Pay-as-you-go billing rules-Alibaba Cloud DevOps(Alibaba Cloud DevOps)-阿里云帮助中心

This topic describes the billing rules, billable items, and how to activate or cancel pay-as-you-go for Alibaba Cloud DevOps resources.

Billing rules

Alibaba Cloud DevOps resources include code storage, artifact storage, and pipeline build resources:

If your resource consumption is within the free quota, your organization will not be charged.
If your resource consumption exceeds the free quota, you can activate pay-as-you-go. After activation, you are billed for usage that exceeds the free quota. A bill is generated and settled in each billing cycle. The Alibaba Cloud DevOps billing cycle is daily. The exact settlement time is determined by the Alibaba Cloud DevOps platform.

Bills are typically generated a few hours after the current billing cycle ends. The exact time is determined by the system.

Note

If your available balance (including your Alibaba Cloud account balance and coupons) is less than the amount due, you will receive an insufficient balance notification by SMS or email.

Use cases

Pay-as-you-go is ideal for on-demand use of code storage, artifact storage, and pipeline build resources.

Billable items

Billable item	Pricing	Description	Example
Code Git storage	CNY 5 per GiB/month (Daily rate = CNY 5 per GiB/month × 12 months / 365 days)	Total Git storage across all code repositories in the organization, excluding resources in the recycle bin. Unit: GiB. Usage is measured daily around 23:00. The data at the time of measurement is recorded as the storage amount for that day. Free quota: 20 GiB. Usage exceeding 20 GiB is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis.	For example, if the measured storage amount is 8 GiB, it does not exceed the 20 GiB free quota, so the hourly storage fee is CNY 0. For example, if the measured storage amount is 120 GiB, the hourly storage fee is calculated as: (120 GiB - 20 GiB) × (CNY 5 per GiB/month × 12 months / 365 days / 24 hours) = CNY 0.685. Your total bill is the sum of these hourly fees.
Code LFS storage	CNY 1 per GiB/month (Daily rate = CNY 1 per GiB/month × 12 months / 365 days)	Total LFS storage across all code repositories in the organization, excluding resources in the recycle bin. Unit: GiB. Usage is measured daily around 23:00. The data at the time of measurement is recorded as the storage amount for that day. Free quota: 20 GiB. Usage exceeding 20 GiB is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis.	For example, if the measured storage amount is 8 GiB, it does not exceed the 20 GiB free quota, so the hourly storage fee is CNY 0. For example, if the measured storage amount is 120 GiB, the hourly storage fee is calculated as: (120 GiB - 20 GiB) × (CNY 1 per GiB/month × 12 months / 365 days / 24 hours) = CNY 0.137. Your total bill is the sum of these hourly fees.
Pipeline build resources	CNY 0.03 per core-minute	Total core-minutes for all pipeline tasks that use Alibaba Cloud DevOps public build clusters in the organization. This includes Flow pipeline tasks, Codeup code scanning tasks, and AppStack development process tasks. Tasks that use private build clusters are not included. Unit: core-minute. core-minute = Pipeline task build duration (minutes) × Number of CPU cores in the build environment (cores) × Build cluster coefficient. The build duration only counts the time when a task is actually executing builds on the build cluster. Time spent queuing, waiting for triggers, or deployment waiting is not included in billable time. Free quota: 3,000 core-minutes per month. This quota resets at the end of each month. Usage exceeding the free quota is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis.	For example, your cumulative build usage for the month is 2,800 core-minutes at 15:00 on a given day. At 16:00, the cumulative usage is 2,900 core-minutes. Because the total is still within the 3,000 core-minute free quota, you are not charged for this usage. For example, your cumulative build usage for the month is 3,200 core-minutes at 15:00 on a given day. At 16:00, the cumulative usage is 3,300 core-minutes. The charge for this hour is calculated as follows: (3,300 core-minutes - 3,200 core-minutes) × CNY 0.03 per core-minute = CNY 3. Your total bill is the sum of these hourly fees.
Artifact storage	CNY 1 per GiB/month (Daily rate = CNY 1 per GiB/month × 12 months / 365 days)	Total storage of all artifact repositories in the organization, including artifacts in the repository recycle bin. Unit: GiB. Usage is measured daily around 23:00. The data at the time of measurement is recorded as the storage amount for that day. Free quota: 10 GiB. When your organization's storage usage reaches the 10 GiB free quota, you can no longer upload artifacts. To continue uploading, activate pay-as-you-go. Only usage that exceeds 10 GiB is billed.	For example, if the measured storage amount is 8 GiB, it does not exceed the 10 GiB free quota, so the hourly storage fee is CNY 0. For example, if the measured storage amount is 110 GiB, the hourly storage fee is calculated as: (110 GiB - 10 GiB) × (CNY 1 per GiB/month × 12 months / 365 days / 24 hours) = CNY 0.137. Your total bill is the sum of these hourly fees.

Quotas and usage

Organization owners and organization administrators can log on to the organization management console, select Resources and Packages from the left-side navigation pane, and view resource usage and available quotas on the Resource Overview tab.

This page displays two types of resource usage: Pipeline Resource Usage (including core-minutes used this month, elastic scaling, and a historical build usage trend chart) and Code Repository Resource Usage (including Git storage capacity, LFS storage capacity, the Git capacity limit for a single repository, and a historical storage usage trend chart).

Activate pay-as-you-go

If your organization's resource usage on Alibaba Cloud DevOps exceeds the free quota, related features will be restricted. We recommend activating pay-as-you-go to ensure uninterrupted service. After activation, you are billed only for resource usage that exceeds the free quota.

Log on to the Alibaba Cloud DevOps console as the organization owner or a RAM user with the AliyunRDCFullAccess permission.
If you are not an organization owner, contact your organization owner to activate pay-as-you-go billing.
Go to the instance details page of the target organization. In the DevOps Service - Resource Pay-As-You-Go section, click Activate.

Cancel pay-as-you-go

Log on to the Alibaba Cloud DevOps console as the organization owner or a RAM user with the AliyunRDCFullAccess permission.
Go to the instance details page of the target organization. In the DevOps Service - Resource Pay-As-You-Go section, click Cancel Subscription.

Common cancellation issues

Cannot transfer organization ownership

If pay-as-you-go billing has been activated for the organization, the Transfer Ownership button may be grayed out. The current owner must first cancel pay-as-you-go billing before the ownership can be transferred.

Reseller accounts cannot activate or cancel

Reseller (channel partner) accounts cannot directly purchase or manage Alibaba Cloud DevOps pay-as-you-go resources. To perform these operations, first transfer organization ownership to a regular Alibaba Cloud account, and then have that account log on to the console to activate or cancel the subscription.

Delete organization to stop billing

Deleting an unused organization completely stops all pay-as-you-go charges for that organization.

Important

Organization deletion is irreversible. Ensure that no data within the organization needs to be preserved before proceeding.

Overdue payments

An overdue payment affects your service status as follows:

If your overdue amount is within the service suspension protection quota, your service will not be suspended.
Note
Alibaba Cloud provides service suspension protection, which allows you to continue using cloud services for a specific period or up to a certain amount after your account becomes overdue. Billing continues during the protection period. The service suspension protection quota is not an upper limit on your total overdue amount. This quota or duration is automatically calculated and updated each month based on factors such as your historical spending on Alibaba Cloud. For more information, see service suspension protection.
If your account is overdue and has exhausted its service suspension protection allowance, services that use more than the free quota become unavailable.
Even if your account is overdue and services are suspended, you are still charged for occupied code or artifact storage resources, causing the overdue amount to accumulate.
If you top up your account and clear the outstanding balance, pay-as-you-go billing resumes, and your services are restored.

FAQ

Which account is charged for Alibaba Cloud DevOps pay-as-you-go billing?

Alibaba Cloud DevOps pay-as-you-go billing is based on the organization owner. Charges are billed to the Alibaba Cloud account associated with the organization owner. Activating, canceling, or managing pay-as-you-go billing must be performed by the organization owner or a RAM user with the AliyunRDCFullAccess permission.

How do I view my pay-as-you-go subscription and monthly expense details?

View subscription information: Administrators can log on to the Alibaba Cloud DevOps console and switch to the Center view in the upper-left corner to view the pay-as-you-go subscription status.
View expense details: Log on to the Alibaba Cloud Billing Management console, go to the Bill Details page, and filter by product name DevOps Resources to view the billing breakdown for items such as code repository storage and LFS storage.

What features are affected by canceling pay-as-you-go billing?

Canceling pay-as-you-go billing affects not only code repository features but also artifact repositories (Packages), pipeline builds, and other services that exceed the free quota. If your resource usage exceeds the free quota and pay-as-you-go billing is not activated, the corresponding services are restricted (for example, you cannot push code or upload artifacts). We recommend that you verify your resource usage is within the free quota before canceling.

Data cleanup

To free up storage space, you can clean up historical data as needed:

To clean up code repository data, see Capacity and Cleanup.
To clean up artifact repository data, see Artifact Cleanup.