This topic describes the edition, billable items, and activation methods of Alibaba Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus.
The subscription billing method of Managed Service for Prometheus is no longer supported. For more information, see [Billing changes] Discontinuation of the subscription billing method for Managed Service for Prometheus.
Edition
Managed Service for Prometheus provides the Pro Edition, which supports the pay-as-you-go and subscription billing methods. The following table describes the billing methods.
Edition | Billing method | Billable item | Description | References |
Pro Edition | Pay-as-you-go | Number of reported data samples | The pay-as-you-go billing method is used. You are charged based on your resource usage. Bills are generated and fees are deducted from the balance of your Alibaba Cloud account at the end of each billing cycle. | |
Storage duration | ||||
Subscription | Capacity | The subscription billing method is used. Subscription is a billing method that allows you to pay in advance for the use of resources. | ||
Storage duration |
The metrics are classified into basic metrics and custom metrics. For more information about basic metrics, see Metrics. Custom metrics refer to non-basic metrics.
Billable items
Pay-as-you-go
You are charged for Managed Service for Prometheus based on the number of reported data samples of metrics and the storage duration of each data sample.
Data samples: You are not charged a data reporting fee for the data samples of basic metrics. You are charged a data reporting fee only for the data samples of custom metrics.
Metric type
Pro Edition (pay-as-you-go)
Basic metric
Free of charge.
Custom metric
You are charged a data reporting fee for the data samples of custom metrics. For more information, see Pay-as-you-go.
Storage duration: You are charged a data storage fee based on the storage duration of basic metrics and custom metrics. By default, each data sample is stored for 15 days. If you want to store data for a longer duration, you can modify the Storage Days parameter on the Storage Duration tab based on your business requirements. For more information, see Pay-as-you-go.
Metric type
Pro Edition (pay-as-you-go)
Basic metric
If the storage duration exceeds 30 days, you are charged USD 0.002 for every one million data samples per day.
Custom metric
Subscription
You are charged for Managed Service for Prometheus based on the capacity of a Prometheus instance and the storage duration of a data sample. The following Prometheus instance types support the subscription billing method: Prometheus instance for Container Service, general-purpose Prometheus instance, Prometheus instance for Flink Serverless, and Prometheus instance for ECS. Different Prometheus instance types support different capacity options. The following table describes the capacity options. Different Prometheus instance types support different capacity options. The following table describes the capacity options.
Capacity options:
Prometheus instance for Container Service
Prometheus instances for Container Service provide capacity options based on the number of nodes deployed in your cluster. For example, if you deploy 10 nodes in your cluster, you can select the medium capacity, large capacity, and extra large capacity, but cannot select the small capacity. For more information, see Billing of Prometheus instances for Container Service.
Capacity
Number of nodes
Number of data samples that can be reported for custom metrics per month
Description
Small
1~5
3 billion
For example, you have deployed 4 nodes in your cluster and you need to report 3 billion data samples for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the small capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance for Container Service.
Medium
6~20
10 billion
For example, you have deployed 10 nodes in your cluster and you need to report 8 billion data samples for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the medium capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance for Container Service.
Large
21~50
25 billion
For example, you have deployed 30 nodes in your cluster and you need to report 20 billion data samples for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the large capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance for Container Service.
Extra large
51~200
60 billion
For example, you have deployed 100 nodes in your cluster and you need to report 50 billion data samples for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the extra large capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance for Container Service.
Custom
More than 200
For every 20 additional nodes, you can report 10 billion custom metrics per month.
For example, you have deployed 260 nodes in your cluster and you need to report 70 billion data samples for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select a custom capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance for Container Service.
General-purpose Prometheus instance, Prometheus instance for Flink Serverless, and Prometheus instance for ECS
You can configure the custom capacity for the preceding Prometheus instance types. For more information, see Billing of general-purpose Prometheus instances, Prometheus instances for ECS, and Prometheus instances for Flink Serverless.
Capacity
Number of data samples that can be reported for custom metrics per month
Description
Small
3 billion
For example, you need to report 3 billion data samples for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the small capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance.
Medium
10 billion
For example, you need to report 8 billion data samples for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the medium capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance.
Large
25 billion
For example, you need to report 20 billion data samples for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the large capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance.
Extra large
60 billion
For example, you need to report 50 billion data samples for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the extra large capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance.
Custom
More than 60 billion
You can configure the number of data samples that you can report for custom metrics. For example, you need to report 80 billion data samples for custom metrics each month. We recommend that you select the custom capacity when you purchase a subscription Prometheus instance.
If the number of reported data samples exceeds the capacity of a Prometheus instance, Managed Service for Prometheus performs throttling on the data samples that you can report to ensure service stability. If the number of reported data samples exceeds the capacity of a Prometheus instance, Managed Service for Prometheus performs throttling on the data samples that you can report to ensure service stability. You can also change the capacity of the Prometheus instance. On the Instances page, find the Prometheus instance and choose in the Actions column.
Storage duration
You can store metrics for one month, three months, or six months. If you select 1 Month as the storage duration when you purchase a Prometheus instance, you can change the storage duration to 3 months or 6 months. For more information, see How do I change the storage duration of the data entries for a metric?
NoteManaged Service for Prometheus automatically clears the historical metrics that exceed the storage duration.
Activation
Pro Edition
For information about how to activate Managed Service for Prometheus Pro Edition (pay-as-you-go), see Pay-as-you-go.
For information about how to activate Managed Service for Prometheus Pro Edition (subscription), see Overview.