0.0651 | 0.1953 | 0.9765 | 0.03255 | 0.05208 | 0.07812 | 0.1302 |
Video (H.264) | SD (1280 × 720) and below | 0.0326 | 0.0977 | 0.4885 | 0.0163 | 0.02608 | 0.03912 | 0.0652 |
Video (H.264) | LD (640 × 480) and below | 0.0217 | 0.0651 | 0.3255 | 0.01085 | 0.01736 | 0.02604 | 0.0434 |
Video (H.265) | 8K (7680 × 4320) and below | 4.9 | 14.7 | 22.05 | - | - | - | - |
Video (H.265) | 4K (3840 × 2160) and below | 1.4 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 0.7 | 1.12 | 1.68 | 2.8 |
Video (H.265) | 2K (2560 × 1440) and below | 0.7 | 2.1 | 3.15 | 0.35 | 0.56 | 0.84 | 1.4 |
Video (H.265) | HD (1920 × 1080) and below | 0.3255 | 0.9765 | 1.46475 | 0.16275 | 0.2604 | 0.3906 | 0.651 |
Video (H.265) | SD (1280 × 720) and below | 0.1628 | 0.4883 | 0.7335 | 0.0814 | 0.13024 | 0.19536 | 0.3256 |
Video (H.265) | LD (640 × 480) and below | 0.1085 | 0.3255 | 0.48825 | 0.05425 | 0.0868 | 0.1302 | 0.217 |
Video (H.266) | 8K (7680 × 4320) and below | 11.76 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (H.266) | 4K (3840 × 2160) and below | 3.20 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (H.266) | 2K (2560 × 1440) and below | 1.60 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (H.266) | HD (1920 × 1080) and below | 0.75 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (H.266) | SD (1280 × 720) and below | 0.37 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (H.266) | LD (640 × 480) and below | 0.19 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (AV1) | 8K (7680 × 4320) and below | 9.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (AV1) | 4K (3840 × 2160) and below | 2.52 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (AV1) | 2K (2560 × 1440) and below | 1.26 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (AV1) | HD (1920 × 1080) and below | 0.5859 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (AV1) | SD (1280 × 720) and below | 0.2934 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (AV1) | LD (640 × 480) and below | 0.1953 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (GIF) | 4K (3840 × 2160) and below | 0.28 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (GIF) | 2K (2560 × 1440) and below | 0.14 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (GIF) | HD (1920 × 1080) and below | 0.0651 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (GIF) | SD (1280 × 720) and below | 0.0326 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (GIF) | LD (640 × 480) and below | 0.0217 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (WEBP) | 4K (3840 × 2160) and below | 0.28 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (WEBP) | 2K (2560 × 1440) and below | 0.14 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (WEBP) | HD (1920 × 1080) and below | 0.0651 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (WEBP) | SD (1280 × 720) and below | 0.0326 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Video (WEBP) | LD (640 × 480) and below | 0.0217 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Audio | - | 0.0056 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Container format conversion | - | 0.007 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Billing example
Assume that you transcode a video in the Chinese mainland between 8:00 and 9:00. The source video uses H.264 encoding and is 200 minutes long. You perform both standard transcoding and Narrowband HD 1.0 transcoding. The output resolution for standard transcoding is LD (640 × 480), and the output resolution for Narrowband HD 1.0 transcoding is SD (1280 × 720). The transcoding bill for the period from 8:00 to 9:00 is calculated as follows: 200 minutes × CNY 0.0217/minute + 200 minutes × CNY 0.0977/minute = CNY 23.88.
Audio and video enhancement
To enable the audio and video enhancement feature, submit a ticket.
Billing rules
Rule item | Rule description |
Billing rule | When you apply audio enhancement or video enhancement to media files, you are charged based on the audio enhancement type and video enhancement output specifications (for audio enhancement, durations of less than one minute are billed as one minute). If a file fails to be processed, no fees are charged. |
Billing cycle | Bills are generated hourly, typically one hour after the current billing cycle ends. The actual bill generation time may vary. Fees are automatically deducted after the bill is generated. |
Billing method | Pay-as-you-go: The total fee is the sum of the transcoding fees for all formats. The fee for each format is the duration of the output file (rounded up to the nearest minute) multiplied by the unit price for that format. |
Pricing
The following table lists the billable items and prices for audio and video enhancement in the Chinese mainland.
Super Resolution Professional Edition typically includes comprehensive capabilities such as super resolution and restoration, and is used in post-production scenarios. Services such as super resolution require custom algorithm tuning based on the source footage and desired results.
Table 1. Audio enhancement pricing
Billable item | Unit price (CNY/minute) |
Dolby sound effect production | 3.5 |
Virtual surround sound | 2.0 |
Sound effect enhancement | 2.0 |
Table 2. Super Resolution Standard Edition pricing
Output specification | Unit price (CNY/frame) |
8K (7680 × 4320) and below | 0.049 |
4K (3840 × 2160) and below | 0.014 |
2K (2560 × 1440) and below | 0.007 |
HD (1920 × 1080) and below | 0.003255 |
Table 3. Super Resolution Professional Edition pricing
Output specification | Unit price (CNY/frame) |
8K (7680 × 4320) and below | 0.42 |
4K (3840 × 2160) and below | 0.12 |
2K (2560 × 1440) and below | 0.08 |
HD (1920 × 1080) and below | 0.05 |
Table 4. HDR Standard Edition pricing
Output specification | Unit price (CNY/frame) |
8K (7680 × 4320) and below | 0.032667 |
4K (3840 × 2160) and below | 0.0093 |
2K (2560 × 1440) and below | 0.0047 |
HD (1920 × 1080) and below | 0.00217 |
Billing example
Assume that you are in the Chinese mainland. You use Super Resolution Standard Edition to process a 200-minute video. The source video has a resolution of SD (1280 × 720) and a frame rate of 25 fps. The output is transcoded to H.264 with a resolution of HD (1920 × 1080). The fee is calculated as follows: 200 minutes × 60 seconds/minute × 25 frames/second × CNY 0.003255/frame = CNY 976.5.
Transcoding plugin billing
When you call an API to process a media asset, you are billed based on the number of requests. No fee is charged for failed calls.
Billing rule: Billing is based on the number of API requests.
Billing cycle: Alibaba Cloud measures your service usage from the previous 6-hour billing cycle and generates a bill in the next 6-hour cycle. The actual bill generation time may vary.
Billable items and prices:
Request type
Price
Metadata (SubmitMediaInfoJob)
CNY 0.10/1,000 requests
Watermark (Output containing Watermarks in SubmitJobs)
CNY 0.10/1,000 requests
Snapshot (SubmitSnapshotJob)
CNY 0.10/1,000 snapshots
Billing example:
Assume that a user in the Chinese mainland successfully calls the SubmitMediaInfoJob API 1,000 times. The resulting fee is calculated as follows: 1,000 requests × CNY 0.10/1,000 requests = CNY 0.10.