This topic explains the compute pricing for subscription standard compute resources in MaxCompute.
Background information
In the MaxCompute subscription billing model, you reserve a specific amount of resources and pay for them in advance. Subscription compute resources, which are required for jobs like SQL, MapReduce, Spark, and MaxFrame, are divided into multi-zone HA computing resources and standard computing resources.
Multi-zone HA computing resources: These resources dynamically allocate resources for jobs across multiple availability zones (AZs). When you purchase this resource type, MaxCompute reserves redundant compute resources across multiple AZs to match your purchased CU amount.
NoteThis resource type is ideal for zone-disaster recovery solutions. Binding multi-zone HA computing resources to a project with data storage disaster recovery enabled ensures no data loss and allows jobs to resume quickly after an AZ-level failure. For more information, see Zone-disaster recovery.
Multi-zone HA computing resources cannot be used with elastic reserved computing resources.
The basic resource unit is the Compute Unit (CU), where 1 CU equals 4 GB of memory and 1 CPU core.
Standard computing resources: These are single availability zone compute resources. When you purchase this resource type, MaxCompute reserves the purchased resources exclusively for you.
NoteFor stable workloads, we recommend purchasing subscription compute resources for less demanding jobs and using pay-as-you-go resources for I/O-intensive jobs. This approach ensures that CUs are always available for your workloads.
The subscription package editions (Storage-intensive 160, Storage-intensive 320, and Storage-intensive 600) are no longer available for new purchases and will be discontinued at 00:00:00 on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 (UTC+8). We recommend migrating to standard computing resources. For more information, see September 23, 2022 - Announcement on stopping new purchases of some MaxCompute specifications.
Non-reserved computing resources: When you purchase this resource type, you get an elastic resource pool ranging from 0 to your purchased CU limit, rather than a fixed amount of reserved resources. When a job starts, MaxCompute preempts and allocates idle resources from the shared resource pool. If the shared resource pool has sufficient idle resources, you may be allocated up to the maximum number of CUs you purchased. If the pool is busy, you may receive 0 CUs. MaxCompute guarantees 50% of the daily computing power for your purchased non-reserved computing resources (daily computing power = number of resources × 24 hours).
NoteNon-reserved computing resources are no longer available for new purchases and will be discontinued at 00:00:00 on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 (UTC+8). We recommend migrating to standard computing resources. For more information, see September 23, 2022 - Announcement on stopping new purchases of some MaxCompute specifications.
After purchasing subscription compute resources, you can monitor and manage them in the MaxCompute console. For more information, see resource observation.
Pricing
The following tables list the price per CU for different compute resources.
Type | Public cloud price | Alibaba Finance Cloud price | Remarks |
multi-zone HA computing resources | CNY 195/CU/month | CNY 370.5/CU/month | Verified accounts receive the following discounts for long-term subscriptions: 15% for one year, 30% for two years, 50% for three years, 60% for four years, and 65% for five years. |
standard computing resources | CNY 150/CU/month | CNY 285/CU/month | |
non-reserved computing resources | CNY 40/CU/month | Not applicable | Subscription non-reserved computing resources are no longer available for new purchases and will be discontinued at 00:00:00 on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 (UTC+8). We recommend migrating to standard computing resources. For more information, see September 23, 2022 - Announcement on stopping new purchases of some MaxCompute specifications. |