Face and body billing

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1:1 face comparison

The 1:1 face comparison feature supports the pay-as-you-go, subscription QPS, and general subscription resource plan billing methods.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Price	QPS limit
  0 < Calls (per month) ≤ 500,000	CNY 0.0016/call	5 QPS
  500,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 1,000,000	CNY 0.0014/call
  1,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 5,000,000	CNY 0.0012/call
  5,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 10,000,000	CNY 0.0010/call
  10,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 50,000,000	CNY 0.0009/call
  Calls (per month) > 50,000,000	CNY 0.0008/call

  Important

  • If you do not purchase a resource plan, you are charged on a Pay-as-you-go basis. Pay your bills on time to prevent overdue payments from affecting your business. If a payment is overdue for 24 hours, you can no longer call the service. You can resume using the service after you pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• Subscription QPS

  If you purchase a subscription QPS, you are not charged for individual calls. You can purchase QPS as needed. The prices are as follows:

  QPS purchased	Daily purchase	Monthly purchase
  0 < QPS ≤ 10	CNY 12.8/day/QPS	CNY 218/month/QPS
  10 < QPS ≤ 50	CNY 10.8/day/QPS	CNY 188/month/QPS
  50 < QPS ≤ 100	CNY 9.8/day/QPS	CNY 136/month/QPS
  Less than 100 QPS	CNY 9.0/day/QPS	CNY 126/month/QPS

  Important

  • After the subscription QPS expires, the QPS reverts to 5. You must renew your subscription promptly to avoid service interruptions.

  • After you purchase a subscription QPS, you can renew, upgrade, or make a temporary upgrade within the validity period. The platform does not limit the number of upgrades. However, you cannot downgrade after an upgrade. To perform these operations, go to the console.

  • A single account can purchase, upgrade, or temporarily upgrade a maximum of 50 QPS online. To increase your QPS limit, contact us through the DingTalk group: 23109592.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General subscription resource plan

  You can purchase multiple Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans. Resource plans are valid for 1 Year. When the points in a resource plan are used up or the plan expires, you are charged on a Pay-as-you-go basis. You can purchase resource plans as needed. The pricing is as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	125,000 times	0.04 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	250,000 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	2.5 million times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	25 million times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	125 million times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	250 million times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	500 million times		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	1,250,000,000		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	3.75 billion times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

1:1 face comparison with mask

The 1:1 Masked Face Comparison feature supports three billing methods: Pay-as-you-go, Subscription QPS, and General-purpose Subscription Resource Plan.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Price	QPS limit
  0 < Calls (per month) ≤ 500,000	CNY 0.0016/call	5 QPS
  500,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 1,000,000	CNY 0.0014/call
  1,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 5,000,000	CNY 0.0012/call
  5,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 10,000,000	CNY 0.0010/call
  10,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 50,000,000	CNY 0.0009/call
  Calls (per month) > 50,000,000	CNY 0.0008/call

  Important

  • If you do not purchase a resource plan, you are billed on a Pay-as-you-go basis. To avoid service suspension, you must pay your bills on time. A service with an overdue payment for 24 hours is automatically suspended. The service is resumed after the overdue bill is paid.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• Subscription QPS

  If you purchase a subscription QPS, you are not charged for individual calls. You can purchase QPS as needed. The prices are as follows:

  QPS purchased	Daily purchase	Monthly purchase
  0 < QPS ≤ 10	CNY 20/day/QPS	CNY 300/month/QPS
  10 < QPS ≤ 50	CNY 16/day/QPS	CNY 240/month/QPS
  50 < QPS ≤ 100	CNY 12/day/QPS	CNY 180/month/QPS
  QPS > 100	CNY 10/day/QPS	CNY 160/month/QPS

  Important

  • After the subscription QPS expires, the QPS reverts to 5. You must renew your subscription promptly to avoid service interruptions.

  • After you purchase a QPS subscription, you can perform a Renewal, an Upgrade, and a Temporary Upgrade within the validity period. The platform does not limit the number of upgrades, but you cannot downgrade the service after an upgrade. If your business requires it, go to the console to perform these operations.

  • A single account can purchase, upgrade, or temporarily upgrade a maximum of 50 QPS online. To increase your QPS limit, contact us through the DingTalk group: 23109592.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General-purpose Resource Subscription Plan

  You can purchase and stack resource plans for the Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API. If a resource plan expires or its points are used up, you are charged on a Pay-as-you-go basis. You can purchase resource plans as needed. Resource plans are valid for 1 Year. The pricing details are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	100,000 times	0.05 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	200,000 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	2 million times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	20,000,000		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	100,000,000		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	200 million times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	400 million times		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	1 billion times		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	3 billion times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Face detection and landmark localization

The Face Detection and Facial Feature Localization feature supports the following billing methods: pay-as-you-go, Subscription QPS, and general-purpose subscription resource plan.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Price	QPS limit
  0 < Calls (per month) ≤ 500,000	CNY 0.0016/call	5 QPS
  500,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 1,000,000	CNY 0.0014/call
  1,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 5,000,000	CNY 0.0012/call
  5,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 10,000,000	CNY 0.0010/call
  10,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 50,000,000	CNY 0.0009/call
  Calls (per month) > 50,000,000	CNY 0.0008/call

  Important

  • If you do not purchase a resource plan, you are billed at the Pay-as-you-go price. Pay your bills on time to prevent overdue payments from affecting your business. If a payment is overdue for more than 24 hours, your access to this feature will be suspended. You can resume the service after you pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• Subscription QPS

  If you purchase a subscription QPS, you are not charged for individual calls. You can purchase QPS as needed. The prices are as follows:

  QPS purchased	Daily purchase	Monthly purchase
  0 < QPS ≤ 10	CNY 12.8/day/QPS	CNY 218/month/QPS
  10 < QPS ≤ 50	CNY 10.8/day/QPS	CNY 188/month/QPS
  50 < QPS ≤ 100	CNY 9.8/day/QPS	CNY 136/month/QPS
  QPS > 100	CNY 9.0/day/QPS	CNY 126/month/QPS

  Important

  • After the subscription QPS expires, the QPS reverts to 5. You must renew your subscription promptly to avoid service interruptions.

  • After you purchase a QPS subscription, you can Renew, Upgrade, or Temporarily Upgrade it during the validity period. The platform does not limit the number of upgrades, but you cannot downgrade the service after it has been upgraded. You can perform these operations in the console.

  • A single account can purchase, upgrade, or temporarily upgrade a maximum of 50 QPS online. To increase your QPS limit, contact us through the DingTalk group: 23109592.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General subscription resource plan

  Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans support stacking. You can purchase resource plans as needed. Resource plans are valid for 1 Year. If a resource plan expires or its points are used up, you are automatically billed on a Pay-as-you-go basis. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	125,000 times	0.04 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	250,000 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	2.5 million times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	25 million times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	125 million times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	250 million times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	500 million times		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	1.25 billion times		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	3.75 billion times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Body detection

The body detection feature supports the pay-as-you-go, subscription QPS, and general subscription resource plan billing methods.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Price	QPS limit
  0 < Calls (per month) ≤ 50,000	CNY 0.0016/call	5 QPS
  50,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 100,000	CNY 0.0014/call
  100,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 500,000	CNY 0.0012/call
  500,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 1,000,000	CNY 0.0010/call
  1,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 5,000,000	CNY 0.0009/call
  Calls (per month) > 5,000,000	CNY 0.0008/call

  Important

  • If you have not purchased a resource plan, you are charged on a Pay-as-you-go basis. Pay your bills on time to prevent service disruptions from overdue payments. If a payment is overdue for 24 hours, you cannot invoke the service. To resume the service, pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• Subscription QPS

  If you purchase a subscription QPS, you are not charged for individual calls. You can purchase QPS as needed. The prices are as follows:

  QPS purchased	Daily purchase	Monthly purchase
  0 < QPS ≤ 10	CNY 20/day/QPS	CNY 300/month/QPS
  10 < QPS ≤ 50	CNY 16/day/QPS	CNY 240/month/QPS
  50 < QPS ≤ 100	CNY 12/day/QPS	CNY 180/month/QPS
  QPS > 100	CNY 10.8/day/QPS	CNY 162/month/QPS

  Important

  • After the subscription QPS expires, the QPS reverts to 5. You must renew your subscription promptly to avoid service interruptions.

  • In the console, you can Renew, Upgrade, or Temporarily Upgrade the Queries Per Second (QPS) for your subscription during its validity period. You can upgrade the service multiple times, but downgrades are not permitted.

  • A single account can purchase, upgrade, or temporarily upgrade a maximum of 50 QPS online. To increase your QPS limit, contact us through the DingTalk group: 23109592.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General-Purpose Subscription Resource Plan

  Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans are stackable. If a resource plan expires or all its points are consumed, you are billed on a Pay-as-you-go basis. You can purchase resource plans as needed. Resource plans are valid for one year. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	62,500 times	0.08 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	125,000 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	1.25 million times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	12,500,000 times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	62.5 million times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	125,000,000 times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	250 million times		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	625 million times		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	1.875 billion times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

1:N face search

The 1:N face search feature supports pay-as-you-go and general subscription resource plan.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Price	QPS limit
  0 < Calls (per month) ≤ 500,000	CNY 0.0016/call	2 QPS (This is an upper limit, not a guaranteed minimum.)
  500,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 1,000,000	CNY 0.0014/call
  1,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 5,000,000	CNY 0.0012/call
  5,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 10,000,000	CNY 0.0010/call
  10,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 50,000,000	CNY 0.0009/call
  Calls (per month) > 50,000,000	CNY 0.0008/call

  Important

  • If you do not purchase a resource plan, you are billed at the Pay-as-you-go rate. Pay your bills on time to prevent service disruptions caused by overdue payments. If a payment is overdue for 24 hours, your service is suspended. Your service is resumed after you pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General subscription resource plan

  You can purchase and stack Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans. If a resource plan expires or its points are used up, you are charged on a Pay-as-you-go basis. You can purchase resource plans as needed. Each plan is valid for 1 Year. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	125,000 times	0.04 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (This is an upper limit, not a guaranteed minimum. Effective at 08:00 on the next day.)
  10,000 points	250,000 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	2,500,000 times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	25 million times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	125 million times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	250 million times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	500 million times		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	1.25 billion times		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	3.75 billion times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Facial attribute recognition

The facial attribute recognition feature supports the pay-as-you-go, subscription QPS, and general subscription resource plan billing methods.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Price	QPS limit
  0 < Calls (per month) ≤ 50,000	CNY 0.0016/call	5 QPS
  50,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 100,000	CNY 0.0014/call
  100,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 500,000	CNY 0.0012/call
  500,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 1,000,000	CNY 0.0010/call
  1,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 5,000,000	CNY 0.0009/call
  Calls (per month) > 5,000,000	CNY 0.0008/call

  Important

  • If you do not purchase a resource plan, you are charged on a Pay-as-you-go basis. To prevent service disruptions from overdue payments, ensure that your bills are paid on time. If a payment is 24 hours overdue, you will be unable to invoke the service. The service is restored after the overdue bill is paid.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• Subscription Queries per Second (QPS)

  If you purchase a subscription QPS, you are not charged for individual calls. You can purchase QPS as needed. The prices are as follows:

  QPS purchased	Daily purchase	Monthly purchase
  0 < QPS ≤ 10	CNY 12.8/day/QPS	CNY 218/month/QPS
  10 < QPS ≤ 50	CNY 10.8/day/QPS	CNY 188/month/QPS
  50 < QPS ≤ 100	CNY 9.8/day/QPS	CNY 136/month/QPS
  < 100 QPS	CNY 9.0/day/QPS	CNY 126/month/QPS

  Important

  • After the subscription QPS expires, the QPS reverts to 5. You must renew your subscription promptly to avoid service interruptions.

  • After you purchase a QPS subscription, you can Renew, Upgrade, or Temporarily Upgrade it during its validity period. You can upgrade the service an unlimited number of times, but downgrades are not supported. To perform these operations, go to the console.

  • A single account can purchase, upgrade, or temporarily upgrade a maximum of 50 QPS online. To increase your QPS limit, contact us through the DingTalk group: 23109592.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General subscription resource plan

  You can purchase and stack multiple Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans. When a resource plan expires or its points are used up, billing automatically switches to the Pay-as-you-go method. You can purchase resource plans on demand. Resource plans are valid for 1 year. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	125,000 times	0.04 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	250,000 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	2.5 million times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	25 million times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	125 million times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	250 million times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	500 million times		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	1.25 billion times		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	3.75 billion times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Server-side face verification

The server-side Face Verification feature is available with the Pay-as-you-go and General Subscription Resource Plan billing methods.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Pay-as-you-go	QPS limit
  Unlimited	CNY 0.5/call	2 QPS

  Important

  • If you do not purchase a resource plan, you are billed at the Pay-as-you-go rate. Pay your bills on time to prevent overdue payments from disrupting your services. If a payment is overdue for 24 hours, your access to this feature is suspended. Access is restored after you pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General subscription resource plan

  Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans are stackable. After a resource plan expires or its points are used up, billing automatically switches to the Pay-as-you-go method. You can purchase resource plans based on your requirements. Each resource plan is valid for 1 year. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	100 times	50 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	200 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	2,000 times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	20,000 times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	100,000 times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	200,000 times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	400,000 times		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	1 million times		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	3 million times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

App-based face verification

For app-based face verification, only calls to the GenRealPersonVerificationToken API (request for mobile verification) are billed. Calls to the GetRealPersonVerificationResult API (query mobile verification result) are not billed.

The face verification feature for apps supports Pay-as-you-go and General-purpose Subscription Resource Plans.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Pay-as-you-go	QPS limit
  Unlimited	CNY 0.5/call	2 QPS

  Important

  • If you do not purchase a resource plan, you are billed at the Pay-as-you-go rate. Pay your bills on time to prevent overdue payments from disrupting your services. If a payment is overdue for 24 hours, your access to this feature is suspended. Access is restored after you pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General subscription resource plan

  You can purchase and stack multiple resource plans for the Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API. After the points in a resource plan are used up or the plan expires, subsequent usage is billed on a Pay-as-you-go basis. You can purchase resource plans based on your requirements. Resource plans are valid for 1 Year. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	100 times	50 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	200 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	2,000 times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	20,000 times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	100,000 times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	200,000 times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	400,000 times		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	1,000,000 times		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	3 million times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Image face fusion

Face retouching

Portrait animation

Portrait sketch stylization

Face restoration and enhancement

The Face Restoration and Enhancement feature is available with Pay-as-you-go and General-purpose Prepaid Resource Plans.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Pay-as-you-go	QPS limit
  Unlimited	CNY 0.1/call	2 QPS

  Important

  • If you do not purchase a resource plan, you are billed at the Pay-as-you-go rate. Pay your bills on time to prevent overdue payments from disrupting your services. If a payment is overdue for 24 hours, your access to this feature is suspended. Access is restored after you pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General subscription resource plan

  You can purchase resource plans for the Visual Intelligence API as needed. You can stack multiple resource plans, and each plan is valid for 1 Year. If a resource plan expires or its points are used up, you are billed on a Pay-as-you-go basis. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	500 times	10 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	1,000 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	10,000 times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	100,000		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	500,000 times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	1,000,000		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	2,000,000		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	5 million times		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	15 million times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Celebrity recognition

Billing description

Celebrity recognition is billed based on the number of tasks. If a single call involves multiple tasks, multiple fees are generated.

Example: You need to perform celebrity recognition once on 10 images. You can choose pay-as-you-go or purchase a general subscription resource plan. The fees are calculated as follows.

• Pay-as-you-go: CNY 0.0015 × 10 images × 1 call = CNY 0.015/call

• General subscription resource plan: 0.15 points × 10 images × 1 call = 1.5 points/call

The Celebrity Recognition feature supports the Pay-as-you-go and General-purpose Subscription Resource Plans billing methods.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Pay-as-you-go	QPS limit
  Unlimited	CNY 0.0015/call	2 QPS

  Important

  • If you do not purchase a resource plan, you are billed at the Pay-as-you-go rate. Pay your bills on time to prevent overdue payments from disrupting your services. If a payment is overdue for 24 hours, your access to this feature is suspended. Access is restored after you pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General-purpose Subscription Resource Plan

  Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans are stackable and valid for 1 Year. You can purchase resource plans as needed. If a plan expires or its points are used up, you are automatically charged on a Pay-as-you-go basis. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	33,334	0.15 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	66,667 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	666,667		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	6,666,667 times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	33,333,334 times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	66,666,667 times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	133,333,334		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	333,333,334		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	1 billion times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Face liveness detection

Billing description

Face liveness detection is billed based on the number of tasks. If a single call involves multiple tasks, multiple fees are generated.

Example: You need to perform face liveness detection once on 10 images. You can choose pay-as-you-go or a general subscription resource plan. The fees are calculated as follows.

• Pay-as-you-go: CNY 0.0015 × 10 images × 1 call = CNY 0.015/call

• General subscription resource plan: 0.15 points × 10 images × 1 call = 1.5 points/call

The Face liveness detection feature supports the following billing methods: Pay-as-you-go, Subscription QPS, and General Subscription Resource Plan.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Pay-as-you-go	QPS limit
  Unlimited	CNY 0.0015/call	2 QPS

  Important

  • If you do not purchase a resource plan, you are billed at the Pay-as-you-go rate. Pay your bills on time to prevent overdue payments from disrupting your services. If a payment is overdue for 24 hours, your access to this feature is suspended. Access is restored after you pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• Subscription Queries Per Second (QPS)

  Subscription QPS is purchased based on the QPS dimension. You can purchase QPS as needed.

  If your business requires high concurrency, you can purchase additional QPS at any time. QPS can be purchased by day or by month, which offers flexibility for various scenarios. The prices are as follows:

  QPS purchased	Daily purchase	Monthly purchase
  0 < QPS ≤ 10	CNY 12.8/day/QPS	CNY 218/month/QPS
  10 < QPS ≤ 50	CNY 10.8/day/QPS	CNY 188/month/QPS
  50 < QPS ≤ 100	CNY 9.8/day/QPS	CNY 136/month/QPS

  Important

  • After the subscription QPS expires, the QPS reverts to 2. You must renew your subscription promptly to avoid service interruptions.

  • After you purchase a QPS subscription, you can perform a Renewal, Upgrade, or Temporary Upgrade during the validity period. The platform does not limit the number of upgrades, but you cannot perform a downgrade after an upgrade. To perform these operations, go to the console.

  • A single account can purchase, upgrade, or temporarily upgrade a maximum of 50 QPS online. To increase your QPS limit, contact us through the DingTalk group: 23109592.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General subscription resource plan

  You can purchase and stack Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans. After a resource plan is used up or expires, the system switches to the pay-as-you-go billing method. You can purchase a resource plan as needed. Resource plans are valid for 1 year. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	33,334 times	0.15 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	66,667 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	666,667		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	6,666,667 times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	33,333,334		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	66,666,667		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	133,333,334		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	333,333,334		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	1 billion times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Infrared face liveness detection

The Infrared face liveness detection feature is billed based on Pay-as-you-go, Subscription QPS, and General-purpose Subscription Resource Plans.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Pay-as-you-go	QPS limit
  Unlimited	CNY 0.0015/call	2 QPS

  Important

  • If you do not purchase a resource plan, you are billed at the Pay-as-you-go rate. Pay your bills on time to prevent overdue payments from disrupting your services. If a payment is overdue for 24 hours, your access to this feature is suspended. Access is restored after you pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• Subscription QPS

  Subscription QPS is purchased based on the QPS dimension. You can purchase QPS as needed.

  If your business requires high concurrency, you can purchase additional QPS at any time. QPS can be purchased by day or by month, which offers flexibility for various scenarios. The prices are as follows:

  QPS purchased	Daily purchase	Monthly purchase
  0 < QPS ≤ 10	CNY 12.8/day/QPS	CNY 218/month/QPS
  10 < QPS ≤ 50	CNY 10.8/day/QPS	CNY 188/month/QPS
  50 < QPS ≤ 100	CNY 9.8/day/QPS	CNY 136/month/QPS

  Important

  • After the subscription QPS expires, the QPS reverts to 2. You must renew your subscription promptly to avoid service interruptions.

  • After you purchase a QPS subscription, you can Renew, Upgrade, or Temporarily Upgrade the service within its validity period. You can upgrade the service multiple times, but you cannot downgrade the service after an upgrade. To perform these operations, go to the console.

  • A single account can purchase, upgrade, or temporarily upgrade a maximum of 50 QPS online. To increase your QPS limit, contact us through the DingTalk group: 23109592.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General-Purpose Subscription Resource Plan

  You can purchase and stack Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans. After a resource plan is used up or expires, the system switches to the pay-as-you-go billing method. You can purchase a resource plan as needed. Resource plans are valid for 1 year. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	33,334 times	0.15 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	66,667 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	666,667 times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	6,666,667		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	33,333,334 times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	66,666,667		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	133,333,334		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	333,333,334		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	1 billion times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Celebrity recognition

The Celebrity Recognition feature uses the Pay-as-you-go and General Prepaid Resource Plan billing methods.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Pay-as-you-go	QPS limit
  Unlimited	CNY 0.0015/call	2 QPS

  Important

  • If you do not purchase a resource plan, you are billed at the Pay-as-you-go rate. Pay your bills on time to prevent overdue payments from disrupting your services. If a payment is overdue for 24 hours, your access to this feature is suspended. Access is restored after you pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General-purpose Subscription Resource Plan

  Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans are stackable and valid for 1 Year. You can purchase resource plans as needed. If a plan expires or its points are used up, you are automatically charged on a Pay-as-you-go basis. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	33,334	0.15 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	66,667 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	666,667		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	6,666,667 times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	33,333,334 times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	66,666,667 times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	133,333,334		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	333,333,334		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	1 billion times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Online proctoring

The online proctoring feature supports the pay-as-you-go, subscription QPS, and general subscription resource plan billing methods.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Price	QPS limit
  0 < Calls (per month) ≤ 50,000	CNY 0.0016/call	5 QPS
  50,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 100,000	CNY 0.0014/call
  100,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 500,000	CNY 0.0012/call
  500,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 1,000,000	CNY 0.0010/call
  1,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 5,000,000	CNY 0.0009/call
  Calls (per month) > 5,000,000	CNY 0.0008/call

  Important

  • If you do not purchase a resource plan, you will be charged on a Pay-as-you-go basis. Please pay your bills on time to prevent overdue payments from disrupting your services. If a payment is 24 hours overdue, your service will be suspended. You can resume the service after you pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• Subscription QPS

  If you purchase a subscription QPS, you are not charged for individual calls. You can purchase QPS as needed. The prices are as follows:

  QPS purchased	Daily purchase	Monthly purchase
  0 < QPS ≤ 10	CNY 20/day/QPS	CNY 300/month/QPS
  10 < QPS ≤ 50	CNY 16/day/QPS	CNY 240/month/QPS
  50 < QPS ≤ 100	CNY 12/day/QPS	CNY 180/month/QPS
  QPS < 100	CNY 10.8/day/QPS	CNY 162/month/QPS

  Important

  • After the subscription QPS expires, the QPS reverts to 5. You must renew your subscription promptly to avoid service interruptions.

  • After you purchase a QPS subscription, you can Renew, Upgrade, or Temporarily Upgrade it within its validity period. You can upgrade the service multiple times, but you cannot downgrade it. To perform these operations, go to the console.

  • A single account can purchase, upgrade, or temporarily upgrade a maximum of 50 QPS online. To increase your QPS limit, contact us through the DingTalk group: 23109592.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General subscription resource plan

  You can purchase and stack Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans. After a resource plan is used up or expires, the system switches to the pay-as-you-go billing method. You can purchase a resource plan as needed. Resource plans are valid for 1 year. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	62,500 times	0.08 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	125,000 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	1.25 million times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	12.5 million times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	62.5 million times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	125 million times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	250 million times		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	625 million times		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	1.875 billion times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Body structural attributes

The body structural attributes feature supports the pay-as-you-go, subscription QPS, and general subscription resource plan billing methods.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Price	QPS limit
  0 < Calls (per month) ≤ 50,000	CNY 0.0016/call	5 QPS
  50,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 100,000	CNY 0.0014/call
  100,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 500,000	CNY 0.0012/call
  500,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 1,000,000	CNY 0.0010/call
  1,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 5,000,000	CNY 0.0009/call
  Calls (per month) > 5,000,000	CNY 0.0008/call

  Important

  • If you have not purchased a resource plan, you are billed on a Pay-as-you-go basis. Please pay your bills on time to prevent service interruptions from overdue payments. If a payment is overdue for 24 hours, your service is suspended. You can resume the service after you pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• Subscription QPS

  If you purchase a subscription QPS, you are not charged for individual calls. You can purchase QPS as needed. The prices are as follows:

  QPS purchased	Daily purchase	Monthly purchase
  0 < QPS ≤ 10	CNY 30/day/QPS	CNY 450/month/QPS
  10 < QPS ≤ 50	CNY 24/day/QPS	CNY 360/month/QPS
  50 < QPS ≤ 100	CNY 18/day/QPS	CNY 270/month/QPS
  Less than 100 QPS	CNY 16/day/QPS	CNY 240/month/QPS

  Important

  • After the subscription QPS expires, the QPS reverts to 5. You must renew your subscription promptly to avoid service interruptions.

  • After you purchase a subscription QPS resource, you can Renew, Upgrade, or Temporarily Upgrade it in the console during its validity period. You can upgrade the resource multiple times, but downgrades are not supported after an upgrade.

  • A single account can purchase, upgrade, or temporarily upgrade a maximum of 50 QPS online. To increase your QPS limit, contact us through the DingTalk group: 23109592.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General subscription resource plan

  You can purchase and stack Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans. After a resource plan is used up or expires, the system switches to the pay-as-you-go billing method. You can purchase a resource plan as needed. Resource plans are valid for 1 year. The prices are as follows:

  Resource Plan Specifications	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	62,500 times	0.08 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	125,000 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	1.25 million times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	12.5 million times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	62,500,000 times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	125 million times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	250 million times		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	625 million times		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	1.875 billion times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Fingerprint extraction

The Fingerprint Extraction feature is available with Prepaid QPS billing.

If you purchase a subscription QPS, you are not charged for individual calls. You can purchase QPS as needed.

Intelligent skin beautification

Intelligent face slimming

Expression recognition

The expression recognition feature supports the pay-as-you-go, subscription QPS, and general subscription resource plan billing methods.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Price	QPS limit
  0 < Calls (per month) ≤ 50,000	CNY 0.0016/call	5 QPS
  50,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 100,000	CNY 0.0014/call
  100,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 500,000	CNY 0.0012/call
  500,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 1,000,000	CNY 0.0010/call
  1,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 5,000,000	CNY 0.0009/call
  Calls (per month) > 5,000,000	CNY 0.0008/call

  Important

  • If you have not purchased a resource plan, you are billed at the Pay-as-you-go price. Make sure to pay your bills on time to avoid service disruptions due to overdue payments. If a payment is overdue for 24 hours, your ability to make calls is suspended. You can resume the service after you pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• Subscription QPS

  If you purchase a subscription QPS, you are not charged for individual calls. You can purchase QPS as needed. The prices are as follows:

  QPS Purchase Quantity	Daily purchase	Monthly purchase
  0 < QPS ≤ 10	CNY 12.8/day/QPS	CNY 218/month/QPS
  10 < QPS ≤ 50	CNY 10.8/day/QPS	CNY 188/month/QPS
  50 < QPS ≤ 100	CNY 9.8/day/QPS	CNY 136/month/QPS
  < 100 QPS	CNY 9.0/day/QPS	CNY 126/month/QPS

  Important

  • After the subscription QPS expires, the QPS reverts to 5. You must renew your subscription promptly to avoid service interruptions.

  • After you purchase a subscription QPS, you can renew, upgrade, or make temporary upgrades within the validity period. The platform does not limit the number of upgrades. However, you cannot downgrade after an upgrade. To perform these operations, go to the console.

  • A single account can purchase, upgrade, or temporarily upgrade a maximum of 50 QPS online. To increase your QPS limit, contact us through the DingTalk group: 23109592.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General-Purpose Subscription Resource Plan

  You can purchase resource plans for the Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API and stack multiple plans as needed. Resource plans are valid for 1 Year. After a resource plan expires or its points are used up, services are billed on a Pay-as-you-go basis. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	100,000 times	0.05 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	200,000 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	2 million times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	20 million times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	100 million times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	200 million times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	400 million times		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	1 billion times		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	3 billion times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Face information desensitization

The face information desensitization feature supports the pay-as-you-go, subscription QPS, and general subscription resource plan billing methods.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Price	QPS limit
  0 < Calls (per month) ≤ 50,000	CNY 0.0016/call	5 QPS
  50,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 100,000	CNY 0.0014/call
  100,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 500,000	CNY 0.0012/call
  500,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 1,000,000	CNY 0.0010/call
  1,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 5,000,000	CNY 0.0009/call
  Calls (per month) > 5,000,000	CNY 0.0008/call

  Important

  • If you have not purchased a resource plan, you are charged at the Pay-as-you-go rate. Pay your bills on time to prevent service disruptions due to overdue payments. If a payment is 24 hours overdue, your access to this feature is suspended. You can resume using the feature after you pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• Subscription QPS

  If you purchase a subscription QPS, you are not charged for individual calls. You can purchase QPS as needed. The prices are as follows:

  Number of QPS	Daily purchase	Monthly purchase
  0 < QPS ≤ 10	CNY 40/day/QPS	CNY 600/month/QPS
  10 < QPS ≤ 50	CNY 30/day/QPS	CNY 450/month/QPS
  50 < QPS ≤ 100	CNY 24/day/QPS	CNY 360/month/QPS
  < 100 QPS	CNY 18/day/QPS	CNY 270/month/QPS

  Important

  • After the subscription QPS expires, the QPS reverts to 5. You must renew your subscription promptly to avoid service interruptions.

  • After you purchase a subscription QPS, you can renew, upgrade, or make temporary upgrades within the validity period. The platform does not limit the number of upgrades. However, you cannot downgrade after an upgrade. To perform these operations, go to the console.

  • A single account can purchase, upgrade, or temporarily upgrade a maximum of 50 QPS online. To increase your QPS limit, contact us through the DingTalk group: 23109592.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General subscription resource plan

  You can purchase multiple Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans. Resource plans are valid for 1 Year. When a resource plan expires or its points are used up, you are charged on a Pay-as-you-go basis. You can purchase resource plans as needed. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	62,500 times	0.08 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	125,000 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	1,250,000 times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	12,500,000 times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	62.5 million times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	125 million times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	250 million times		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	625 million times		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	1.875 billion times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Body pose keypoints

The body pose keypoints feature supports the pay-as-you-go, subscription QPS, and general subscription resource plan billing methods.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Price	QPS limit
  0 < Calls (per month) ≤ 50,000	CNY 0.0016/call	5 QPS
  50,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 100,000	CNY 0.0014/call
  100,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 500,000	CNY 0.0012/call
  500,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 1,000,000	CNY 0.0010/call
  1,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 5,000,000	CNY 0.0009/call
  Calls (per month) > 5,000,000	CNY 0.0008/call

  Important

  • If you do not purchase a resource plan, you are billed at Pay-as-you-go rates. To avoid service suspension due to overdue payments, ensure you pay your bills on time. Your service is suspended if a payment is overdue for 24 hours, and can be resumed after the overdue bill is paid.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• Prepaid QPS

  If you purchase a subscription QPS, you are not charged for individual calls. You can purchase QPS as needed. The prices are as follows:

  QPS purchased	Daily purchase	Monthly purchase
  0 < QPS ≤ 10	CNY 30/day/QPS	CNY 450/month/QPS
  10 < QPS ≤ 50	CNY 24/day/QPS	CNY 360/month/QPS
  50 < QPS ≤ 100	CNY 18/day/QPS	CNY 270/month/QPS
  < 100 QPS	CNY 16/day/QPS	CNY 240/month/QPS

  Important

  • After the subscription QPS expires, the QPS reverts to 5. You must renew your subscription promptly to avoid service interruptions.

  • After you purchase a subscription QPS, you can renew, upgrade, or make temporary upgrades within the validity period. The platform does not limit the number of upgrades. However, you cannot downgrade after an upgrade. To perform these operations, go to the console.

  • A single account can purchase, upgrade, or temporarily upgrade a maximum of 50 QPS online. To increase your QPS limit, contact us through the DingTalk group: 23109592.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General-Purpose Subscription Resource Plan

  You can purchase multiple resource plans for the Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API. After all the points in your resource plan are used or the plan expires, you are billed on a Pay-as-you-go basis. You can purchase resource plans as needed. Resource plans are valid for 1 Year. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	62,500 times	0.08 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	125,000 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	1,250,000 times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	12.5 million times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	62.5 million times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	125 million times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	250 million times		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	625 million times		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	1.875 billion times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

People Counting

The body counting feature supports the pay-as-you-go, subscription QPS, and general subscription resource plan billing methods.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Price	QPS limit
  0 < Calls (per month) ≤ 50,000	CNY 0.0016/call	5 QPS
  50,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 100,000	CNY 0.0014/call
  100,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 500,000	CNY 0.0012/call
  500,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 1,000,000	CNY 0.0010/call
  1,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 5,000,000	CNY 0.0009/call
  Calls (per month) > 5,000,000	CNY 0.0008/call

  Important

  • If you have not purchased a resource plan, you will be billed at Pay-as-you-go rates. Please pay your bills on time to prevent overdue payments from disrupting your service. If a payment is overdue for 24 hours, you will be unable to call the service. You can resume the service after you pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• Subscription QPS

  If you purchase a subscription QPS, you are not charged for individual calls. You can purchase QPS as needed. The prices are as follows:

  QPS purchased	Daily purchase	Monthly purchase
  0 < QPS ≤ 10	CNY 30/day/QPS	CNY 450/month/QPS
  10 < QPS ≤ 50	CNY 24/day/QPS	CNY 360/month/QPS
  50 < QPS ≤ 100	CNY 18/day/QPS	CNY 270/month/QPS
  < 100 QPS	CNY 16/day/QPS	CNY 240/month/QPS

  Important

  • After the subscription QPS expires, the QPS reverts to 5. You must renew your subscription promptly to avoid service interruptions.

  • After you purchase a subscription QPS, you can renew, upgrade, or make temporary upgrades within the validity period. The platform does not limit the number of upgrades. However, you cannot downgrade after an upgrade. To perform these operations, go to the console.

  • A single account can purchase, upgrade, or temporarily upgrade a maximum of 50 QPS online. To increase your QPS limit, contact us through the DingTalk group: 23109592.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General subscription resource plan

  You can purchase multiple Visual Intelligence API resource plans. All plans are valid for 1 Year. When a resource plan expires or its points are exhausted, you are automatically charged on a Pay-as-you-go basis. To add more, you can purchase resource plans as needed. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	62,500 times	0.08 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	125,000 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	1,250,000 times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	12.5 million times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	62.5 million times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	125 million times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	250 million times		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	625 million times		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	1.875 billion times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Action and behavior recognition

The action and behavior recognition feature supports the pay-as-you-go and general subscription resource plan billing methods.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Price	QPS limit
  0 < Calls (per month) ≤ 1,000,000	CNY 0.0080/call	2 QPS
  1,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 5,000,000	CNY 0.0070/call
  Calls (per month) > 5,000,000	CNY 0.0060/call

  Important

  • If you do not have a resource plan, you will be charged the Pay-as-you-go price. Please pay your bills on time to avoid business disruptions caused by overdue payments. If a payment is overdue for 24 hours, your service will be suspended. You can resume the service after paying the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General subscription resource plan

  Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API resource plans are stackable. When the points in a resource plan are used up or the plan expires, billing automatically switches to the Pay-as-you-go method. You can purchase resource plans as needed. Resource plans are valid for 1 Year. The prices are as follows:

  Resource plan size	Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	QPS limit
  5,000 points	6,250 times	0.8 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	12,500 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	125,000 times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	1,250,000		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	6.25 million times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	12,500,000 times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	25 million times		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	62,500,000 times		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	187,500,000		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Video liveness detection

The video liveness detection feature supports the pay-as-you-go and general subscription resource plan billing methods.

• Pay-as-you-go

  Calls	Price	QPS limit
  0 < Calls (per month) ≤ 1,000,000	CNY 0.080/call	2 QPS
  1,000,000 < Calls (per month) ≤ 5,000,000	CNY 0.070/call
  Calls (per month) > 5,000,000	CNY 0.060/call

  Important

  • If you do not have a resource plan, you are billed on a Pay-as-you-go basis. Ensure that you pay your bills on time to prevent overdue payments from affecting your business. If a payment is overdue for 24 hours, you cannot call this feature. To resume the Service, you must pay the overdue bill.

  • Failed calls are not billed.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

• General-purpose resource plan

  You can purchase and stack multiple resource plans for the Alibaba Cloud Visual Intelligence API. Each plan is valid for 1 Year. If a resource plan expires or its points are used up, subsequent usage is billed on a Pay-as-you-go basis. You can purchase resource plans as needed. The prices are as follows:

  Number of calls	Offset factor	Standard price	Discount policy
  5,000 points	625 views	8 points/call	CNY 50	5 QPS (effective at 08:00 on the next day)
  10,000 points	1,250 times		CNY 100
  100,000 points	12,500 times		CNY 1,000
  1,000,000 points	125,000 times		CNY 10,000
  5,000,000 points	625,000 times		CNY 50,000
  10,000,000 points	1,250,000 times		CNY 100,000
  20,000,000 points	2.5 million times		CNY 200,000
  50,000,000 points	6.25 million times		CNY 500,000
  150,000,000 points	18,750,000 times		CNY 1,500,000

  Important

  • General subscription resource plans can be used across different feature categories. For example, you can use the same purchased general subscription resource plan for both face verification and high definition body segmentation.

  • For more information, see Billing methods.

Call billing description

The following rules apply to API call billing:

• A successful call, indicated by a status code of 200, is billed.

• A call that returns the error code InvalidImage.NotFoundFace (no face found in the image) is billed. Calls that return other error codes are not billed.

References

• QPS description

• Overdue payments

• Refund policy

• Billing FAQ