Pricing for Chinese mainland SMS service
The SMS Service for Chinese mainland offers two billing methods: subscription package and Pay-As-You-Go. You can choose the optimal billing method based on your message volume and type.
We bill you for messages sent to Chinese mainland based on carrier delivery reports. We do not charge for successfully submitted messages if the carrier reports a delivery failure. For more information, see Billing rules.
Chinese mainland SMS subscription packages
To help reduce your costs, Alibaba Cloud SMS Service provides subscription packages for messages sent to Chinese mainland. These packages support three message types: verification code, notification message, and promotional message.
Limitations:
Users with individual verification can request templates for verification codes and notification messages. Requesting templates for promotional messages requires enterprise verification. You can upgrade to enterprise verification to use this feature. For more information, see Usage notes.
You cannot use or purchase subscription packages if your account has an overdue balance.
Scope of application: Chinese mainland SMS subscription packages apply only to text messages sent to Chinese mainland. They cannot be used for international or Hong Kong/Macao/Taiwan SMS services. In addition, messages to Chinese mainland must be sent from an IP address in Chinese mainland.
Deduction rules: Message usage is first deducted from your subscription package, provided that your account is not overdue, the package is within its validity period, and has remaining quota. Usage incurred before the package was purchased or that exceeds the package quota is automatically billed on a Pay-As-You-Go basis and deducted from your account balance. Service may be suspended if your account becomes overdue.
Deduction order: When you send messages, the system deducts usage from the active subscription package with the earliest expiration date. If an order contains multiple packages with the same expiration date, the system uses them sequentially.
Credits for failed messages: When we receive a delivery failure report, we credit the message count back to your active subscription package. If you have no active subscription package, we refund the cost to your Alibaba Cloud account balance. The refund is calculated as
unit price * number of failed messages. For more information, see Are failed messages refunded as message credits or as a monetary refund?Expiration: Chinese mainland SMS subscription packages have a standard validity period of two years. Please use your messages within this period.
Refund policy: Partially used subscription packages are not eligible for refunds on remaining resources, and their validity periods cannot be extended. For more information, see Refund policy.
You can enable auto-renewal for your subscription packages. For instructions, see Renewal instructions.
Message type | Price type | 1,000 messages | 2,000 messages | 5,000 messages | 15,000 messages | 50,000 messages | 200,000 messages | 500,000 messages | 1,000,000 messages | 3,000,000 messages |
Verification code Notification message Promotional message | Total package price (CNY) | 50 | 100 | 250 | 705 | 2250 | 8800 | 21500 | 42000 | 123000 |
Package unit price (CNY/message) | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.047 | 0.045 | 0.044 | 0.043 | 0.042 | 0.041 |
Subscription packages may have promotional pricing or different validity periods during marketing campaigns. The price displayed on the purchase page at the time of your order is the final price.
Pay-As-You-Go
This billing method uses real-time tiered pricing based on your monthly message volume and message type. As your usage moves into a new tier, the system automatically adjusts your billing rate and applies the new, lower price to all messages sent within that calendar month.
Message type | Monthly usage tier | |||||
Usage ≤ 100,000 | 100,000 < Usage ≤ 300,000 | 300,000 < Usage ≤ 500,000 | 500,000 < Usage ≤ 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 < Usage ≤ 3,000,000 | Usage > 3,000,000 | |
Verification code Notification message (CNY/message) | 0.045 | 0.042 | 0.041 | 0.040 | 0.039 | 0.038 |
Promotional message (CNY/message) | 0.055 | 0.052 | 0.051 | 0.050 | 0.049 | 0.048 |
For example, if you send N messages in a month, consisting of N1 verification or notification messages and N2 promotional messages, and your total usage (N = N1 + N2) exceeds 3,000,000, your monthly fee is calculated as follows: (N1 × 0.038) + (N2 × 0.048).
Related documentation
To learn about the rules for calculating message length and sending limits for Chinese mainland, see Message sending rules.
If you have questions about the usage rules for SMS Service, see Product usage FAQ.
For frequently asked questions about billing and purchasing subscription packages, see Billing FAQ.
To check your account balance or determine if your account is overdue, see View your account balance.
You can check your remaining package quota on the Subscription Package Pricing page.
If you need to request a refund, see Refund policy.