This topic describes the billing methods and pricing for paid Video Understanding capabilities. All other capabilities not listed here are currently in public preview and available at no cost.
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Video thumbnail
The Video thumbnail capability supports billing through pay-as-you-go and general-purpose subscription resource plans. The pricing is as follows.
Pay-as-you-go
The rate is CNY 0.04 per minute.
ImportantIf you do not purchase a resource plan, the system bills you at the pay-as-you-go rate. Monitor your bills and pay promptly to avoid service disruption due to overdue payments.
Billing is based on the video’s input duration. The smallest billable unit is one second. Durations under one second are billed as one second.
This is an asynchronous capability. Failed calls are not billed, and querying results using a RequestId is not billed.
For details on pricing calculations, see Billing method.
General-purpose subscription resource plan
Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans support stacking. After your resource plan points are exhausted or expire, billing reverts to pay-as-you-go. Purchase resource plans as needed from the resource plan purchase page. Resource plans are valid for 1 year. Pricing is as follows.
Resource plan size
Callable duration
Offset factor
Standard price
QPS limit
5,000 points
1,250 minutes
4 points/minute
CNY 50
2 QPS
10,000 points
2,500 minutes
CNY 100
100,000 points
25,000 minutes
CNY 1,000
5,000,000 points
1,250,000 minutes
CNY 50,000
10,000,000 points
2,500,000 minutes
CNY 100,000
20,000,000 points
5,000,000 minutes
CNY 200,000
50,000,000 points
12,500,000 minutes
CNY 500,000
150,000,000 points
37,500,000 minutes
CNY 1,500,000
ImportantGeneral-purpose video subscription resource plans cannot be used across categories with image subscription resource plans (check the capability listed on the purchase page). For example, if you use both object detection and video thumbnail capabilities, you must purchase both an image subscription resource plan and a video subscription resource plan.
For details on pricing calculations, see Billing method.
If your business requires faster query results, contact us through the Consultation service.
Shot parsing
The Shot parsing capability supports billing through pay-as-you-go and general-purpose subscription resource plans. The pricing is as follows.
Pay-as-you-go
The rate is CNY 0.2 per minute.
ImportantIf you do not purchase a resource plan, the system bills you at the pay-as-you-go rate. Monitor your bills and pay promptly to avoid service disruption due to overdue payments.
Billing is based on the video’s input duration. The smallest billable unit is one second. Durations under one second are billed as one second.
This is an asynchronous capability. Failed calls are not billed, and querying results using a RequestId is not billed.
For details on pricing calculations, see Billing method.
General-purpose subscription resource plan
Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans support stacking. After your resource plan points are exhausted or expire, billing reverts to pay-as-you-go. Purchase resource plans as needed from the resource plan purchase page. Resource plans are valid for 1 year. Pricing is as follows.
Resource plan size
Callable Duration
Offset factor
Standard price
QPS limit
5,000 points
250 minutes
20 points/minute
CNY 50
2 QPS
10,000 points
500 minutes
CNY 100
100,000 points
5,000 minutes
CNY 1,000
5,000,000 points
250,000 minutes
CNY 50,000
10,000,000 points
500,000 minutes
CNY 100,000
20,000,000 points
1,000,000 minutes
CNY 200,000
50,000,000 points
2,500,000 minutes
CNY 500,000
150,000,000 points
7,500,000 minutes
CNY 1,500,000
ImportantGeneral-purpose video subscription resource plans cannot be used across categories with image subscription resource plans (check the capability listed on the purchase page). For example, if you use both object detection and shot parsing capabilities, you must purchase both an image subscription resource plan and a video subscription resource plan.
For details on pricing calculations, see Billing method.
If your business requires faster query results, contact us through the Consultation service.
Video OCR
The Video OCR capability supports billing through pay-as-you-go and subscription resource plans. The pricing is as follows.
Pay-as-you-go:
The rate is CNY 0.08 per minute.
ImportantIf you do not purchase a resource plan, the system bills you at the pay-as-you-go rate. Monitor your bills and pay promptly to avoid service disruption due to overdue payments.
Billing is based on the video’s input duration. The smallest billable unit is one second. Durations under one second are billed as one second.
This is an asynchronous capability. Failed calls are not billed, and querying results using a RequestId is not billed.
For details on pricing calculations, see Billing method.
Subscription resource plan
Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans support stacking. After your resource plan points are exhausted or expire, billing reverts to pay-as-you-go. Purchase resource plans as needed from the resource plan purchase page. Resource plans are valid for 1 year. Pricing is as follows.
Resource plan size
Callable duration
Offset factor
Standard price
QPS limit
5,000 points
625 minutes
8 points/minute
CNY 50
2 QPS
10,000 points
1,250 minutes
CNY 100
100,000 points
12,500 minutes
CNY 1,000
5,000,000 points
625,000 minutes
CNY 50,000
10,000,000 points
1,250,000 minutes
CNY 100,000
20,000,000 points
2,500,000 minutes
CNY 200,000
50,000,000 points
6,250,000 minutes
CNY 500,000
150,000,000 points
18,750,000 minutes
CNY 1,500,000
ImportantGeneral-purpose video subscription resource plans cannot be used across categories with image subscription resource plans (check the capability listed on the purchase page). For example, if you use both object detection and video OCR capabilities, you must purchase both an image subscription resource plan and a video subscription resource plan.
For details on pricing calculations, see Billing method.
If your business requires faster query results, contact us through the Consultation service.
Video splitting
The Video splitting capability supports billing through pay-as-you-go and subscription resource plans. The pricing is as follows.
Pay-as-you-go
The rate is CNY 0.08 per minute.
ImportantIf you do not purchase a resource plan, the system bills you at the pay-as-you-go rate. Monitor your bills and pay promptly to avoid service disruption due to overdue payments.
Billing is based on the video’s input duration. The smallest billable unit is one second. Durations under one second are billed as one second.
This is an asynchronous capability. Failed calls are not billed, and querying results using a RequestId is not billed.
For details on pricing calculations, see Billing method.
Subscription resource plan
Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans support stacking. After your resource plan points are exhausted or expire, billing reverts to pay-as-you-go. Purchase resource plans as needed from the resource plan purchase page. Resource plans are valid for 1 year. Pricing is as follows.
Resource plan size
Callable duration
Offset factor
Standard price
QPS limit
5,000 points
625 minutes
8 points/minute
CNY 50
2 QPS
10,000 points
1,250 minutes
CNY 100
100,000 points
12,500 minutes
CNY 1,000
5,000,000 points
625,000 minutes
CNY 50,000
10,000,000 points
1,250,000 minutes
CNY 100,000
20,000,000 points
2,500,000 minutes
CNY 200,000
50,000,000 points
6,250,000 minutes
CNY 500,000
150,000,000 points
18,750,000 minutes
CNY 1,500,000
ImportantGeneral-purpose video subscription resource plans cannot be used across categories with image subscription resource plans (check the capability listed on the purchase page). For example, if you use both object detection and video splitting capabilities, you must purchase both an image subscription resource plan and a video subscription resource plan.
For details on pricing calculations, see Billing method.
If your business requires faster query results, contact us through the Consultation service.
Video quality assessment
The Video quality assessment capability supports billing through pay-as-you-go and subscription resource plans. The pricing is as follows.
Pay-as-you-go:
The rate is CNY 0.08 per minute.
ImportantIf you do not purchase a resource plan, the system bills you at the pay-as-you-go rate. Monitor your bills and pay promptly to avoid service disruption due to overdue payments.
Billing is based on the video’s input duration. The smallest billable unit is one second. Durations under one second are billed as one second.
This is an asynchronous capability. Failed calls are not billed, and querying results using a RequestId is not billed.
For details on pricing calculations, see Billing method.
Subscription resource plan
Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans support stacking. After your resource plan points are exhausted or expire, billing reverts to pay-as-you-go. Purchase resource plans as needed from the resource plan purchase page. Resource plans are valid for 1 year. Pricing is as follows.
Resource plan size
Callable duration
Offset factor
Standard price
QPS limit
5,000 points
625 minutes
8 points/minute
CNY 50
2 QPS
10,000 points
1,250 minutes
CNY 100
100,000 points
12,500 minutes
CNY 1,000
5,000,000 points
625,000 minutes
CNY 50,000
10,000,000 points
1,250,000 minutes
CNY 100,000
20,000,000 points
2,500,000 minutes
CNY 200,000
50,000,000 points
6,250,000 minutes
CNY 500,000
150,000,000 points
18,750,000 minutes
CNY 1,500,000
ImportantGeneral-purpose video subscription resource plans cannot be used across categories with image subscription resource plans (check the capability listed on the purchase page). For example, if you use both object detection and video quality assessment capabilities, you must purchase both an image subscription resource plan and a video subscription resource plan.
For details on pricing calculations, see Billing method.
If your business requires faster query results, contact us through the Consultation service.
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