Audio and video transcoding fees

ApsaraVideo Media Processing (MPS) charges transcoding fees based on the output file specification and duration. Fees apply to standard transcoding, Narrowband HD^TM 1.0, Narrowband HD^TM 2.0, and feature API requests.

Transcoding pricing

The following tables list transcoding prices by specification. Prices shown use the Chinese mainland region as an example.

Note

Prices listed are for reference only. Actual prices on the Alibaba Cloud Pricing page prevail. The table below shows Chinese mainland prices; for other regions, visit the pricing page.
Resource plans are available for standard transcoding (including audio transcoding and container format conversion) and Narrowband HD^TM 1.0 transcoding at discounted rates. Resource plans. No resource plans are available for other billable items.
The output specification is determined by the long side and short side of the output video resolution.

For example, SD (1280×720) means the long side is at most 1280 pixels and the short side is at most 720 pixels. If either side exceeds these limits, the video is classified as a higher specification.
Set the audio coding format to AC3 or EAC3 to produce Dolby audio. ApsaraVideo Player SDK enables Dolby playback on supported devices. Dolby sound effect production is billed at CNY 3.5/minute in the Chinese mainland, with no additional audio transcoding fees. Audio and video enhancement fees.

Standard transcoding pricing (click to expand, unit: CNY/minute)

Output encoding specification	Output resolution	The Chinese mainland	China (Hong Kong)	US (Silicon Valley)	Germany (Frankfurt)	UK (London)	Singapore	Japan (Tokyo)	Indonesia (Jakarta)
Video (H.264)	4K (3840×2160) or lower	0.28	0.2953	0.2953	0.2953	0.2953	0.3281	0.3281	0.3281
	2K (2560×1440) or lower	0.14	0.2215	0.2215	0.2215	0.2215	0.2461	0.2461	0.2461
	HD (1920×1080) or lower	0.0651	0.1476	0.1476	0.1476	0.1476	0.164	0.164	0.164
	SD (1280×720) or lower	0.0326	0.0738	0.0738	0.0738	0.0738	0.082	0.082	0.082
	LD (640×480) or lower	0.0217	0.0554	0.0554	0.0554	0.0554	0.0615	0.0615	0.0615
Video (H.265)	8K (7680 x 4320) or lower	4.9	5.1674	5.1674	5.1674	5.1674	5.74175	5.74175	5.74175
	4K (3840×2160) or lower	1.4	1.4764	1.4764	1.4764	1.4764	1.6405	1.6405	1.6405
	2K (2560×1440) or lower	0.7	1.1073	1.1073	1.1073	1.1073	1.2304	1.2304	1.2304
	HD (1920×1080) or lower	0.3255	0.7382	0.7382	0.7382	0.7382	0.8202	0.8202	0.8202
	SD (1280×720) or lower	0.1628	0.3691	0.3691	0.3691	0.3691	0.4101	0.4101	0.4101
	LD (640×480) or lower	0.1085	0.2768	0.2768	0.2768	0.2768	0.3076	0.3076	0.3076
Video (H.266)	8K (7680×4320) or lower	11.758	12.4005	12.4005	12.4005	12.4005	13.7779	13.7779	13.7779
	4K (3840×2160) or lower	3.2	3.3749	3.3749	3.3749	3.3749	3.7497	3.7497	3.7497
	2K (2560×1440) or lower	1.6	2.5314	2.5314	2.5314	2.5314	2.8126	2.8126	2.8126
	HD (1920×1080) or lower	0.745	1.6891	1.6891	1.6891	1.6891	1.8768	1.8768	1.8768
	SD (1280×720) or lower	0.374	0.8467	0.8467	0.8467	0.8467	0.9407	0.9407	0.9407
	LD (640×480) or lower	0.192	0.4902	0.4902	0.4902	0.4902	0.5441	0.5441	0.5441
Video (AV1)	8K (7680×4320) or lower	9.6	10.12457	10.12457	10.12457	10.12457	11.24914	11.24914	11.24914
	4K (3840×2160) or lower	2.52	2.6577	2.6577	2.6577	2.6577	2.9529	2.9529	2.9529
	2K (2560×1440) or lower	1.26	1.9935	1.9935	1.9935	1.9935	2.2149	2.2149	2.2149
	HD (1920×1080) or lower	0.5859	1.3284	1.3284	1.3284	1.3284	1.476	1.476	1.476
	SD (1280×720) or lower	0.2934	0.6642	0.6642	0.6642	0.6642	0.738	0.738	0.738
	LD (640×480) or lower	0.1953	0.4986	0.4986	0.4986	0.4986	0.5535	0.5535	0.5535
Video (GIF)	4K (3840×2160) or lower	0.28	0.2953	0.2953	0.2953	0.2953	0.3281	0.3281	0.3281
	2K (2560×1440) or lower	0.14	0.2215	0.2215	0.2215	0.2215	0.2461	0.2461	0.2461
	HD (1920×1080) or lower	0.0651	0.1476	0.1476	0.1476	0.1476	0.164	0.164	0.164
	SD (1280×720) or lower	0.0326	0.0738	0.0738	0.0738	0.0738	0.082	0.082	0.082
	LD (640×480) or lower	0.0217	0.0554	0.0554	0.0554	0.0554	0.0615	0.0615	0.0615
Video (WEBP)	4K (3840×2160) or lower	0.28	0.2953	0.2953	0.2953	0.2953	0.3281	0.3281	0.3281
	2K (2560×1440) or lower	0.14	0.2215	0.2215	0.2215	0.2215	0.2461	0.2461	0.2461
	HD (1920×1080) or lower	0.0651	0.1476	0.1476	0.1476	0.1476	0.164	0.164	0.164
	SD (1280×720) or lower	0.0326	0.0738	0.0738	0.0738	0.0738	0.082	0.082	0.082
	LD (640×480) or lower	0.0217	0.0554	0.0554	0.0554	0.0554	0.0615	0.0615	0.0615
Audio transcoding	-	0.0056	0.0185	0.0185	0.0185	0.0185	0.0205	0.0205	0.0205
Container format conversion	-	0.007	0.0126	0.0126	0.0126	0.0126	0.014	0.014	0.014

Narrowband HD™ 1.0 transcoding pricing (click to expand, unit: CNY/minute)

Output encoding specification	Output resolution	The Chinese mainland	China (Hong Kong)	US (Silicon Valley)	Germany (Frankfurt)	UK (London)	Singapore	Japan (Tokyo)	Indonesia (Jakarta)
H.264	4K (3840×2160) or lower	0.84	0.8859	0.8859	0.8859	0.8859	0.9843	0.9843	0.9843
	2K (2560×1440) or lower	0.42	0.6644	0.6644	0.6644	0.6644	0.7382	0.7382	0.7382
	HD (1920×1080) or lower	0.1953	0.4429	0.4429	0.4429	0.4429	0.4921	0.4921	0.4921
	SD (1280×720) or lower	0.0977	0.2215	0.2215	0.2215	0.2215	0.2461	0.2461	0.2461
	LD (640×480) or lower	0.0651	0.1661	0.1661	0.1661	0.1661	0.1846	0.1846	0.1846
H.265	8K (7680 x 4320) or lower	14.7	15.5026	15.5026	15.5026	15.5026	17.2249	17.2249	17.2249
	4K (3840×2160) or lower	4.2	4.4293	4.4293	4.4293	4.4293	4.9214	4.9214	4.9214
	2K (2560×1440) or lower	2.1	3.322	3.322	3.322	3.322	3.6911	3.6911	3.6911
	HD (1920×1080) or lower	0.9765	2.2146	2.2146	2.2146	2.2146	2.4607	2.4607	2.4607
	SD (1280×720) or lower	0.4883	1.1073	1.1073	1.1073	1.1073	1.2304	1.2304	1.2304
	LD (640×480) or lower	0.3255	0.8305	0.8305	0.8305	0.8305	0.9228	0.9228	0.9228

Narrowband HD™ 2.0 transcoding pricing (click to expand, unit: CNY/minute)

Output encoding specification	Output resolution	The Chinese mainland	Singapore
H.264	4K (3840×2160) or lower	4.2	4.92
	2K (2560×1440) or lower	2.1	3.6910
	HD (1920×1080) or lower	0.9765	2.4605
	SD (1280×720) or lower	0.4885	1.2305
	LD (640×480) or lower	0.3255	0.9230
H.265	8K (7680 x 4320) or lower	22.05	25.8379
	4K (3840×2160) or lower	6.3	7.2
	2K (2560×1440) or lower	3.15	5.532
	HD (1920×1080) or lower	1.46475	3.69
	SD (1280×720) or lower	0.7335	1.8476
	LD (640×480) or lower	0.48825	1.3845

Feature API request pricing

Feature API request pricing (click to expand)

Request type	Usage description	All regions
Metadata	Successful calls to the SubmitMediaInfoJob operation to obtain media metadata.	CNY 0.10/1,000 requests
Watermark	Successful calls to the SubmitJobs operation that include the Watermarks parameter in the Output.	CNY 0.10/1,000 requests
Snapshot	Snapshots captured by the SubmitSnapshotJob operation. For sprites, the count includes all small images and the generated large image.	CNY 0.10/1,000 snapshots

Billing rules

Rule	Description
Billing rule	Transcoding fees are based on the output file specification and duration for standard, Narrowband HD^TM 1.0, and Narrowband HD^TM 2.0 transcoding. Note If a task fails, no fees are charged. Audio extraction, video extraction, video stitching, video clipping, and watermarking require transcoding and are billed as transcoding tasks. Snapshots and watermarks incur additional API request fees.
Billing cycle	Bills are generated hourly, typically within one hour after each billing cycle ends. Fees are automatically deducted from your account. If you have a resource plan, usage is deducted from the plan first.
Billing methods	Pay-as-you-go (for the Chinese mainland) Transcoding: Fee per format = Output file duration (accurate to the second) × Unit price for that format. API: API fee = Number of successful calls × Unit price of the billable item. Resource plan Transcoding resource plans cover standard transcoding and Narrowband HD^TM 1.0 transcoding. Other transcoding types and API calls are not covered. For plan pricing and quotas, see Resource plans. Purchase a resource plan. Important MPS transcoding resource plans are exclusive to MPS. They cannot offset fees for ApsaraVideo VOD or Intelligent Media Services.

Billing examples

Transcoding billing example

Example: You transcode a 200-minute H.264 video in the Chinese mainland between 8:00 and 9:00 using standard transcoding and Narrowband HD^TM 1.0 transcoding in normal-speed mode. Standard transcoding outputs at LD (640×480) and Narrowband HD^TM 1.0 outputs at SD (1280×720). Fee = 200 min × CNY 0.0217/min + 200 min × CNY 0.0977/min = CNY 23.88.

Feature API request billing example

Example: 1,000 successful SubmitMediaInfoJob calls in the Chinese mainland. Fee = 1,000 × CNY 0.10/1,000 = CNY 0.10.