Resource Orchestration Service (ROS) is free. You pay only for the Alibaba Cloud resources created in your stacks, based on their respective billing methods.
Billable items and billing methods
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Billable item |
Description |
Billing method |
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Resource Orchestration Service |
None |
None |
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Alibaba Cloud resources created in a stack, such as ECS and RDS |
Charged based on each resource's own billing method. |
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Billing example
The following example creates a VPC and a subscription Elastic IP Address (EIP), then demonstrates how to query billing details for the created resources.
ROSTemplateFormatVersion: '2015-09-01'
Parameters: {}
Resources:
VPC:
Type: ALIYUN::ECS::VPC
Properties:
CidrBlock: 192.168.XX.XX/16
VpcName:
Fn::Join:
- '-'
- - StackId
- Ref: ALIYUN::StackId
EIP:
Type: ALIYUN::VPC::EIP
Properties:
InstanceChargeType: Prepaid
PricingCycle: Month
Period: 1
DeletionProtection: false
AutoPay: false
InternetChargeType: PayByTraffic
Bandwidth: 5
Query billing details using either method:
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Query in the console
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Log on to the ROS console.
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In the left-side navigation pane, click Stacks.
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In the top navigation bar, select the region for the stack from the region drop-down list, for example, China (Hangzhou).
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On the Stack List page, click Create Stack and select Use ROS.
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On the Select Template page, set Specify Template to Select an Existing Template, set Template Import Method to Enter Template, paste the preceding template into Template Content, and click Next.
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On the Configure Parameters page, click Expense Details.
The Expense Details page displays the billing details for the stack.

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Query by calling an API operation
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Log on to Developer Portal or Alibaba Cloud OpenAPI Developer Portal.
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Set the cloud product to Resource Orchestration Service.
Click the API Debugging tab and select the GetTemplateEstimateCost API operation.
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Set
RegionId,Parameters, andTemplateBody. ForTemplateBody, enter the preceding template. -
Click Call.
In Call Result, check
TotalCostAmountto view the total cost of resources defined in the template.
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