View RDS billing details-ApsaraDB RDS(RDS)-阿里云帮助中心

This topic describes how to view the detailed costs of your ApsaraDB RDS instances, including charges for storage, SQL Audit, instance backups, and performance monitoring.

Procedure

Log on to the Alibaba Cloud Management Console.
In the upper-right corner of the page, choose Fee > Expenses and Costs.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose Bills > Bill Details.
Set filters to query the bill details.

Note
You can query data only within a single calendar month. For example, you cannot select a time range from January 10, 2022 to February 10, 2022.

FAQ

What are the additional hourly charges for my subscription ApsaraDB RDS instance?

A subscription fee covers only the instance type and storage space. Using services such as a read-only instance, SQL Explorer, paid performance monitoring, and a database proxy, as well as exceeding the free quota for backup storage, incurs additional fees. You can view these charges on the Bill Details page in the Billable Item column. For a detailed description of each billable item, see Billable items.
Are you charged for idle pay-as-you-go and Serverless instances?
Yes. Because a pay-as-you-go or Serverless instance continues to reserve compute and storage resources when idle, you are still charged hourly. If you do not plan to use your RDS MySQL or RDS PostgreSQL instance for an extended period, suspend it. After an instance is suspended, its compute resources are released and specification fees no longer apply. For more information, see Suspend an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance or Suspend an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance.
Is Internet traffic free for both pay-as-you-go and subscription instances? Does this apply to both inbound and outbound traffic?

Yes. All inbound and outbound Internet traffic for both pay-as-you-go and subscription instances is free.
In my Bill Details, I see multiple records where the product code is DMS, the product name is Database Backup DBS, and the billable item is "Backup storage capacity". But ApsaraDB RDS includes a built-in backup management feature. Why am I also being charged a backup fee by DMS?
Backup storage for RDS Cloud Disk Edition instances is provided by the Database Backup Service (DBS) and was previously billed under the DBS product. Starting from June 25, 2025, Alibaba Cloud is integrating the product capabilities of DBS and DMS, and the related billable items for backup storage have been migrated to DMS for billing. Therefore, the Database Backup DBS - Backup Storage Capacity billable item under DMS on your bill is not a duplicate charge. This is only an adjustment in billing attribution, and you are not being double-billed.