Valued Alibaba Cloud customers, Alibaba Cloud made some adjustments to the billable items of Classic Load Balancer (CLB) to increase the billing transparency and accuracy.
Effective time
00:00:00 (UTC+8), December 1, 2024.
Adjustment
The following adjustments are made to the billable items of CLB:
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Change of billable item name: instance fee is renamed public IP retention fee. The unit price of the billable item remains unchanged. You are charged public IP retention fees only for Internet-facing CLB instances. This adjustment aims to increase the billing accuracy and help you keep track of your expenses.
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New billable item: instance fee. The unit price is “0.147yuan/hour”.
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The instance fee applies to all Internet-facing and internal-facing CLB instances that are created after 00:00:00 (UTC+8), December 1, 2024.
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CLB instances that are created before 00:00:00 (UTC+8), December 1, 2024 are billed based on the previous billable items until 23:59:59 (UTC+8), November 30, 2025.
The instance fee waiver period for CLB has been extended. CLB instances created before 00:00:00 (UTC+8) on December 1, 2024 retain their current pricing until 23:59:59 (UTC+8) on November 30, 2026.
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FAQ
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Why are the adjustments made?
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To help you keep track of your expenses and adapt to market demands.
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To improve the stability, security, and efficiency of CLB.
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Is the billing of CLB instances created before 00:00:00 (UTC+8), December 1, 2024 changed after the adjustments?
A new billable item called instance fee is added to the bills of CLB instances created before 00:00:00 (UTC+8), December 1, 2024. However, the fee of the billable item is 0 yuan 0. The actual amount is not affected before 23:59:59 (UTC+8), November 30, 2025.
The instance fee waiver period for CLB has been extended. The amount payable for you remains the same until 23:59:59 (UTC+8) on November 30, 2026.
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Am I charged instance fees if I change the configurations of CLB instances that are created before 00:00:00 (UTC+8), December 1, 2024?
Instance fees are charged only for CLB instances that are created after 00:00:00 (UTC+8), December 1, 2024. The billing of CLB instances created before 00:00:00 (UTC+8), December 1, 2024 is not affected until 23:59:59 (UTC+8), November 30, 2025.
The instance fee waiver period for CLB has been extended. The billing of CLB instances created before 00:00:00 (UTC+8) on December 1, 2024 is not affected until 23:59:59 (UTC+8) on November 30, 2026.
Contact us
We recommend that you make business plans and adjustments accordingly. If you have questions, contact Alibaba Cloud customer service on the Alibaba Cloud site.
References
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CLB supports the subscription and pay-as-you-go billing methods. For more information, see CLB billing overview.
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For more information about the pay-as-you-go billing method, see Pay-as-you-go.