Prepaid resource plan

General-purpose data transfer plan

This plan is designed to simplify resource package management and offers the following benefits:

• Deducts data transfer for standard streaming, RTS, and stream ingest.

• Offers a unified price for regions Outside the Chinese mainland, eliminating the need to purchase separate plans for different regions.

• Applies different deduction ratios based on the service type (standard streaming or RTS) and region (Chinese mainland or Outside the Chinese mainland).

Standard traffic package

This plan deducts downstream traffic for standard streaming. It does not apply to RTS traffic.

Eight region-specific plans are available. Each plan deducts traffic only within its corresponding region. For example, a plan purchased for the Chinese mainland cannot be used to deduct traffic in Asia Pacific 1.

For detailed pricing, visit the buy page.

Data transfer plan selection

Unlike a regular plan, a single general-purpose plan covers standard streaming, RTS, and upstream traffic across all regions. To select the right general-purpose plan, calculate the total equivalent data transfer required for your business and purchase a single plan that covers this amount.

Overview

The RTS data transfer plan (Chinese mainland only) is used to cover downstream playback traffic for RTS. This plan does not cover standard streaming traffic.

This plan covers playback traffic for viewers in the Chinese mainland only.

On the buy page, you can choose from seven data plan sizes: 100 GB, 500 GB, 1 TB, 5 TB, 10 TB, 50 TB, and 200 TB, with a subscription period of 1 Month or 1 Year.

For detailed pricing, click Purchase.

Pricing

Billing example

Suppose you purchase a 500 GB RTS data transfer plan (Chinese mainland only). If you consume 10 GB of standard streaming traffic and 10 GB of RTS traffic in Asia Pacific 1, your plan does not cover this traffic. However, your plan does cover the 10 GB of RTS traffic that you consume in the Chinese mainland.

Your remaining quota is: 500 GB - 10 GB = 490 GB.

Overview

Live transcoding duration packages are available in two types: standard transcoding and Narrowband HD™ transcoding. The resource packages for these two types are metered independently and are not interchangeable.

• Standard transcoding resource package: This package supports a wide range of transcoding needs and covers usage of H.264, H.265 (at 480p, 720p, 1080p, 2K, and 4K resolutions), and audio-only transcoding. It is ideal for use cases requiring high compatibility with various encoding formats and resolutions.

• Narrowband HD™ transcoding resource package: This package covers usage of Narrowband HD™ transcoding with H.264 and H.265 encoding formats (at 480p, 720p, 1080p, 2K, and 4K resolutions). It uses intelligent bitrate compression technology to deliver a lower bitrate and reduce bandwidth consumption at the same resolution. This package is ideal for live streaming scenarios that are sensitive to bandwidth costs but still require high clarity.

The duration deducted from the package varies based on the encoding format and resolution.

On the buy page, you can select a Transcoding Specification of 50, 100, 1,000, 10,000, or 100,000 hours. This value represents the package's baseline duration, equivalent to transcoding H.264 at 480p. Durations for other specifications are converted from this baseline. You can also select a Purchase Duration of 1 month or 1 year. The resource package becomes active immediately upon purchase and is non-refundable and non-exchangeable. The validity periods of multiple resource packages do not stack. The system prioritizes deducting usage from the resource package. After the package is depleted, usage is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis.

For detailed pricing, visit the buy page.

Deduction ratios

• Standard transcoding package

  Table 1. Deduction ratios for the standard transcoding package

  Encoding format	Resolution	Deduction ratio	Example duration (hours)
  Audio transcoding		0.588	1,700
  H.264	480p	1	1,000
  	720p	2	500
  	1080p	4	250
  	2K	8	125
  	4K	16	62.5
  H.265	480p	5	200
  	720p	10	100
  	1080p	20	50
  	2K	40	25
  	4K	80	12.5

• Narrowband HD™ transcoding package

  Table 2. Deduction ratios for the Narrowband HD™ transcoding package

  Encoding format	Resolution	Deduction ratio	Example duration (hours)
  H.264	480p	1	1,000
  	720p	2	500
  	1080p	4	250
  	2K	8	125
  	4K	16	62.5
  H.265	480p	2	500
  	720p	4	250
  	1080p	8	125
  	2K	16	62.5
  	4K	32	31.25

  Note

  • Usage is deducted from the resource package in one-minute increments.

  • If you use multiple transcoding specifications, the total deducted duration is the sum of the usage for each specification, adjusted by its respective deduction ratio.

Overview

A production studio plan covers service time for the production studio. These plans are available in three resolution-specific types: 1080p, 720p, and 360p. Each plan is exclusive to its corresponding resolution.

On the purchase page, you can select the package specifications (such as 100 minutes), production studio type (general-purpose, which does not cover output duration fees for a virtual studio or a playlist-based production studio), and resource plan validity (1 year). Once a resource plan is used, it cannot be refunded or exchanged. The system prioritizes the resource plan for billing.

For detailed pricing, visit the purchase page.

Package specifications