This topic estimates and compares the previous and current pay-as-you-go prices of Alibaba Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus to help you choose a cost-effective billing mode.
Estimate fees
Estimate fees based on the business scale
Assume that the average size of a metric entry is 0.5 KB. The following table lists the differences between previous and current prices of Managed Service for Prometheus.
Number of reported metric entries per day | Estimated daily data volume | Previous price (pay-as-you-go) | Current price (pay-as-you-go) | Cost saved |
0 - 50 million | 0 - 25 GB | 0 - USD 1.55/day | 0 - USD 6.299/day | 75% |
50 million - 150 million | 25 GB - 75 GB | USD 1.55 - USD 4.65/day | USD 6.299 - USD 16.535/day | 71% - 75% |
150 million - 300 million | 75 GB -150 GB | USD 4.65 - USD 9.3/day | USD 16.535 - USD 29.528/day | 68% - 71% |
300 million - 600 million | 150 GB - 300 GB | USD 9.3 - USD 18.6/day | USD 29.528 - USD 50.787/day | 63% - 76% |
600 million - 1200 million | 300 GB - 600GB | USD 18.6 - USD 37.2/day | USD 50.787 - USD 83.858/day | 55% - 63% |
More than 1200 million | More than 600 GB | More than USD 37.2/day | More than USD 83.858/day | 55% |
Change the billing mode
Managed Service for Prometheus allows you to change the billing mode from pay-by-metric-entry to pay-by-observable-data. The new billing mode is supported only by pay-as-you-go Prometheus instances.
You cannot change the billing mode of a subscription Prometheus instance. To use the new billing mode for a subscription Prometheus instance, unsubscribe from the instance and purchase a new pay-as-you-go instance, or wait until the instance expires.
Change the billing mode of multiple Prometheus instances
- Log on to the ARMS console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
On the Instances page, select a region and click Billing Updates Wizard.
In the Comparison Between New and Old Prices step, compare the old and new prices. Then, select the instances in the After Change: New section and click Next.
In the Activate New Billing step, click Click to Activate to activate the new billing mode. After the new billing mode is activated, click Redetect to check the activation status.
Click OK.
Change the billing mode of a single Prometheus instance
- Log on to the ARMS console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
On the Instances page, select a region, find the Prometheus instance, and then click Billing Updates in the Actions column.
In the Comparison Between New and Old Prices step, compare the old and new prices, and click Next.
In the Activate New Billing step, click Click to Activate to activate the new billing mode. After the new billing mode is activated, click Redetect to check the activation status.
Click OK.